Australian University Forced To Take Back 400 Scholarships That Were Accidentally Given On Christmas Eve
One University of Queensland administrator described it as "a little bit like hitting the reply-to-all button when you mean to just hit the reply button." The school had only planned to give out 100 scholarships.
Another unfortunate element of Queensland's mistake was the timing - students found out about the accidental scholarships on Christmas Eve, leading to appropriate family celebrations.
One woman told ABC that after her niece was told she recieved a scholarship, "It was like a Christmas present to our whole family, and we were so excited. We were doing happy dances. [On] Christmas Day we were toasting to it at lunchtime ... all of a sudden it's just gone. It just seems very unfair."
The potential student is now reassign whether she can afford to attend the school.