As if the college application process wasn't hard enough, Vassar College had to go and punk 76 kids into thinking they got into the popular liberal arts college when they most certainly had not. So as a token of its regret the school is now...refunding the screwed students their $65 application fees. On the one hand the school admits that payday will be "of very little consolation" but on the other hand? These kids have college-application-from-hell stories to tell for the rest of their lives! more ›

College admissions officers at some of the country's most elite schools are sick and tired of slogging through long-winded personal essays from applicants, so they're capping them at 500 words. Because, really, no one wants to read four pages about your meaningful time volunteering with the crippled ferrets at the animal shelter in BuFu, Ohio. more ›

NYU sent an email to nearly 500 students this week that they should pack their bags and get ready to make their way over to Greenwich Village this fall as members of Wagner School's next graduate class. An hour later, the school sent another email telling those same students to scratch that—they were actually rejected. To add insult to injury, the erroneous admission letters were sent out on Wednesday—April Fool's Day. A university spokesman said, “We know that any application process is accompanied by anxiety and we sincerely regret any misunderstanding, false expectations, or additional disappointment this error may have caused.” One of the students taken for the roller coaster ride called it the "Worst April Fools' joke ever." The university is investigating how the error occurred in order to prevent it from reoccurring. more ›