UC rescinds 6000 $7,500 scholarships

"Sally" <sunsol DeleteThis @prodigy.net> wrote in message
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> rick303 DeleteThis @hotmail.com (rick++) wrote in message
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> > Using the wrong email list, UC Davis notified all admittees that they
> > had won a substantial regents scholarship, when only about 10% had.
> > They soon sent out a correction. That must have been a roller-coaster
> > for some families. Any lawsuits?
>
>
> Wow!! That was a scholarship worth about $30,000.
>
> http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=6946
>
> What an embarrassment to tell family and friends and then have it
recinded.
>

The real embarrassment is to the University.

Makes you wonder how many erroneous letters of admission and rejection
schools send out, and whether anyone ever finds out. (Anecdotally I know of
a few including at Stanford.)

Abe
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