1,500 Georgia State University applicants got acceptance emails. It was a mistake

Congratulations seemed in in order for roughly 1,500 applicants of Georgia State University. Until a retraction message hit their inboxes.

Congratulations seemed in order for roughly 1,500 undergraduate applicants to Georgia State University. Until a retraction message hit their inboxes. Over 1,000 applicants were told via email they’d been accepted for the 2024-25 school year – before discovering their new status was the result of an oversight by the school’s admissions office, CNN affiliate WSB-TV reported. The mother of one of the disappointed applicants told WSB-TV her daughter was stunned by the development. “She really won’t talk about it. She wouldn’t come out of her room all day. She’s just very disappointed,” Vanessa Peters said. The “welcome” message from the university – whose main campus is in downtown Atlanta – were supposed to go out only to students who had been accepted, WSB-TV reported.