Vassar's erors, NYT hyperbole

NYT: College's acceptance error crushes students - US news - The New York Times - msnbc.com: "Jeff Kosmacher, a spokesman for Vassar, said on Saturday that a “test letter” that had been intended as a placeholder for the real admissions decision had not been replaced before students checked their application statuses online. The error was discovered around 4:30 p.m., he said.
Between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Friday, the 122 students who had seen the test letter — 46 who were, in fact, accepted and 76 who were not — were sent a message from the college that cited a “system error” and apologized for the mistake, Mr. Kosmacher said. The correct decisions, the message said, were now available online."

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