American university mistakenly sent admission notices to nearly 300 people

Ivy League school Columbia University notified 277 applicants that they had been accepted this week, but it was a mistake.

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According to ABC News on February 19, Columbia University - one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United States - accidentally sent acceptance emails to 277 prospective students on Wednesday, then revoked the decision.

Columbia University says a notification sent out claiming to accept applicants to its Mailman School of Public Health master's program was incorrect. It was a human error, not a technical issue, and the school is working to resolve it.

277 applicants were mistakenly sent acceptance letters by Columbia University.

"We deeply apologize for this miscommunication. We appreciate the enthusiasm of candidates during the application process and deeply regret the stress and psychological disturbance caused," Julie Kornfeld, associate dean of the School of Education at Columbia University, told the media on Friday.

The school also affirmed that it will tighten and strengthen internal procedures to ensure this mistake does not happen in the future.

Columbia University isn’t the first school to make such a mistake. In 2015, Carnegie Mellon University mistakenly sent acceptance letters to 800 applicants for its master’s program in computer science. Last year, the University at Buffalo sent 5,109 acceptance letters to the wrong people, according to CNN.

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