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| Carnegie Mellon email error trips up top computer school | |
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| Carnegie Mellon University has apologised after it mistakenly sent out 800 admission letters via email to its prestigious computer science programme. | Carnegie Mellon University has apologised after it mistakenly sent out 800 admission letters via email to its prestigious computer science programme. |
| Applicants to the top-ranked graduate programme received the erroneous email that they were "one of the select few" admitted, on Monday morning. | Applicants to the top-ranked graduate programme received the erroneous email that they were "one of the select few" admitted, on Monday morning. |
| Emails correcting the computer glitch went out almost seven hours later. | Emails correcting the computer glitch went out almost seven hours later. |
| The US university said the error was the "result of serious mistakes" in generating acceptance letters. | |
| Carnegie Mellon said it was "currently reviewing our notification process to help ensure this does not happen in the future". | Carnegie Mellon said it was "currently reviewing our notification process to help ensure this does not happen in the future". |
| Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon ranks alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University in California as one of the top schools for computer engineering in the US. | |
| "We understand the disappointment created by this mistake, and deeply apologise to the applicants for this miscommunication." | "We understand the disappointment created by this mistake, and deeply apologise to the applicants for this miscommunication." |
| Ben Leibowitz said he called up his relatives to share the good news when he got the initial email, then went out to dinner to celebrate with his parents. | Ben Leibowitz said he called up his relatives to share the good news when he got the initial email, then went out to dinner to celebrate with his parents. |
| But hours later, he got a second email, informing him he was not actually among one of 100 students accepted to the computer science programme. | But hours later, he got a second email, informing him he was not actually among one of 100 students accepted to the computer science programme. |
| "It was brutal. I didn't get much sleep last night,'' Mr Leibowitz told the Associated Press news agency. "Now I have to clean up the mess. I'm calling all my relatives, I'm going, 'I'm sorry it's not happening.'" | |
| The university is not the first to send out acceptance letters to those not actually admitted to competitive programmes. | The university is not the first to send out acceptance letters to those not actually admitted to competitive programmes. |
| In December, Johns Hopkins University mistakenly sent nearly 300 undergraduate applicants welcome messages when they were actually rejected or deferred. | In December, Johns Hopkins University mistakenly sent nearly 300 undergraduate applicants welcome messages when they were actually rejected or deferred. |
| And in 2009, the University of California at San Diego sent acceptance emails to their entre applicant pool that year - 46,000 students. | And in 2009, the University of California at San Diego sent acceptance emails to their entre applicant pool that year - 46,000 students. |