<p>At our school, we had a senior this year who was caught cheating and his experience was the exact opposite of what happened to this girl. Apparently, by junior year, the student here was known for cheating and some classmates were getting frustrated by the unfairness. They privately complained to their teachers, who then watched the student closely while he took his exams. Sure enough, he was caught cheating. It became public knowledge when he wasn’t at honors night because he was stripped of his NHS membership and his other honors. (It became of the talk of the town & that’s how i learned of it bc this kid wasn’t on my radar.) This was his punishment. However, it seems clear that the administration and he didn’t mention any of this on his college applications because he was admitted ED to UPenn, where he had legacy. Another kid in town, very likable and also w legacy and the legitimate stats to get in, was rejected ED. Although Penn had no idea what they got, the university diminished a lot in my son’s eyes; the smart kids in his class became disinterested in attending college w that kind of classmate. And there were lots of snide comments that maybe he’d fit in well on Wall Street after college. Unlike the girl in the article, this kid has exhibited no shame at all…just the opposite, in fact. And his parents have nothing but pride with his college result.</p>