A prominent medical school was left searching for a remedy after mistakenly sending acceptance letters to hundreds of hopeful students.
The Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Minnesota expressed its immense regret after 364 applicants received letters of acceptance via email last Thursday in what the college is now describing as a technical miscue.
“Soon after the emails were sent, a technical error was discovered and the letters of acceptance were withdrawn by email,” reads an announcement on the Mayo Clinic school’s website.
“All affected applicants have been contacted by phone. We deeply regret having caused disappointment and stress to these applicants, and we are continuing to investigate the issue.”
Last year, the U.S. News & World Report ranked the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine — which is located in Rochester — in a tie for ninth place among United States medical schools for research.
The college’s admission dean told CNN that only 46 students are offered admission to the school in a given cycle, and that those who get accepted are alerted through phone calls.
The erroneous emails were reportedly sent to each of the prospective students who interviewed with the school.
