<p>My child didn't apply to Stanford, but there is a student at his school that just did. What is really annoying is that this student was permitted to write his own letter of recommendation by a certain teacher. Of course, he writes that he is the best in everything because he is writing about himself. It would be a travesty for this kid to get into Stanford. He is well known in the school for cheating, plagerizing, etc. </p>
<p>Just venting I guess.</p>
<p>why not call stanford to report him?</p>
<p>thought about it. All they have to do is call the guidance counselor and she will be honest. They are all afraid of the parents taking action against them so they will not put anything negative in writing. This kid should be really ashamed of himself.</p>
<p>OMG, are you serious? This is the most ridiculous story ever.</p>
<p>I wouldn't be surprised if there were poetic justice: one too many odd turns of phrase, something that doesn't jibe with the academic record; too much hyperbole--a letter written by such a student will probably contain some tell-tale sign that will mean the letter won't count for much, even if he doesn't get caught red-handed.</p>
<p>I am very serious, and I agree. It is ridiculous that this kid has been permitted to get away with so much. Just recently he avoided an out of school suspension that shows up on the transcript and instead rec'ed an in school suspension. He skipped a class to apparently avoid a test. His parents argued that he was at Yale for an interview. The school could have easily called Yale to confirm the interview. They are afraid because the parents sued the district once before, although they lost. There is so much more about this kid you wouldn't believe. He is so underhanded that he once told kids in a class not to bother studying because he took the test already and knew the questions. Then, he goes on to tell them some fake questions. Luckily, my child didn't pay any attention to him. Clearly, he just wanted to get kids to not study and obtain poor grades. Real nice kid.</p>
<p>Wow, that's makes two cheaters applying to Stanford.</p>
<p>are you talking about straight up writing the letter, or ghost writing/outlining? they are two very different things. if the kid wrote the letter and the teacher signed it, that is wrong. if the kid wrote it and the teacher adjusted the style and wording, it's ghost writing. ghost writing is perfectly acceptable, colleges know about it. whether it is ethical is up for debate, since alot of kids don't have that opportunity to "exaggerate" their achievements. however, it's not illegal, and won't get them rejected/rescinded.</p>
<p>as far as the cheating in school thing, if you can somehow prove it happened, not necessarily is still documented in the school system, you would have a strong case. </p>
<p>btw-welcome to life. cheating DOES happen.</p>
<p>The kid wrote the letter himself. That's it. The teacher signed it. The vocabulary used by the student isn't anything like this teacher's, who is from another country.</p>
<p>The kid went around showing the letter off to people and let it be known he wrote it. period.</p>
<p>I'd like follow-ups on these two applicants, namely whether they get in.</p>
<p>ok, by me. I will let you know on our end.</p>
<p>rightwing brought up a good point...</p>
<p>a lot of teachers ask students to write a letter of recommendation for themselves. then the teachers read these to learn more about the student and also to incorporate important parts of his/her life or what the student thinks should be emphasized. if this is the case it isn't called "cheating"...maybe the student is just bragging that he's writing his own letter and not really saying what the situation is?</p>
<p>But if it's different where the letter he writes is going to be the one sent...that's bad and maybe you should call the admission's office for advice on how to handle this situation</p>
<p>he definitely wrote it himself. He even instant messaged a student ahead of time telling him he was thinking of doing it and wanted to know how many words the rec should be. Beyond this, there is the plagerism the Stanford will not know about and other issues.</p>
<p>Let Stanford know about it..</p>
<p>Yeah, please, this really upsets me. Can you and talisman both tell Stanford.</p>
<p>I don't know anyone there. I child isn't even applying to Standford. I bet they would just ignore me and think I was just jealous of this kid. If anyone has a specific person who they believe would be open to hearing this, pm me. Thanks</p>
<p>wow... this thread really disturbs me...</p>
<p>I think that Stanford or the High school's administration needs to be contacted immediatly</p>
<p>This is not fair to the other applicants to stanford or the other students at this highschool</p>
<p>Shocked</p>
<p>Yeah, I am disturbed too. The high school administration already knows about it. Again, they are afraid of this kid's parents. Also, no one knows for sure if the teacher is covering and now saying he wrote it because he would be in trouble too for allowing it to happen.</p>
<p>Besides the letter of rec, there is also his plagerizing, etc.</p>
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Someone do it because it's simply the right thing to do. I'm currently a student here and I certainly don't want to share classrooms, dorms, and lecture halls with people of that sort.</p>
<p>Why do you care so much Cailg??? Kids cheat all the time and if the teacher acquiesced to the student writing his own letter of rec, there's not much you can do about it. Think about the consequences you notifying Stanford of something like this will have not only on the partcular individuals invovled, but on the rest of the student body.</p>
<p>If Stanford verified that what you're saying is the truth, then they will become suspicious about every application that comes in from your school, since the administration would appear to be corrupt and not credible for allowing this sort of injust activity to go on for such a prolonged period of time. You could not only hurt the chances of every other Stanford applicant in your school by damaging your high school's relationship with Stanford, but you could jeopardize almost every graduating student's chance of getting into their dream school if Stanford feels so obliged to notify other colleges about the level of irresponsibility present in your high school.</p>
<p>How badly do you want justice though??? Are you willing to destroy your school's reputation on a national scale just so you can get one miscreant in trouble??? My advice is just to let it go. Remember, what goes around comes around.</p>