Northeastern University Sends False Acceptance Letters Again

BOSTON, MA — For the second year in a row, Northeastern University has sent out a pool of false acceptance letters.

The school mistakenly sent the letters to 48 applicants to a master's program due to a "technical error," Northeastern University confirmed to Patch in an email Tuesday. There were a total of 64,000 applicants for master’s degree programs in the pool, a statement said.

"Their applications remain active as reviews are currently underway for all applicants," the statement continued. "Decisions will be finalized in early January."

In a similar incident in fall 2022, the Northeastern University School of Law admitted that it sent acceptance emails to thousands of former and current applicants.

In this case, the erroneous emails went to more than 200 people who had recently applied for admission, as well as to nearly 4,000 former applicants, some of whom are already enrolled.

"The School of Law quickly sent a clarifying email explaining the error. Individual outreach is also taking place to applicants with concerns," Northeastern said at the time.

The school added at the time that it "deeply regrets this unintended mistake and is taking steps to ensure that it will not happen in the future."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.