University Mistakenly Sends 5,000 Students Acceptance Emails

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More than 5,000 prospective students had mistakenly been notified by email that they had been accepted into an upstate New York university.

University at Buffalo spokesman John DellaContrada said the mistaken email was sent Wednesday to students whose applications hadn't been fully reviewed.

He said the university sent a second email about three to four hours later notifying the students of the gaffe and apologizing for it.

The university posted a statement on its website saying the "miscommunication occurred when an incorrect email list was generated from an applicant database."

The statement said it's important to note the students who received the mistaken email were still being considered for acceptance by the university.

The University at Buffalo has about 30,000 students.

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