Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Too much eagerness

119 applicants previously being considered for acceptance by the Harvard Business School (HBS) are now outrightly rejected. These 119 applicants followed the advice of a hacker on how to gain access to the information system of ApplyYourself web service used by business schools including HBS. Subsequently they were able to check if they were accepted or not. Unfortunately, their activities were tracked. Talk about over-eagerness.
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