Kellogg to applicants: You're in, except for that's a lie.
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Fifty would-be Kellogg School Of Management students received letters this week saying they had been accepted, only to learn when they checked the admissions website online that it was a sad, sad mistake, the Chicago Tribune reports. Apparently, the computers that spit out acceptance letters experienced a “glitch”—the technical term used by Northwestern University officials—that gave the MBA hopefuls false joy. (One student had even called his parents to tell them the "good" news.)
A spokeswoman for Kellogg said the “very unfortunate error” only affected less than 1 percent of all applicants, layering insignificance on an already rejected group.
Unfortunately, mistakes like this are nothing new to the prestigious business school. In October, the students threw a kegger at the Field Museum that put local fraternity houses to shame. According to the resultant disciplinary e-mail, MBA students and future captains of industry were “vomiting on themselves,” “spitting at people,” and, uh, “throwing objects” at Sue, the museum’s $8 million T. Rex. On second thought, it’s probably better those applicants didn’t get in. That shit ain’t right.
