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Computing error caused Vassar College website to list erroneous admissions information for some early decision applicants.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY -- During the first half-hour a special website for Vassar College early decision applicants was live this past Friday, January 27, a computing error caused mistaken information to be posted on the site about the admissions status of a number of these applicants. Before the error was corrected approximately 30 minutes later, 122 applicants logged onto the site. Of those, 46 read a correct letter from Vassar stating that they had been offered admission to the college. The 76 other applicants read a mistaken letter stating they had been accepted for admission, when in fact they had not been admitted to the college. A little more than two hours after Vassar corrected the error, the college had determined who all of the affected applicants were and apologized to them via email for the error.

“We are terribly sorry about the confusion and disappointment the erroneous information posted online caused the students," said president Catharine Hill. "Our admissions process is a careful deliberation over several months, so it is so unfortunate to have this communication error happen at the end of that process for some of our early decision candidates. We understand how very upsetting this is for those students who viewed the inaccurate decisions that we posted online, and we are very sorry to have added to the overall stress of the college admissions process for these students and their families,” said Hill.

While there were 254 total applicants in this early decision group, only a portion of them -- 122 applicants -- logged onto the special Vassar admissions website during the half-hour it posted the inaccurate information.

The college’s early decision application program is intended for freshmen candidates who have decided that Vassar is a clear first choice. Early decision applicants are making a binding commitment to attend Vassar if they are offered admission, and they can only have one early decision application to one college pending at one time.

Vassar offers two opportunities for early decision application during its annual admissions process. The applicants affected by the January 27th computer error had met a January 1st deadline. An initial group of early decision applicants met a November 15, 2011 deadline and were notified of their admission status the following month.

Regular decision applicants to Vassar College represent the vast majority seeking freshmen enrollment. They also meet a January 1st application deadline, and are notified of their admissions status in late March. Vassar received an overall total of 7985 applications for this past fall’s freshmen class of 671 students.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential, liberal arts college founded in 1861.

http://info.vassar.edu/news/2011-2012/120129-admin-ltr.html

The greatest things in life can't be bought with money

This Valentine's Day let's focus on things money can't buy.  Jot your thought down and add it to the library display, see Mrs. Sullivan for a sticky note!!! 

Our newly registered voters!!!!

Congrats on taking your first steps toward adulthood! 


If you need to register and you are at least 17 years and 10 months of age stop by the library to register to vote.  We'll take care of the printing and postage costs.  Exercise your right to vote!!!! 

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Students who have books that were due on or before September 30th or have fines in excess of $5.00 have been put into the TEAMWORK system. Students remember you must be clear of all fines & fees before you can be exempt from spring final exams as well as buy prom tickets. 
Please take care of your responsibilities now, rather than later.

Dear Bully: Seventy authors tell their stories

A heart-wrenching compendium of stories by young adult authors about their own experiences with bullying --- some as the bullied and others as the bullies. It’s a hodgepodge of all the best cautionary tales, housed under one roof, all the stories that you would need to answer any and all bullying issues in your own home. Serious, not so serious, horrifying and incidental, there are so many sides to these stories and the scope is so wide that, depending on your real life experience with bullying and bullies in regards to your own life or your kids’ lives, you will find something to relate to here.  All the profits from DEAR BULLY go to an organization called Stomp Out Bullying.  Look for it @ your library!