University of Buffalo Apologizes After Erroneous Email Grants Acceptance to Over 5,000 Students

Whoops. The State University of New York at Buffalo is apologizing to the families of some 5,000 nerve-wracked high school seniors who were told through a mistaken email that they were all accepted to the school.

John Contrada, a spokesman for the university, gave a statement that the message sent out on Wednesday was due to an email list of students being generated incorrectly from the database of high school applicants. These applications were still being reviewed by the school, and the university sent another email explaining and apologizing for the mistake about four hours later.

“We know that this can be a stressful time for prospective students and their families,” the statement read in the second letter. “The University at Buffalo deeply regrets this unfortunate error in communication.”

The statement was signed by university vice provost Lee Melvin, and it went on to say that the first email was supposed to be a reminder to students filling out forms for financial aid. The email also emphasized that all of the mistaken recipients are still being considered for acceptance at the school, and that they will receive updates on their application statuses by the end of this week.

On the bright side for these kids, at least they didn’t have a crown put on their head in public just to have it snatched away in a matter of moments.

[h/t Fox News]
[Image via buffalo.edu]

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