University fail cruelly gives students hope through false admission letters The University of Fordham sent out thousands of acceptance letters to hopeful students only to tell them they were an error. A UNIVERSITY in the US has dashed the hopes of thousands of students by sending out false letters of admission. "Congratulations once again on your admission" the letter read. They're the words every hopeful, bright-eyed student wants to read. The last thing they want to hear is it isn't true. In a report by the NY Times, Fordham University in New York mistakenly sent out notices telling 2500 applicants they had been given a place to study and financial aid. But this was all false hope. The notice came from a third-party contractor, Student Aid Services, and a few hours after receiving the good news students were contacted by the school explaining they were sent in error. Fordham told the students: "the University deeply regrets that some applicants were misled by the financial aid notice." Mary Fallon, a spokeswoman for Student Aid Services, said the error was the first of its kind for the company and "occurred when data was transferred from a staging environment to our development environment." While 500 out of the 2,500 were rejected entry to the university anyway, the remaining students still have a glimmer of hope by being deferred. According to Fordham's entry policy early applicants must wait until April 1 for a decision.