Northeastern mistakenly sends acceptance letters again

A little over a year after Northeastern University mistakenly sent acceptance letters to hundreds of applicants, another technical error has occurred, again temporarily thrilling some prospective students before dashing their dreams.

Northeastern said in a statement to NBC10 Boston on Saturday that the latest technical error resulted in a "small number" of applicants for a master's degree program receiving an erroneous email of acceptance.

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A university representative on Sunday clarified how many people were affected.

"Due to a technical error, 48 individuals out of nearly 64,000 applicants for master’s degree programs received an erroneous email of acceptance. They were immediately contacted by the university to clarify the mistake.

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The university said that applications remain under review, with decisions to be finalized in early January.

A person who reached out to NBC10 Boston said it took over a week for the university in Boston, Massachusetts, to send a correction email.

It's remained unclear as of Sunday whether or not the latest error had anything to do with the last time this happened, though NBC10 Boston has asked if they were due to the same error.

Students received acceptance letters from Northeastern University that were later rescinded.

Last October, the university explained that a technical error caused acceptance letters to be issued to more than 200 current applicants for the school of law, and to almost 4,000 people who applied a year earlier.

LaKisha Papoutsakis, a single mom of four from Northboro, Mass., told NBC10 Boston at the time that it was a childhood dream come true when she found out she got into Northeastern's law school. That excitement was short-lived, however, when she saw a follow-up email from the school explaining her acceptance was actually a mistake.

Northeastern said in a statement at the time, "The school of law deeply regrets this unintended mistake and is taking steps to ensure that it will not happen in the future."