(Big) Red Faces At Cornell Over E-Mail Error

from the ooops dept

The same exact day that we were discussing emails you mistakenly sent it turns out that (according to this NY Times article) my alma mater, Cornell, accidentally emailed out congratulations letters to 550 students they had already rejected. Ouch. It took them a little while to realize, and then they hastily sent out an "oops" message saying the emotional roller coaster ended on a down note. Maybe not quite as bad as Princeton hacking into Yale's admissions computers, but certainly up there in the admissions gaffes list.

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    grier, Feb 28th, 2003 @ 10:21am

    Ouch. A black eye for Big Red in the PR department

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    Damnit

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    Josh, Feb 27th, 2006 @ 2:49pm

    Crap! I should have applied. Ahh man, totally blew my chance.

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