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Hacking's Cost: Stanford, MIT, And Harvard Reject Applicants

An AP newswire article in InformationWeek:

Stanford University's Graduate School of Business has rejected 41 applicants who tried to access an admissions Web site earlier this year in hopes of learning their fate ahead of schedule.

School officials said the applicants were given the opportunity to explain why they attempted to gain access to their admissions files before the date when the university was to tell them if they were admitted.

"At the end of the day, we didn't hear any stories that we thought were compelling enough to counterbalance the act," said Robert Joss, dean of the business school.

posted by Fergie @ 6/01/2005 08:06:00 AM