How do those who cheat the system perform in college?

Applying to College
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<p>Guys, I have a question. I'm from Canada, but I'm originally from East Asia. My friends who still lived there frequently told me about people who cheated on their college apps to get into top top top colleges. I know already that there are 'consulting' services that wrote essays for college applications, or that a lot of people make up ECs so that their apps would look good. I also know that recently, some kids from wealthy, powerful figures in certain countries can get into Harvard despite their lackluster academics/achievements - possibly because of their parents' connections.</p>

<p>Now my question is - how do these people usually fare when they get into college? Getting into Ivies, Stanford, MIT, and the other top 30 colleges means signing up for rigorous academics and a very intellectual environment. Does their decision to cheat finally backfire - or is admissions truly the hardest obstacle when it comes to college? </p>

<p>Thanks, I'm just wondering.</p>

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<p>Even at most highly selective schools, there are courses and majors which are not that hard, which means that those admitted with substantially lower academic standards (development admits, some recruited athletes, etc.) can pass their courses. Perhaps they won’t be taking the hardest honors courses or majoring in whatever the hardest majors are, but they can still graduate.</p>

<p>There may be a few schools (e.g. Caltech) where the minimum level of rigor in required college courses may be substantially higher than in most other colleges, and may be substantially higher than what a less well academically prepared frosh can handle. But these are more the exception.</p>

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<p>Could be they buy their papers in college, too. I know someone who used to complete computer programming assignments for a classmate for pay (this was at a state public school, however). Watch the movie Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield for an amusing look at such methods.</p>