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December 18, 2008
Business-School Applicants Accidentally Got Admissions Offers From Northwestern U.
About 50 applicants to Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management had an unpleasant surprise this week. The applicants had received e-mail messages offering them admission to the school’s graduate program, but when they logged on to its Web site, they learned they had actually been rejected, The Chicago Tribune reported today.
University officials describe what happened as a “technological glitch,” the Tribune reported. The error affected less than 1 percent of applicants to the program. Kellogg’s director of admissions and financial aid has been calling each of the erroneously accepted students to explain what happened, and the school will reimburse their application fees. —Beckie Supiano
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How embarrassing for everyone involved – both the applicants and the School!
— deborah Dec 18, 01:59 PM #
This is non-news. Actually, this should prepare them well for organizational communication and info systems errors. Did you hear about the school that lost $110 million dollars in the Madoff scandal? Next.
— Nokeke Dec 18, 02:06 PM #
What business ethics are being promoted by the Kellogg School. If you agree to a deal and send someone notification of an offer, it should be their decision to reject or accept.
— Wayne Dec 18, 04:24 PM #
I agree with Wayne. Unfortunately, the students who were rejected and got in because of the technical glitch would always feel that they didn’t get in on their own merit. The poor guy who had a celebratory dinner with his family (in the Chicago paper), should be reimbursed for that expense as well.
— jb Dec 18, 04:33 PM #
jb, although I agree this is an unfortunate mistake, do you really believe every e-mail you receive? Wouldn’t it be better to wait for the letter, or at least confirm with the school?
— DDAS Dec 18, 05:29 PM #
It seems quite tacty to me to accept or reject someone for admission by email. Perhaps, these staff members should take some courses in the business school.
— G Lovett Dec 18, 05:48 PM #
“technological glitch” -my foot. Some bozo made a mistake and now the university is blaming on computers instead of taking responsibility that a staff (or several) made a booboo. Our ethical standards have gone so low that we hide behind the machines instead of taking reponsibility for our actions. Computer did not send the e-mail by itself; someone typed the instructions.
— JJ Dec 18, 06:13 PM #
I though that was an open enrollment MBA program…
— Pete Dec 18, 06:53 PM #
I didn’t know Northwestern had a MBA program!
— Harvard MBA Dec 19, 08:16 AM #