"The university says “human error” in the admissions office resulted in 680 applicants receiving an acceptance email while only 250 of them have actually been admitted. The rest are still under review. …
… According to university spokeswoman Carrie O’Brion, a staff member wrongly thought a spreadsheet of applicants’ names had been sorted to include only those admitted. Instead, everyone on the list — those admitted and not — was included on the first email sent out." …