VCU acceptance email then oops email?

[Anonymous]

Last year, VCU accepted 93% of in-state high school applicants and 89% of out-of-state high school applicants. There were roughly 28,000 students enrolled at VCU this semester.

Chances are most of these kids are getting in and it was a timing mistake. The email was probably supposed to go out after the decisions were sent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately false acceptance letters have gone out (from a variety of schools) almost every year. This article is from 2014, but it lists many examples of this happening.
https://time.com/3637980/college-admissions-mistakes-johnshopkins/

I'm so sorry that happened to your daughter. I hope she gets good news when the real decision notification is made.

Accept immediately and withdraw other applications if you’re worried that it’s an oops. Then respond to their oops with an e-mail that you’ve withdrawn other applications in reliance on their offer which you accepted

You would not be able to accept anything — the portal did not reflect an acceptance, so there would be no way to formally accept anything. It was just an email.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Last year, VCU accepted 93% of in-state high school applicants and 89% of out-of-state high school applicants. There were roughly 28,000 students enrolled at VCU this semester.

Chances are most of these kids are getting in and it was a timing mistake. The email was probably supposed to go out after the decisions were sent.

This is op, my kid applied early on as rolling decision. So when we got the email, it seemed like the timing was normal.

[Anonymous]

it happens at different schools every year.

The good thing, OP, is that if your kid has a 3.0 gpa or better, s/he is very likely getting the real acceptance to VCU.

Frustrating, but it's probably going to work out for your kid anyway.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. Dc got in!

Very excited especially because she got deferred from JMU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Dc got in!

Very excited especially because she got deferred from JMU.

Congratulations!!!

[Anonymous]

Congratulations!

[Anonymous]

glad to hear the good news! Congrats OP!!!

[Anonymous]

Woohoo!!

[Anonymous]

Yea it’s annoying but don’t worry - your kid will get in. They almost all do. And I’m not saying that to troll or denigrate VCU. One of my kids is a grad.

[Anonymous]

Congratulations, OP! So glad it was good news!

[Anonymous]

Congratulations!

[Anonymous]

Congrats!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Dc got in!

Very excited especially because she got deferred from JMU.

Congrats! I’m the PP who’s DC also received the oops email — and mine got in, too!

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone and congrats to your child too pp!

-op