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University mistakenly sends 500,000 acceptance emails to high school seniors Share Updated: 11:44 AM EDT Apr 9, 2021 The Associated Press Share Updated: 11:44 AM EDT Apr 9, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript the beginning of my 10th grade year, I started doing the Roman General State Community College, just taking up a couple classes to get college a part of my belt. And when I realized that I could obtain some short transfer tickets, sacrificed the summer of 2019 in the Final 2019 to take upon my college courses. And they're in a short time to 50 a...

Blanton added, "only a handful of those on the prospect list had been admitted to UK. The vast majority had not, nor had the vast majority of these students expressed an interest in the program". Students who spoke to Lex 18 confirmed that many of them hadn't ever applied to UK, and in one case, had never even heard of the university. "I had to google it just to make sure it was a real college because, like, I've heard of them. But I'm not so sure," Erin Esping, a senior from Georgia told the publication. The email sent out to 500,000 students by accident (@CharlesAristeg1 via Twitter)

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The University of Kentucky erroneously sent out acceptance emails to 500,000 high school seniors for one of its programs, a report said. The university corrected the issue less than a day later, sending out new emails apologizing for the snafu, blaming a "technical issue," WLEX-TV reported. 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 num...

UK mistakenly sends 500,000 acceptances LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The University of Kentucky mistakenly sent acceptance emails to 500,000 high school seniors for a program that usually accepts about three dozen students a year. The school followed up with another email less than 24 hours later and apologized for its mistake, citing a “technical issue,” WLEX-TV reported. “Only a handful of those on the prospect list had been admitted to UK,” UK spokesman Jay Blanton said. “The vast majority had not, nor had the vast majority of these students expressed an interest in the program. Never...

About 500,000 students recently received an email offering admittance to a University of Kentucky program — but the email was sent in error. The emails were sent to seniors last month informing them of acceptance into a "selective" program in the College of Health Sciences that usually accepts 35 to 40 students a year, LEX-18 reported. University spokesman Jay Blanton said the emails were sent through the university's Customer Relationship Management tool, and the error wasn't by the college or a specific program. "Only a handful of those on the prospect list had been admitted to UK," Blan...