A law school in Massachusetts had to deliver bad news after many of its applicants received what they thought was good news.
Northeastern University in Boston sent acceptance letters to over 4,000 aspiring students — by mistake.
The university sent out 205 acceptance letters to current applicants due to a “technical error,” CNN reported.
Another 3,930 who applied over the last year also received an “erroneous email” that informed them they had been accepted to the prestigious school.
“Admissions decisions will not be finalized until later in the academic year,” Northeastern said in a statement to the outlet.
“The School of Law deeply regrets this unintended mistake and is taking steps to ensure that it will not happen in the future.”
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The school added that a follow-up email was sent out to further explain the error and would respond to any of the applicants’ concerns.
“I was over the moon,” LaKisha Papoutsakis told Boston.com of the letter received, which she described as, “very detailed, and much more than a ‘congratulations.’”
The “Early Decision” acceptance included a Northeastern ID number, a merit scholarship and two requirements: she must pay a $500 enrolment deposit and cancel any applications to other law school.
The single mother of four tried to pay the deposit but the link didn’t work, she told the website.
She soon received the heartbreaking other letter.
“It was really disheartening,” she said. “For such an accredited, high-ranked university to have such a major glitch and take five hours to realize is ridiculous.”
She added: “After such a detailed acceptance, ‘sorry’ isn’t going to cut it. The university needs to make a greater effort to rectify what they did.”
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