Wednesday 17 December 2014

Johns Hopkins mistakenly says ‘yes’ to hundreds of rejected applicants

Johns Hopkins mistakenly says ‘yes’ to hundreds of rejected applicants


Sam Stephenson was steeling himself for another round of college applications after his first choice, Johns Hopkins University, turned him down. Then the 17-year-old from Culpeper County in Virginia received an e-mail from Hopkins on Sunday afternoon that suggested he might still have reason to hope. “Embrace the YES!” it said in the subject line. Sam was confused, said his mother, Cathy Stephenson. Could it be that the blunt electronic denial statement he had read two days earlier was wrong?

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