<p>I've heard that cheating is REALLY big at Stern.....</p>
<p>Any current students wish to comment?</p>
<p>I personally know of many, many Stern kids who cheated. Quite shamelessly, for that matter.</p>
<p>Sure. My girlfriend (who was at Stern) cheated on me all the time. Firewalker hit the nail on the head too. She did it pretty shamelessly.</p>
<p>It's probably because of the nasty bell curves they have there though. Competition can bring out the worst in people.</p>
<p>It's not cheating, it's efficiently collecting and applying resources.</p>
<p>Last year the FT came out with some article about how MBAs were the biggest cheaters in school (more than half). The next issue had a response in the opinion section just about the risks and rewards of cheating and how biz students are more apt at realizing this. </p>
<p>Also as mentioned the tough curve makes the reward for cheating bigger. The article also mentioned how engineering students and science students weren't far behind in the rankings.</p>
<p>*boisterous laugh</p>
<p>Everybody cheats in one way or another.</p>
<p>I am in Stern, I have never cheated nor would I think about doing it. The school isn't that hard, and the curve really isn't bad.</p>
<p>MBAs are the second most frequent cheaters, after engineering school kids. There's some truth to that.</p>
<p>How could they do it without getting caught, though? aren't there usually TA's in the room trying to catch people in the act?</p>