University blunder leaves students heartbroken
AFP
Around 28,000 students were left heartbroken after the University of California San Diego mistakenly informed them they had won acceptance to the college, it was reported Wednesday.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the college hopefuls were invited to attend a campus orientation on Monday in an email which also congratulated them on their acceptance to the university.
UCSD admissions director Mae Brown told the Times the initial invitation had been an "administrative error" sent to the entire applicant pool of more than 46,000 instead of the 18,000 who had been admitted.
"We accessed the wrong database," Brown told The Times. "We recognize the incredible pain receiving this false encouragement caused. It was not our intent."
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