I always expect this kinda stuff happen to MIT

Khazidhea
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:14:56 +0000

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.

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.