<p>A super computer/IT genius hacks into MIT’s admission system and just change the status of his application and just gets himself admitted. I know it can’t be easy, lots of things need to be done. But still possible. Are there any?</p>
<p>If there are any, do you think they’ll brag about it online and get expelled immediately or get their diploma and degree revoked if they’ve graduated?</p>
<p>probably not. there’s probably a lot more records than just an online status. plus, you think admission officers don’t remember who was accepted/who wasn’t? (generally speaking)</p>
<p>um…even if they hacked it the folks would be smart enough to keep a separate,official list so the hacker wouldn’t get the admissions packet.</p>
<p>Yep, I am one of them! PM me if you want to know how.</p>
<p>Oh darn you Inconclusive! We promised to keep it on the DL, remember?
traitor!</p>
<p>^Actually he never ratted you out. you ratted yourself out. :D</p>
<p>And even if a computer genius DOES hack into MIT, why would the computer genius have been rejected in the first place?</p>
<p>ooooo you little cheating hackers!</p>
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<p>Exactly. 
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<p>I mean a computer genius may have a terrible SAT score, low GPA since he failed history, never joined a sport team and those things kept him out of MIT. So he decided to hack into MIT’s admission system. I believe the easiest thing he can do is hacking after the decisions have been made. Then, change an admitted student’s personal info to the hacker’s. In this way, he has the essays and the SAT scores that got him into MIT if the admission officers want to review the applicants in the future. I mean, there are still ways to find out, but at least it’s feasible. I just thought that he could also hack into Collegeboard system to change his SAT scores.</p>
<p>Years ago, a bunch of Princeton undergraduates formed an imaginary student, sent in the application to Princeton and got him accepted. He enrolled and they shared taking classes and exams and doing homework for him for the 4 years…I think they got caught senior year though.</p>
<p>Well MIT is full of computer geniuses so it’s 100% protected. Those things are not usually accessible from outside and even if he somehow managed to gain access to the internal network (for example traveled to MIT) before and get some sort of a backdoor to use it during his admission … I think he (or she) would have much better chances of getting in if he would write all about this hack in his (or her) essays. At least that what I would have done.</p>
<p>Btw I found some info about a group of 4 or 5 applicants who did manage to “hack” MIT website. Nothing major tho, they kinda copied the internal structure and content of the MIT blogs and made a site mirror. Dont remember much about it, but I do remember one thing - none of them got in. Pretty smart guys I must admit. But AFAIK getting in MIT takes much more than just being smart or genius-smart.</p>
<p>if they found you on their website, it wouldn’t be a good thing…
Explain to MIT your passions, Hacks( exploits), Programming Skills, OS…and you will get in…xD
If you know a programming language and You have never taken a Computer Science class, I think that is an EC’s…</p>
<p>@JohnAd</p>
<p>Are you serious? lolol</p>
<p>Do you have an article or something explaining it?</p>
<p>Knowing a programming language isn’t a great skill though. That’s like just knowing the rules of chess. Actually making stuff with the language is the fun part (analogous to playing a good game of chess). It makes you have to think about problems in different ways.</p>
<p>Although I can’t say anything about admissions, I’d say just pick up something you love, and do it. It’s a great experience. It doesn’t matter whether you generate results, it doesn’t matter what you’ve chosen to do. At the age of 12 to 18 you don’t have to care about money, rent, family, whatever, you’re free to experiment. If your project fails - no problem - move on. Or take a break. I don’t think you can do this so easily when you’re ‘grown up’ - it’s far more serious.</p>
<p>This is just my view though, nothing to do with admissions. ^_^</p>
<p>@JohnAdams12,</p>
<p>well you have to pay to study, dont you? So they like shared this as well? If they were already undergrads, means they were accepted there was no point. If they were just a bunch of people outside Princeton … it would be hard to get access to the Princeton facilities for all of them. I mean there is a photo-id and they would have been caught immediately. Wouldnt last a year. Wouldnt last a term. </p>
<p>However the idea itself is exciting, and if it indeed happened, I bow before their ingenuity.</p>