Parents Who Rat Out "Competitor" Applicants

<p>I don't know how much of this happens. Maybe the admissions officers can clue us in on that. I don't know of this personally, nor do I know of anyone who was questioned on anything that came in as an anonymous tip.</p>

<p>I agree that this would be a very dangerous path to go down, and I would think it would put your own child in a bad light if s/he were applying to the same school, unless the offense of the other child were truly grave or represented a threat to public safety. My friend's son was devastated not to have gotten into one of the better state schools. I have to say I was sorely tempted to rat out the woman who advised her son to lie on his application to the very same school, which he did, and then got in. But the first boy is having a great experience where he is, so sometimes you just have to trust that cream will rise to the top and all will be well despite the injustice.</p>

<p>I know there is a reason that "what goes around comes around" has been my mantra on many, many occasions.....and am happy to report it usually bears out in the long run.....</p>

<p>this is very disturbing...</p>

<p>Im not in the least surprised. On the other flip side, you got parents needling old pals who wouldnt appear to be old pals, in big prestige companies or uni's, to write their kids glowing supplementary rec letters. You've got parents with experience in this area helping students calculate exactly how much they can get away with in terms of resume exaggeration. Not to be overly cynical, but people will kill for something they want. Best to just not get involved with any one elses applications and leave no opening for them to get involved at yours. Because I promise you that if its me or you, just about all stressed out seniors and their parents would choose me. Parents who get involved with competitor applicants and ruin the lives of other teens for their own teen are a fact of life, just like the eighteen year old machiavellis who do get into top schools by being snakes. Maybe what goes around comes around, but even if they are punished for screwing you over, you are still screwed over.</p>

<p>I wish people would mind their own d-mn business. It's none of anyone's concern of what happens to someone else's child. And to write anonymous letters...well it's disgusting. If a kid did something in 10th grade, he might have turned it around by senior year and who is some unrelated person to ruin a kids chances anywhere? And if a kid is bad, evil, theiving, etc, eventually he or she will be found out. And they won't make it at their new school. But for pete's sake, give a kid a chance to turn their lives around! Without your self-righteous meddling. JMHO.</p>

<p>Somewhere between the McCarthy commie lists and the Spanish Inquisition lies the self righteous parent calling an Admissions officer with their sleazy "information." Ive never been so creeped out by CC. But then again, if it knocks out one more student who is getting in the way of "precious darlings" dream school.........................</p>

<p>Simple solution: Don't tell others where you are applying.</p>

<p>Less simple solution: Teach your children not to cheat, drink, do drugs. Punish them when they do, so the schools won't have to do your job. If your kids screw up royally, let them suffer the consequences so they actually learn a lesson, and are prpared for life. </p>

<p>And innocent people ratting out the guilty ones, students or not, is just another harsh reality.</p>