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Thousands of applicants to Northeastern University's law school discovered their college acceptance letters weren't real after the university said they were sent in error.
The Boston-based school said in a statement to USA TODAY that a “technical error” resulted in 205 law school applicants receiving an email notifying them that they had been accepted into the program.
The law school sent clarifying emails explaining the letter, with the university adding that it conducts individual outreach “to applicants with concerns.”
Next year's Law School applicants weren't the only ones to receive the email. the university said the acceptance letter was also sent to 3,930 applicants who applied to Northeastern last year.
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“While many of these applicants are already enrolled at Northeastern or another law school, they also received the clarification email,” the university said in a statement. “The Law School deeply regrets this inadvertent error and is taking steps to ensure it does not happen in the future.”
Northeastern said admissions decisions won't be finalized until later in the academic year.
There have been many cases of colleges and universities sending admission letters by mistake. In April 2021, the University of Kentucky said it mistakenly sent acceptance letters to 500,000 high school seniors for a program that typically accepts 35-40 students. the Hill reported.
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