Vassar Hopefuls Incorrectly Notified of Acceptance

[CrewDad]

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And I think each person is owed a full explanation as to how this happened

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<p>Vassar has explained what happened.
How it happened is simple… human error.</p>

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According to Vice President for Computing and Information Services (CIS) Bret Ingerman, the mistake was caused by a programming error. “[Applicants] were mistakenly pointed to a test website which happened to be displaying an acceptance letter,” explained Ingerman in an emailed statement, adding, “Instead, they should have been pointed to the production version of the site which was programmed to show each applicant an individualized letter that reflected their admission status.” Ingerman acknowledged that CIS is responsible in contacting students, and that the error was his department’s fault. In his emailed statement, he wrote that the error had been fixed and that CIS staff have been meeting to discuss the composition of future safeguards.</p>

<p>This year is only the second year that such an online notification system has been used.

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