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College Offers Full Scholarships To Students Mistakenly Told They Won Them

Central Michigan University mistakenly told more than 50 students that they were getting full-ride scholarships to the school, informed them of the mistake, and then reversed course, promising them all scholarships.

CMU was testing out some upgrades to the school’s student portal computer system when 58 prospective students were informed that they’d won the prestigious Centralis Scholars Award, which comes with full tuition, room and board, and cash for books, supplies, and study abroad opportunities. The only problem was, these students didn’t actually win the scholarship.

The school reached out to the students about the miscommunication and gave them the bad news that they hadn’t won the award. Many were understandably angry. But then CMU leadership decided to do the right thing and extend scholarships to the students equivalent to the Centralis Scholars Award. The school didn’t say how much the mistake is going to cost them, but at around $12-thousand a year, times four years, times 58 students, the tuition alone will be over $2.7-million!

Source: Detroit News


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