The Stages of Admission at UC-Irvine

As word spreads of UC-Irvine's admissions boo-boo, the admissions officers seem to be going through stages. Yours truly has created a model:

The stages of admission at UC-Irvine (with apologies to Kübler-Ross):

• Denial – The first reaction is denial. In this stage individuals believe the diagnosis that they won't get away with denying admissions due to over-enrollment is somehow mistaken, and cling to a false, preferable reality.

• Anger – When the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue, they become frustrated, especially at proximate individuals. Certain psychological responses of a person undergoing this phase would be: But they didn't submit the right transcript

• Bargaining – The third stage involves the hope that the individual can avoid a cause of grief. Next year we'll do it better.

• Depression – "I'm so sad, why bother with anything?" We don't have space for them. In this state, the individual may become silent, refuse new interview, and spend much of the time mournful and sullen.

• Acceptance – "It's going to be okay." We'll find room. In this last stage, individuals embrace the inevitable future.

So can we just get on with it?

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*http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2017/07/apparently-adults-in-room-at-uc-irvines.html

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/07/31/uc-irvine-faces-criticism-after-revoking-hundreds-admissions-offers

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/07/27/uci-rescinds-500-admission-offers-student-leaders-demand-apology/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/31/u-c-irvine-faces-criticism-after-rescinding-499-admissions-offers-two-months-before-start-of-school/

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/us/uc-irvine-acceptance-rejected.html

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http://www.sfgate.com/news/education/article/UC-Irvine-pulls-500-fall-admission-offers-11618842.php