NFT: Tx college rejects Nigerian applicant for Ebola

dumb.

if they need to, get them tested and then admit them.

for what? To hide where their from or get the lower tuition which would by lying.

they had every right to bounce the applicants based on their residency status and they went with ebola?

I guess they feel Ebola is a legit concern.

life is like ebola cherries

Glad to see everyone's not losing their mind about Ebola....

should be enough reason

Just because someone has a US mailing address does not mean that they lied about where there are. Indeed, in this case it appears that the school was well aware that the applicants were in Africa -- it is the very basis for the rejection. The letter says the school is "not accepting international students from countries with confirmed Ebola cases", which strongly suggests that the applicants self-identified as being international students from Ebola-ville.

Why does these applicants have to be liars? Why could it be the case that their applications disclosed that they live in Nigeria but all mail can be sent c/o their Texas relative?

In comment 11925819 Deej said:

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Just because someone has a US mailing address does not mean that they lied about where there are. Indeed, in this case it appears that the school was well aware that the applicants were in Africa -- it is the very basis for the rejection. The letter says the school is "not accepting international students from countries with confirmed Ebola cases", which strongly suggests that the applicants self-identified as being international students from Ebola-ville. Why does these applicants have to be liars? Why could it be the case that their applications disclosed that they live in Nigeria but all mail can be sent c/o their Texas relative?

That's a good point - I took 'using his mailing address' to infer that something dishonest was going on, but it probably was nothing more than using his US location to receive mail and the school was informed of their residency as well.