1000’s of previous and present Northeastern College regulation faculty candidates acquired misguided admission acceptance emails, the Boston faculty stated. 

The emails have been despatched resulting from a “technical error” to 205 present regulation faculty candidates saying they have been admitted into subsequent yr’s class.

The regulation faculty “shortly despatched a clarifying electronic mail explaining the error,” officers stated, including “particular person outreach” was underway for candidates with considerations. 

The college stated admissions choices won’t be finalized till later within the tutorial yr. 

The misguided electronic mail was additionally despatched to almost 4,000 candidates who utilized a yr in the past. 

“Whereas lots of these candidates have already matriculated at Northeastern or one other regulation faculty, additionally they acquired the clarification electronic mail,” the college stated in a press release.

“The Faculty of Legislation deeply regrets this unintended mistake and is taking steps to make sure that it won’t occur sooner or later,” the college stated. 

Lakisha Papoutsakis, a single mom of 4 from Northborough, Massachusetts, was one of many candidates affected within the glitch.

She stated she had been rejected twice by the college previously two years. She had determined to offer making use of one other shot, and was overjoyed when she obtained the misguided acceptance electronic mail.

“It was like happening a curler coaster, that’s precisely the way it felt,” she instructed NBC Boston. “Final evening, I get this electronic mail, and I’m like, all excited. ‘Oh my God! I obtained in!’”

However six hours later, she obtained the follow-up electronic mail. 

“I used to be like, ‘Oh my God! That is so superb,’ after which it was like ‘Oh no, sorry, April Idiot’s Day,’” she stated.

“How do you make such a giant mistake and you then do nothing to attempt to rectify it?” Papoutsakis requested. “You don’t do something aside from ‘Oh, sorry.’”