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TyCobb wrote:SlavaMedvedenko wrote:TyCobb wrote:Are you Slava?
Hopefully you guys don't have to ask this by playoffs time.
Life feels empty without watching Lakers basketball.
Is that a yes?
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TyCobb wrote:
You need to think about me more.
Sofa King wrote:SlavaMedvedenko wrote:Sofa King is pro-OWS? Who woulda thought?
I'm pro being smart. I still agree with hermes that it might not be for everyone especially for those not experienced.
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RiotSweetie wrote:TyCobb wrote:
You need to think about me more.
The other way around.
Sofa King wrote:I like Robert Kiyosaki. He was one of my role models growing up when I first read Rich Dad Poor Dad.
UCLA sends mistaken congrats to 894 applicants and then apologizes
Congratulations, you’re in! Oops, nevermind. That was a mistake.
In an email about financial aid awards, UCLA told 894 high school seniors last weekend that they were admitted to the highly competitive campus. Those students actually remain on the waiting list for the Westwood school.
UCLA is apologizing for the error. Officials, however, are not yet moving anyone into the admitted category.
“We realize this is a particularly anxious and stressful time for students and their families as they try to make decisions about college admissions. We sincerely apologize for this mistake that may have led some of them to think they were admitted when they remain on the waiting lists,” said campus spokesman Ricardo Vazquez.
The error occurred when updated notices of provisional financial aid were sent Saturday and Sunday to thousands of admitted students as well as to students on the waiting list for possible freshman admission in the fall, Vazquez said. Unfortunately, the note to the students on the waiting list also mistakenly included the line: “Once again congratulations on your admission to UCLA, we hope that this information will assist you in making your decision to join the Bruin Family in the fall.”
Adding to the confusion, the email directed those 894 students via an online link to a detailed financial aid letter that clearly stated they were on the waiting list. Those mixed messages prompted phone calls to UCLA from applicants who didn’t know whether they should be elated -- or not. UCLA’s financial aid office on Monday then sent out messages telling the 894 that they were not admitted, along with an apology.
Vazquez attributed the mix up to human error and said UCLA is looking into exactly how the mistake was made on the email lists.
This type of error has precedents in the UC system. In 2009, UC San Diego messed up on a grand scale when it mistakenly sent admissions notices to about 28,000 applicants who actually were rejected. An apology was sent within hours. In 2010, UC Santa Barbara mistakenly told 60 applicants they were admitted to the next fall's freshman class when, in fact, they remained on the waiting list.
SlavaMedvedenko wrote:Sofa King wrote:SlavaMedvedenko wrote:Sofa King is pro-OWS? Who woulda thought?
I'm pro being smart. I still agree with hermes that it might not be for everyone especially for those not experienced.
I know a lot of work places have great 401Ks, where the employer matches your contributions every year, that's likely one of the best investments you can make imo.
I was too stupid to not jump on that with my old employer.
Jetset wrote:hi tugs
ahernandez24 wrote:Speaking of schools I still haven't heard anything from USC. Looks more and more likely that I will be going to Cal-State Fullerton next semester.
I know someone from Cal-State Fullerton, but he already graduated and is now playing pro ball in the Philippines. tugs wrote:Sofa King wrote:I like Robert Kiyosaki. He was one of my role models growing up when I first read Rich Dad Poor Dad.
only had an audio file. wasn't able to finish it when my laptop crashed. E-Myth is also a good read Sofa.
Sofa King wrote:I Googled Rich Dad Poor Dad PDF. It shows up.
If you want me to google some free music and post the youtube link on here, I'm sure thats not suppose to be legal either.
I find it different in the case of publications.