Carnegie Mellon computer glitch mistakenly accepts 800 applicants

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Todd Wasserman
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This is one computer glitch that's going to burn in many memories.

Carnegie Mellon mistakenly sent acceptance letters this week to 800 people who applied for the school's top-rated computer science graduate program. The university blamed the blunder on computer error, saying it was the result of "serious mistakes in our process for generating acceptance letters."

"Once the error was discovered, the university moved quickly to notify affected applicants. We understand the disappointment created by this mistake, and deeply apologize to the applicants for this miscommunication. We are currently reviewing our notification process to help ensure this does not happen in the future," the university said in a statement.

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Carnegie Mellon's computer science program has been rated No. 1 in the U.S.

On Reddit, one of the applicants vented about being jerked around:

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