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The Admissions office has finally gotten around to shipping its first big wave of decision letters to applicants for the next class of Terps. This is late, as usual, though smaller waves have long since gone out to applicants who enjoy priority treatment in special programs – elite students applying from China, athletes or the like. Nevertheless, huzzah! Families across Maryland (and half of New Jersey) rush to open their email for the news.

Did I get into Honors? Did I make it into my preferred limited enrollment program? Or is it off to Towson with me? To get details of your admit, you are directed to check at your account on campus but the email’s link takes you first through the Unstoppable web site. This is not a bad advertising idea. You get to hear the catchy jingle and watch a recruiting video before clicking on the link to take you to your account, all under the new Unstoppable Starts Here banner.

Unfortunately the site for getting details of your admission is down – borked for the evening either by the load or someone forgetting to turn on some little chromium switch to make it available before heading home at quitting time.

So as you impatiently hammer on the dead link that says “See your admission decision and learn how to become a Terp!” you can contemplate whether the slogan for your new Alma Mater should be Unstartable stopped here! … or maybe Blue Devils Rule!