Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business has turned down 41 applicants who took advantage of a software flaw to check their admissions status before they were authorized to do so. Applicants to half a dozen institutions tried peeking at their admissions files prematurely, and several of the affected colleges announced that they would not admit any of the "hackers."
Stanford gave those applicants a chance to explain their actions, according to campus officials, but the university ultimately decided that none of the explanations were satisfactory. (Associated Press)
For more on the business-school admissions-site hackings, see an article from The Chronicle by Dan Carnevale.
20 Responses to Stanford Business School Rejects ‘Hackers’
Heather Munro Prescott - October 21, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Bertie Wooster also would have shown up with Jeeves to press his clothes for him. So, another advantage of black is it doesn’t show wrinkles.
mnellsmith - October 21, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Moose and Goose (also known as mnellsmith, whose account I [Moose] am borrowing to type this comment) are headed north, clad in black, ready for the blogger meet-up of the fricking century. See you soon, pal, in the FLESH! Let’s order up a couple of pisco sours in honor of absent cowgirl friend, Historiann.
Guest - October 21, 2011 at 2:21 pm
I am utterly supportive of wearing all black, discussing neoliberalism at the university, co-workers with names like Roy Perez, and the Baltimore waterfront. Have a great time at the ASA and see if you can party a little despite not being a 28-year-old grad student anymore. Break a leg!
11293505 - October 21, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Hey! Howdy Doody to you, too, Ms. Self-Styled, Massively Self-referential, Narcissistic Tenured Alleged Radical! At a time when colleges and universities across the country are looking hard at programs to dump because of necessary budget cuts, too bad you couldn’t find an even larger platform to reinforce the pervasive (and false) perception that American Studies is a frivolous field for academic lightweights like yourself who waste money on university-funded travel to conferences so they can “Par-tay!!!” Some of the best, award-winning scholarship in the intersecting fields of history, culture, politics, and the arts has long been produced people in American Studies. Too bad the most noise is made–and the reputation of the field is sullied–by people like you.
historiann - October 21, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Sorry to miss the party, Roxie & TR! Rumor has it that Classy Claude will be there, and may file a report for me. . .
historiann - October 21, 2011 at 4:52 pm
What is it with the angry d!ckheads over here? That comment makes no sense whatsoever, either on its own or as a response to anything in this post.
Is this really “livingroom” conversation? Sure you’re happier here than in free blogistan?
physioprof - October 21, 2011 at 5:16 pm
You should totally go check out the Dead End Saloon in Fell’s Point. They have an excellent variety of beers on tap, a pool table, and the local crowd is very friendly and non-touristy.
susanda - October 21, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Black works as long as you don’t have a cat with light-colored fur. My calico left white hairs on black clothes, and black hairs on white clothes….
Have fun!
tenured_radical - October 21, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Maybe 11293505 is actually Michelle Bachmann, which would be cool in a really weird way, but the comment still wouldn’t make sense. Yes this is tiresome: but it used to happen to me in free blogistan sometimes too. Anyway, whoever you are, you might be a happier person if you did not read this blog. Think about it as a strategy for self-improvement.
wepstein - October 22, 2011 at 3:45 pm
White male narcissism is now matched by white female narcissism which explains the decline of Amrican literature and the permanent immaturity of American studies which fails as history and social science. It does succeed as self-absorption and enters the realm of street theater. Who gives a damn what you wear or why you wear it. Bertie Wooster was tolerable as his own parody. You are tedious in your arch sincerity.
tenured_radical - October 22, 2011 at 9:52 pm
@wepstein: thanks for this brilliant comment. It’s for people like you, who have a terrific sense of humor and really get it why not taking academic life so frikkin’ seriously all the time might be ok, that I get up and write every day. Now, either go back to your tool box or go try another blog.
jliedl - October 22, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Wow, someone got up from the cranky side of bed. Don’t like American Studies. Don’t like the people who study it, either, or, it appears, American literature since the scary women started publishing (since that seems to be the major difference between the types of narcissism you decry).
Women have been key contributors to American literature, history and studies for some time, now. We haven’t brought the world to an end or even this particular corner. Why don’t you pick up Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History” and see that for yourself!
Oh, and by the way, I loved TR’s discussion of her conference wardrobe: amusing and practical insights from a veteran conference-goer (albeit one without a long-haired white cat). You may find it shocking but it is possible to have conversations about everyday AND serious stuff on the same blog.
historiann - October 23, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Je repete: “What is it with the angry d!ckheads over here?
tenured_radical - October 23, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Je ne sais pas, mon amie, mais je pense que je fait quelque chose droit si les instruments ne m’aiment.
11182967 - October 24, 2011 at 9:33 am
If TR things black always matches black she is definitely sartorially-challenged. There are shades of black, as well as differing textures, sheens, and tones–and that’s before everything has been washed a few times (no, it doesn’t quite work to wash them all together in hot water since different materials take dyes in different ways). Even the black sheep can tell each other apart.
tenured_radical - October 24, 2011 at 12:05 pm
No one who knows me would disagree that I am sartorially challenged.
royperez - October 24, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Folks are often accused of narcissism when they refuse to speak universally and anonymously.
physioprof - October 24, 2011 at 10:55 pm
What’s with the fucken austrobelgian gibberish? This is america!
urbanexile - October 28, 2011 at 8:31 am
Nah, Couldn’t be MBachmann because at least 11293505 has the ability to write long sentences without mentioning embryos or saying “Uh”. Although perhaps the RNC has developed a new App for generating randomly abusive comments so that d***w*ds like this can load up the blogosphere with their ignorant partisan, vitriol.
Take it as a sign of progress, TR! The more readers you get, the more pinheads will appear.
urbanexile - October 28, 2011 at 8:34 am
How fascinating: A laundry lesson from a history hater.