University of Kentucky mistakenly sends acceptance emails to 500K students, report finds

The University of Kentucky erroneously sent out acceptance emails to 500,000 high school seniors for one of its programs, a report said.

The bogus acceptance letter confirmed a spot this fall in the school’s clinical leadership and management program in the College of Health Sciences, which usually enrolls about three dozen students a year. "A very small number — a handful" of students who received the acceptance email "had expressed interest in this particular program," university spokesman Jay Blanton told the outlet in a statement.