At a football get together late last year, my S was answering questions about the college search. He mentioned a LAC he had interviewed for and hoped it would help him get in, as the school has a history of only taking one student a year from our HS. The school considers the interview very important.
A woman asked him if he knew anyone else applying to this college. He said yes and that he had just encouraged her to set up the interview - she didn’t realize it was considered important.
The woman was dumbfounded that he would do this. “She’s the competition “ were her words. I laughed, but nope, she wasn’t kidding. The thought never crossed my kids mind to not help out a friend. He did get an acceptance, but his friend was waitlisted.