Recission of admissions?

NeoTycoon
Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:32:39 +0000

Bypassing an internet filter is a much lesser offense than cheating or stealing/accessing sensitive information. Were you surfing porn, accessing Facebook, or doing something constructive? :D

I can’t say I know how this will be perceived by the university but here’s some relevant info.:
-Stanford values freedom of information/learning and does not censor the internet like many high schools do.
-Stanford also appreciates the white-hat hacker culture that many of its CS alumni live and breathe.
-While Stanford does care about whether you follow school policies, the rules are most strict when they pertain to academic honesty. Sometimes, the bending/breaking of rules is forgivable and even supported if the action has a greater purpose and doesn’t violate academic honesty.
-For Stanford students, violations of internet usage policies (DMCA violations, exploiting security loopholes) are generally met with an initial warning, and discontinuation of certain internet access privileges occur upon a subsequent violation.

I’d ask myself how does this particular violation translate into anything that Stanford would deem problematic once you enrolled - doesn’t seem like it does.