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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why this shouldn't be done by email. There are spam filters and bounce back and the like. It's also not the secure way to transmit personal data.

Let students log into a secure portal and see things there. [/quote]

What personal data is in a heads up about date when something will be on a portal?[/quote]

Yeah, I actually think this was a good way of doing things.

They probably started out the week 99% they could get it out by Friday, but wanted to give themselves just a little bit of wiggle room if anything cropped up. When they got to Thursday and it was all systems go, they sent out notice on social media that it would be out on Friday at 5pm.
That was them taking stuff on their end.

Meanwhile they sent out that email, because it was an opportunity for the student applicants to check out things on *their* end to make sure their portal was actually set up and ready to receive the info. Many applicants wouldn't have checked on their portal for months, if at all. By sending out the email mid-week, with specific instructions telling students to go check out their portal now, it gave students time to identify a problem, and either fix it themselves or get tech help from VT staff now, so they aren't stuck over the weekend with no remedy.

Only 6 1/2 hours to go....[/quote]

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