Imagine it for just a second: You get an email congratulating you on your admission, you have made it! Happines pumps in your blood and you go trough the roof as happy as a kid. You phone every person who knows you are applying, you are picturing the rest of your life as a lawyer… and then… in 20 min you get an email with a correction and an apology and another one the next day. It could happen to you! Actually, it happened at Berkeley Law School. Given that the worst part of the application process is the ‘waiting game’, this would have had me going to the ER with a heart attack.

After realizing what had happened, [Edward] Tom [director of admissions at the University of California, Berkeley, law school] sent out an apology e-mail to the applicant pool within 20 minutes. He sent another letter of apology the next day.

“I deeply regret any confusion or disappointment this error may have caused,” Tom said. “I know that many law school applicants are particularly anxious while awaiting the arrival of decision letters, and I regret that this incident may have added to that tension.”

Apparently, Berkely is going to fix the system and a new popup message will appear right after sending the email:

Yes! Yes! This is a true screenshot, you have to believe me on this one

PS: 90 anxious applicants were smart enough to send, once they overcame their anger, “notes to him offering their understanding and accepting his apology”. Good move! I am sure you have scored and extra point in the application process.