Kean University Sends 3,000 Acceptance Notices in Error

New Jersey's Kean University sent acceptance notices to nearly 3,000 students in error.

Some of the students had never even applied to Kean.

Kean says most of the students who received emails had either incomplete applications or decisions about their admissions had not been made.

Kean University relations vice president Susan Wynn Kayne said in a statement the email was intended as a reminder to students who had been accepted to apply for scholarships. 

She said the computer error was discovered within a half an hour and those who received the email in error were contacted by email and phone.

At Union High School, senior Kerry Jules said he was crestfallen after he got the second email telling him the acceptance letter was a mistake.

"My mood quickly changed after I got the other email saying, 'Sorry, it was an accident,'" he said. 

Jules is still applying to schools. He said he'd potentially like to enroll in Kean if he's accepted. 

Kayne says the university has taken steps to prevent future errors.

Other universities, including Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, have also sent out acceptance notices in error this year. 

-- Brian Thompson contributed to this report. 

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