Did I CC you on that?

Oops! UCSD Sends Acceptance E-mail to Wrong List
University Fails Basic Math, Gives Rejectees Hope
By ERIC S. PAGE/NBC News

UC San Diego -- a school for the smart ones, supposedly -- mistakenly congratulated nearly 29,000 applicants on their acceptance, according to university officials.

But on Tuesday, the school's communications office said an e-mail was sent Monday afternoon to all 46,377 students who applied for admission -- including the 29,000 rejects -- welcoming them to the campus.

A half-hour later, school officials said, they realized their mistake. Almost two hours after the first note went out, a second e-mail was sent, apologizing to 28,889 freshmen applicants for the mistake.

"No member of this department is more acutely aware of the emotional roller-coaster that this could cause for our applicants," Assistant Vice Chancellor Mae W. Brown said.

An anonymous parent told the Los Angeles Times it was a "colossal screw-up."

Similar incidents have happened at other schools -- including Cornell in the recent past, the paper reported -- but the UCSD incident was the biggest "screw-up."

Ha Ha! Odds are most of the kids who got this emal falsely have fall back schools and will be just fine. But I'm sure there is one sad ass Eric Matthews (Boy Meets World reference) type kid who has no shot at college acceptance and this got his hopes up. I can just see him now. His pathetic face as he tightens the noose and steadies himself on the chair. Chin up Cowboy. You'll live. That light fixture will never support your weight.