<p>We are one of the 65 who saw the message… No phone call yet I quess we will see. For those of you who saw the Congrats message were you able to see any other info. We were able to see other screens ( ie pay your deposit etc.) I am curious now because son’s friend was also able to get to the pay your deposit screen.</p>
<p>bluemomo - I’m sorry - I should have been more sensitive to others… Very sorry to hear that your daughter is so upset and I’m sure many others are as well. I think I may have been more upset than my son actually. I just take some solace in the fact that he’s going to end up where he’s meant to be. Your daughter may not want to hear that right now but… I know we hurt when our kids hurt! Maybe at some later point she can transfer in…</p>
<p>Got letter in mail–WAITLISTED very mad because we had the accepted page come up on our BLUE HEN home page URGHHHH</p>
<p>Waitlisted… I don’t understand because I got into the Honors College at UMD. All my stats were well above Udels averages. Oh well, off to better things.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the kind words. I know she will be fine ultimately. She has some nice choices of schools. Delaware was a stretch and we are not that surprised she didn’t get in. Had she just received a rejection letter, she would have been sad but not this upset. A lot of the problem now is that she told so many people. She was at an after school activity Friday when she found out and told everyone there; now she doesn’t want to go back to the activity. What does she do about the Facebook posting and all the friends she told? It’s hard to have to tell people you were rejected; embarrassing to say the least. Normally it can just be kept quiet but in this case people will wonder what happened that she is no longer talking about Delaware or going to visit. I need to go home and talk to her and figure out what is the best thing to do. Thanks again for your support. And I am very happy for those of you who were accepted and very sad for those who were not.</p>
<p>Looking for some clarification out there. My daughter checked on line on Sunday afternoon and her status was “Admitted for Fall 2011.” She also had the opportunity to sign up for Decision Days and a new check list appeared. It is still there today. </p>
<p>I called the Admissions Office this afternoon and the person who answered the phone (sounded like a student) dissembled, but gave me the party line about waiting for the official letter - which has not yet arrived. </p>
<p>What’s the opinion out there? Does this sound like a clean admit?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>From what I have seen from other prior posts it appears that UD has rectified the computer “glitch” and if your D still has the acceptance message and the other associated links still present it is probably a safe bet to assume that she was indeed accepted (pending the formal letter). Congratulations.</p>
<p>bluemono, your daughter will endure. I so understand about the ‘everybody’ knowing. My son was rejected for his ED…THEN weeks later was sent an email that wasn’t blind in the TO: so everyone else at his school up for an alumni interview knew he wanted Columbia. The alumni then made matters worse by sending updated emails with what (20minute!) timeslots she had left for the students to take their interview slot. Yes, schools sometimes mess it up for kids. It tore him up, and then he just decided to laugh it off when he was asked about it at school. I’m sure your D and my S will find their right school. It’s more about how they handle things like this that give them the character to be successful. I know of a Harvard grad who is still unemployed two years out of school…because he’s a jerk. The diploma won’t ensure success. Wishing you all the best…</p>
<p>I understand that mistakes can be made but they have real impact on real people. My niece called us yesterday, shouting happily that she had gotten into Delaware - her first choice! Lots of hollering and cheering! Lots of phone calls and texts flying. She was so, so happy. She changed her facebook status and has pages and pages of congratulations! Today at school, she logs on through her phone so she can show everyone the notice. What? It’s not there? She calls the admissions office and, after waiting on hold for about 10 minutes, is told it’s not true and that she has been rejected. She has spent most of the afternoon crying off and on and asking "Why me?’ “Maybe some people don’t care but I so wanted Delaware. I was so happy.” No phone call from the school. No email notice. No outreach at all. If she hadn’t called them, she still wouldn’t have known. This is just wrong. This whole process is stressful enough without the immediate outreach that Delaware should have made after such an egregious error. I know this won’t kill her and that she will have to buck up and accept it. But it was heartbreaking to see her try to keep it together in front of her friends. And, Delaware, if you are reading this, shame on you. It didn’t have to be this painful for this really sweet kid. She is a really good student and certainly competitive for Delaware who had every reason to believe that she had been chosen.</p>
<p>I get the impression that the school only reached out directly to those who signed up to attend the accepted students day. It sounds like many more were misinformed, but had not registered yet. Can only imagine what grief the IT department got today. What a disheartening day for the best friend. Wow.</p>
<p>I totally agree with 2bdetermined! The same happened to a friend of mine’s child - thrilled over the acceptance only to find a rejection letter in the mail today. NO email or phone call from U DEL - NOTHING!! I am shocked by their lack of professionalism and sensitivity.</p>
<p>I cant believe Delaware dropped the ball on these kids. Really bad form. Kids who arent on cc daily had no idea this was even coming until the letters today. If they know what kids saw the acceptance w their name on it why wouldn’t they have contacted them when they found out about the glitch friday night? Waiting for their lawyers to tightened up their wording caused alot more of an issue. At least the wait list kidz couldda been tossed a bone? What 30 kidz maybe half would even want to enroll? I was accepted and I think anyone “threatened” by 17 wait listed kidz getting a nod cuz it lowers their personal accomplishment have got a self confidence problem. I hate to say it but when all is said and done I liked the way Penn State handled their glitch more than UD. It showed more backbone and they took more responsibility sooner. I always liked UD more, but now I’m questioning their judgement and Im turned off by some of the stuff the other admitted kidz r saying is uncool. Also anyone who thinks this was a “computer error UD had no control over” is delusional. They were negligent & even though they’re tryin to make nice, I’m unimpressed. I feel so bad for these kidz and what their going through. I hope u all end up someplace u love man!</p>
<p>To all that got those “congratulations” rescinded you have my complete sympathy.
It’s a very stressful, , exhausting, expensive process ($75 application + $9 SAT scores, time spent on essay, etc…) and to be the unforunate recipeint of such a major error must be painful. Truly insult to injury.</p>
<p>Errors happen all the time and I think many would be understanding if they were treated appropriately. UDel should reach out to every applicant who signed on (they can figure out who signed on) & received the wrong message then treat it on a case by case basis. Ask the student if it was there first choice then tell them their application will go to special review & priority position on waitlist. Refund the application fee.</p>
<p>If they were gracious and authentic they would receive the same treatment from the applicant. Many of the kids who were denied might not choose to go there anyway.</p>
<p>^^somebody needs to get this on The Choice at the New York Times website…</p>
<p>UDel did not do right by these kids…I don’t care how many there were; 10, 20, 65 or 165</p>
<p>This process is stressful enough; give me a break…</p>
<p>My daughter’s Blue Hen page still says she is admitted. I paid the deposit, so I hope that makes a binding contract. Two classmates also accepted per Blue Hen, but also did not get the acceptance package – must be our post office.</p>
<p>A colleague of my wife knows of someone with an admit on Blue Hen over the weekend, but he received a call today advising him that a mistake was made. Very disappointed and hurt. But it seems that UDel was being pro-active, at least to some extent.</p>
<p>In my conversation with the admissions office earlier today, the person whom I spoke with did ask for my daughter’s name, placed me on hold, and then came back and said that she could not access the admitted list. Given the other information here about calls having been made, I think they would have handled it differently if there was a problem.</p>
<p>Anyway, we’re hoping the big envelope gets here tomorrow. Thanks to all who posted information and especially those who sent private messages. And my sympathy to those on the wrong side of this mess.</p>
<p>If someone was waitlisted and experienced this glitch, they should be put at the top of the waitlist. Spots should open up very soon, as other students pick other colleges. After all, if they weren’t qualified for admission, they wouldn’t be waitlisted.</p>
<p>I really wonder why they would contact some of the students and not others?? The kid I know who was affected, was so excited they signed-up immediately for the program on Friday - so UDel must have a record of that, right??</p>
<p>On Monday, when no email had arrived and no phone call received, the family felt some relief – until the mailman showed up. Needless to say - they were all shocked!</p>
<p>CSSIdad, if your login page still allows you to pay a deposit then I’m sure she is in. My son’s page is the same as your daughters and we confirmed uesterday that he was accepted. Congratulations to both of you. Sending hugs to everyone negatively affected by this problem. It’s an awful situation.</p>
<p>More heart break today when letters students further away from Newark 
Congrats to the GENUINELY accepted Blue Hens!</p>
<p>While I really do deeply sympathize with all of you, UDel isn’t the only school that makes mistakes. Yesterday my D got a letter saying that she had been turned down at Tulane, but today got an e-mail saying it was a “due to a technical glitch in their processing system” and she was instead being offered a spot on the waitlist if she chose to accept.</p>
<p>Clearly it’s the opposite situation and a somewhat nicer one to be in, but otherwise it’s the same thing.</p>
<p>I realize it doesn’t help your and your child’s pain, I can’t imagine what I would have felt for my D had it happened to her.</p>