Craziest Admissions Stories

NJres
Sun, 02 Jan 2005 10:19:56 +0000

Garland, that is … unbelievable!! What is wrong with those folks?

My own little story is a reminder that mistakes are made and it does not hurt to make a simple little phone call and ask “why”.

As a HS senior I was admitted to U of Michigan and invited to join the honors college. Instead, I took a little detour and went overseas. U of M did not accept sophomore transfers so I attended Michigan State for 1 year, and I applied to U of M as a junior transfer. My app was denied! (I was shocked). I called the admissions office and asked why, and it turned out they had misinterpreted my HS transcript and auto-denied me!! I explained to them their error and I was admitted.