Thousands of students are left disappointed after two Michigan universities said they mistakenly sent letters awarding scholarships.
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. -- A university in Michigan said Friday it erroneously notified students that they would receive top tuition awards, just days after another school in the state said its prospective students were mistakenly told they had won full-ride scholarships.
The school said about 5,500 students received the erroneous notification. Those students have qualified for other levels of scholarship awards, according to the school, which learned of the error on Jan. 4. "An immediate correction update was sent within two hours to the students who received the scholarship messages in error," the school said."Our Undergraduate Admissions team also scheduled phone calls to explain the situation for those who contacted us."The Platinum Presidential Scholar award is worth $12,000 per year for four years. The average tuition for freshman and sophomores is $13,934. Room and board averages about $11,192 per year.
But the university said Wednesday that those contacted hadn't won the prestigious award and the message had gone out"inadvertently" as school staffers were testing new messaging technology.
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