The American Associated Press said today, Saturday, that the American University of
Kentucky made a huge mistake when it sent acceptance letters to half a million high school students.
An American university makes a fatal mistake
The agency indicated that the number of 500 thousand is very large, as the largest university in the world cannot accommodate this number, and the maximum number hosted by an American university is no more than 75 thousand.
She stated that many considered the University of Kentucky letters a grave mistake because the program that the university specializes for admitting students to high schools does not usually accept more than 30 students per year.
The agency stated that after less than 24 hours, the university sent a letter apologizing for the mistake, citing what happened as a
Half a million apologies
For his part, a spokesperson for the university said that a small number of those on the list that received the message had been accepted, while the vast majority of those on the list did not express their desire to be interested in the program
“Nevertheless, we apologize for the mistake that happened, and we sent messages to those who received the wrong message, and we offered our apologies,” he added..