med latte Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Did anybody see this? Talk about a roller coaster of emotions! http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-12/mit-mistakenly-tells-prospective-students-they-ve-been-admitted.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academicat Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I have nightmares about this. Those poor applicants. I hope MIT sent them all a fruit basket for the mix-up. AWall2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VioletAyame Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Wow I'm both afraid and expecting U Penn to send me such an apology. They'd better do it quickly before I get comfortable with the idea of moving to Philly. AWall2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba felt Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Stuff of nightmares, I would cry so hard if this happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhDerp Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 It sounds like it might not have been that devastating. It was in small, italic, grey letters below the copyright information, according to commenters. But it's a less scandalous story when you acknowledge that! ;p (Don't get me wrong, I'm sure anyone who did notice it had a baaaad time.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdiv2014 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 savvy lawyer would file class action suit immediately wait till next year, they'll all be admitted or transferred in quietly with handsome aid package PhDerp and GeoDUDE! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoDUDE! Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 savvy lawyer would file class action suit immediately wait till next year, they'll all be admitted or transferred in quietly with handsome aid package No mdiv2014 and PhDerp 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starofdawn Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 This happened earlier this year, for people who applied to MIT's Dept of Materials Sci & Engineering program. Look at the results page from last month. The article doesn't specify the program, but the article could be talking about that incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdiv2014 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) why the thumbs down? i've heard 'quiet settlements' (ie admissions the next year with aid) for many other similar blunders - not to mention other back room deals....if you think people aren't slipped onto the admitted list unbeknownst to the adcom, you're seriously mistaken while mit would laugh off the initial law suit, a lawyer with enough pr pull and physician statements about the trauma experienced at the hands of ---- yes, an email would make easy work of this this is easy work for a savvy pain in the a** lawyer who is tapped into the inner workings of mit ....... easy work Edited February 17, 2014 by mdiv2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med latte Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 It sounds like it might not have been that devastating. It was in small, italic, grey letters below the copyright information, according to commenters. But it's a less scandalous story when you acknowledge that! ;p (Don't get me wrong, I'm sure anyone who did notice it had a baaaad time.) I think those who applied to the program and later received an email from the school -- any email, about anything -- probably assumed they were admitted. Either way, I hope all involved have good news from other schools by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reinhard Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 lawsuit time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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