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Fordham University's Email Misleads 2,500 Applicants
- CBS News, Friday, December 13, 2013 2:23 PM
Fordham University sent out an email to 2,500 university applicants telling them that they qualified for financial aid even though those students had not yet been accepted to the university. The school recognized the mistake and sent a follow up message pointing out the mistake hours after the initial send. The correct admissions email was sent the next day. Five hundred of the applicants were not accepted to the university, and the other 2,000 were deferred and have to wait until April to find out if they get in. The university officials blamed the mistake on a third-party contractor.
