any ILRies on here reveal yourself!!
Out of curiosity, would Cornell consider “hacking” in to access PIN early problematic? Unethical? I just hacked and now I’m nervous
I feel like since the “Hack” does not mention anything about Cornell in the website name, or is shown to be truly from Cornell you should not count on it. In other words, there is no proof to trust this source, and I think it is best not to put your email or other information into it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Cornell keeps track of who logs into that site, since you have to put in your email or some other identifying info into it to get in (I assume - I didn’t try it). But I doubt they’d consider it a “hack,” either, just some curious hopeful 2023 candidates.
@idkman123 It is truly from Cornell. It is their own decision portal and really the word “hack” shouldn’t be used since we’re all just clicking “forgot PIN”.
@dairyqueen How do you know it truly is? What proof is there?
@idkman123 Did you click on the link? https://decision.applyyourself.com/fl_login.aspx?id=cornellu
Again, this same link was posted earlier in the thread, someone stating it was from last year. They brought this knowledge to my attention, and I decided to re-post.
@dairyqueen Have you noticed that every other url from Cornell has .edu in the web address except this one? Don’t you think that is suspect? I agree with the others that I wouldn’t go and click on this and I definitely wouldn’t put my email and pin in it. If it’s legit and a “hack” that no one is supposed to have access to, you’ve just let Cornell know you’ve gone into something through a back door before they’ve provided the information. I would never want my daughter to risk her chances by doing something so foolish just because she can’t wait for an official email to come from them. The decision should be made already, I’m not going to let her do anything to change that.
To me, looks like a phishing site!!
People just need to be patient. The waiting is hard, yes, but being able to log in to see if the decision date is Monday or later is not going to make the decisions come any earlier.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if Cornell keeps track of who logs into that site, since you have to put in your email or some other identifying info into it to get in (I assume - I didn’t try it). But I doubt they’d consider it a “hack,” either, just some curious hopeful 2023 candidates.”
@Robnin Agree 100% with you!
@srparent15 @Robnin said “just some curious hopeful 2023 candidates.” We aren’t “doing something so foolish”. Chill
when u guys log onto ur cornell financial aid thing does it bring u to a thing called an “oracle sign-in” page thingy first?
@dairyqueen I hope you did not do something foolish. Did you click on it previously?
I was sent this link and while it is old, hard to say if it would have to same consequence today as back then.
@seniortwinmom “Last week, a computer hacker helped applicants to several of the nation’s best business colleges and universities gain access to internal admissions records on the schools’ Web sites”. We did not access internal admissions records, everyone. All we did was click “Forgot PIN/password” and Cornell emailed us our PINs. That is all.
@dairyqueen “All we did was click “Forgot PIN/password” and Cornell emailed us our PINs. That is all.” SMH You still don’t get it, do you? That can be pretty serious. You went to a backdoor website that is not public nor had it been released to any of the applicants. You then put in your email and asked them to send you a password/pin. They now have a record that you did this and you don’t think there’s anything sketchy about that? Come on! This is an Ivy League School you applied to.
I hope you get in and this was meaningless, but I also hope if you get in, you actually show a little more sense and integrity as a Cornell student than you are now in saying “All we did”.
@coniston1 Ya, it’s annoying. Not sure what it means, but I just go back to the other page and am able to log in without issue.
@seniortwinmom Literally this same information was available to applicants from last year. I am not the first person to have done this, seeing as it was posted EARLIER IN THE THREAD. This is NOT confidential information! This has no bearing on my integrity, as I have not cheated in the slightest. I used resources that were available to me. I am offended that you would even question my “sense” over an unsubstantial matter. This is NOT hacking; hacking is forcibly breaking into a computer system. I used this function as it was designed, albeit possibly earlier than intended. I have researched this url and it belongs to a company that runs such decision portals. It is not a phishing site.
I don’t get why some people are making a big deal out of applicants pressing the “Forgot PIN/ID” button.
It’s not even near anything like a hack. Applicants are anxious about their decision, and they’re eager to gain any possible information that might be helpful. Having inside information about the decision portal link and gaining the ID & PW by pressing a button is NOT unethical.
Also, commenting as if Cornell should reject all the applicants who found their PIN before the date is just awful. Seriously. You’re just making curious applicants feel bad.
So what is looking like the final date? December 10 7pm ET? How about the email where they tell us the date. Should that be sometime today?
Also, is it dangerous to check using the forgot pin method? I worry it could be put against you, and in that case, it really isn’t worth the few days wait.
The decision would not come out until they give you the link and post it in the evening, so it would be no use to log into the site early. Though it’s unlikely to affect the admission, it’s always safer to not do it, it does no good anyways.