Oops: By mistake, Johns Hopkins sends acceptance emails to rejected applicants

Oops: By mistake, Johns Hopkins sends acceptance emails to rejected applicants
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Johns Hopkins University shattered the dreams of 294 applicants not once, but twice this week, after accidentally sending rejected students emails saying that they had been accepted.

The applicants received emails with "Embrace the YES!" in the subject line, The Washington Post reports, and many were confused but excited, thinking that either their earlier rejection letter had been wrong or the school had a change of heart. The university realized the emails had been sent in error after a student contacted them, and quickly sent out another email, letting the applicants know the acceptance email had been a "technical mistake."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.