Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 19:31     Subject: Re:VCU acceptance email then oops email?
Thanks everyone and congrats to your child too pp!

-op

Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 18:13     Subject: Re:VCU acceptance email then oops email?
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
Post 01/25/2023 18:08     Subject: VCU acceptance email then oops email?
Congrats!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 16:15     Subject: VCU acceptance email then oops email?
Congratulations!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 07:47     Subject: Re:VCU acceptance email then oops email?
Congratulations, OP! So glad it was good news!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 07:40     Subject: VCU acceptance email then oops email?
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
Post 01/25/2023 07:37     Subject: VCU acceptance email then oops email?
Woohoo!!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 07:27     Subject: Re:VCU acceptance email then oops email?
glad to hear the good news! Congrats OP!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 07:21     Subject: VCU acceptance email then oops email?
Congratulations!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 07:16     Subject: Re:VCU acceptance email then oops email?
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Dc got in!

Very excited especially because she got deferred from JMU.


Congratulations!!!
Anonymous
Post 01/25/2023 06:53     Subject: Re:VCU acceptance email then oops email?
This is OP. Dc got in!

Very excited especially because she got deferred from JMU.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2023 10:47     Subject: VCU acceptance email then oops email?
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
Post 01/08/2023 10:45     Subject: Re:VCU acceptance email then oops email?
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
Post 01/08/2023 09:43     Subject: VCU acceptance email then oops email?
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
Post 01/08/2023 09:43     Subject: Re:VCU acceptance email then oops email?
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.