This is more or less what happened to some kids applying to Harvard Business School about seven years ago: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/harvard-bu

This is more or less what happened to some kids applying to Harvard Business School about seven years ago: https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/harvard-business-school-boots-119-applicants-hacking-admissions-site/ https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/harvard-business-s... Their penalty was a denial of admissions, but their hack of using a specially-crafted URL was about the same.