<p>Transfer decisions have not yet been released nor has any waitlist activity been announced. Any candidate who attempts to determine the action on their application prior to official notification may have his or her admission revoked. It is unfortunate that we must deliver this message, but we are aware of efforts on the part of a few candidates to compromise the system, which we are able to detect. This is in direct violation of Stanford's Fundamental Standard.</p>
<p>Hi, usual lurker, finally made a profile to ask a question in regards to this. I did attempt to use the ID “technique” being discussed on here shortly before this message was posted. I sincerely apologize and will refrain from doing so further. Will those who attempted to access the Stanford site prior to this warning face consequences?</p>
<p>I too, am guilty of this. The anxiousness I’ve felt in anticipation of my Stanford decision in the past six of so months has been so overwhelming that it has inhibited my decision making. I checked the site prior to reading this update… but it still occurred after this post was made. I too sincerely apologize, and will refrain from using this method again. I’ve eagerly waited for nearly six months, and am prepared to wait a little while longer. I would really hate to have my decision compromised because of this foolish mistake I made stressing about my decision. Apologies once again.</p>
<p>I’m dying of anticipation too! Some people on here were talking about it but I didn’t think it would be real - Stanford would have this covered - but my brain just flew out of the window. Had I known it was serious, I would not have done it.</p>
<p>Dear Mr. Shaw, we’ve learned our lesson and have sent a strong warning to future applicants and current applicants who’d been thinking of checking. Please don’t rescind our acceptances or the acceptances of applicants from previous years (many of whom are current Stanford students) who’ve tried this method. We love you. Please, please, please don’t do this to us.</p>
<p>You sound very disingenuous by trying to use the fact that current stanford students may have used this approach as an excuse. hope your letter was more believable.</p>
<p>haha i just find the words from the above apology " Dear Mr. Shaw . . . We love you" a wee bit disturbing. don’t get me wrong, i’m sure Dean Shaw is a wonderful guy (he works at Stanford after all), but…</p>
<p>Blah2009- That’s exactly what I thought after I read the post. If he put that in the letter, then I’d say, unless they really love lion’s application, it’s curtains for him. They’re not stupid and they’ll see through that right away, and then only come out thinking worse of him for it.</p>
jk</p>