One Big Boo Boo

[lizbud]

It's a shame really. I kept thinking of my own children and how disappointed
they would be if they had recieved a letter of acceptance, and find out later
it was all a mistake. I remember the waiting period & how anxious they were. It's a heck of a mistake to make, isn't it.

[emily_the_spoiled]

The University could be in for a really rude surprise. The year I was accepted into pharmacy college something similar happened. There was a mistake and the college accepted an additional 20 students. (I know that doesn't sound like much but when the original incoming class is only 40, increasing it by 50% is a big deal.) The College didn't find out it's mistake until people started moving to town and registering for classes (this was in the days before computer registeration). They then tried to tell the students that it was an error and they weren't accepted. I am not sure what happened, but a couple of hours later they "accepted" all the students. I suspect that someone threatened to get the lawyers involved...

[wombat2u2004]

The University could be in for a really rude surprise. The year I was accepted into pharmacy college something similar happened. There was a mistake and the college accepted an additional 20 students. (I know that doesn't sound like much but when the original incoming class is only 40, increasing it by 50% is a big deal.) The College didn't find out it's mistake until people started moving to town and registering for classes (this was in the days before computer registeration). They then tried to tell the students that it was an error and they weren't accepted. I am not sure what happened, but a couple of hours later they "accepted" all the students. I suspect that someone threatened to get the lawyers involved...

Something similar happened to me here in Australia, the Law School I attended made the same mistake...and hey...guess who suffered ??? Us students....in the tutorials the classes numbered in excess of 35 students (not a tutorial in my books...almost a lecture) whereas previously tutorials had no more than 18 students per session. Because the teacher / student ratio was higher, we had to work much harder at our readings, class discussions were a mess, and we had to be divided into smaller groups, it ended up a joke.
It's the quality of education that matters the most, and if this University in Carolina accepts all of these additional students, and uses the same number of teachers, then these students are going to be in for a rough time.