MathCat Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Getting a lawyer is nonsense. You can't sue your way to admission. Even if you did, you'd only be burning bridges - and very effectively, I would guess. This is a really sucky situation, and I feel badly for everyone who had their hopes crushed like this. But I think there is nothing to do but accept it, unfortunately. Julianne Pigoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.letmeinplz// Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Looks like Gawker is on the case. But yea I don't think suing your way into the school would give you the best cooperation with school staff once you are in as others have said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julianne Pigoon Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) I have nothing to do with this, but I just find this kind of mistake...unacceptable...from a graduate program. A lot is hinging on these decisions for a great number of people, emotionally and otherwise. I attended CMU's Literary and Cultural Studies MA program briefly, and had a shit experience; one which included incompetence like this from their office staff. Although coincidental, seeing such a thing from CMU still doesn't surprise me. There's nothing to be done, really, and threatening to sue is just asinine, as there are no damages. I should expect to see a big fat public apology from the department, however. I'm sorry to everyone who had to go put up with this nonsense. Edited February 17, 2015 by Julianne Pigoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HistoryGypsy Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Wasn't CMU one of the two schools that accidentally accepted all of the undergraduates that they had already rejected in one of their programs back in the fall? Seems to me that they are getting really careless. Gosh, my heart goes out to all of you that went through that mess yesterday. I wish you all the best. That just seems really, really inexcusably sloppy from a university of CMU's prestige. The least they could do is refund the application fee and actually apologize by phone. Their behavior was not professional and was not what one expects to see from a university of that caliber. IsleofBlue and .letmeinplz// 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTY Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-17/carnegie-mellon-mistakenly-admits-800-students Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpalesh Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 800 students? That is insane! I feel so sorry for all of the people this affected. I would be completely heartbroken if this happened to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulpesZerda Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/education/were-sorry-applicants-we-accepted-you-in-error.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytimes So at least it's not being kept quiet! I can't even imagine that feeling. So sorry guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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