<p>I know a kid who looks good on paper, nice test scores and good gpa as well as a lot of clubs that he just joined for college. He's applying to top schools, but he is really a terrible person. He bullies kids, cheats on exams and has never been caught, has cheated on math competitions like the AMCs (and done well, qualifying for USAMO, which will undoubtedly help), goes on the internet and torments/baits suicidal people on alt.suicide.holiday, and hacks into people's computers and facebooks and posts their pictures on these semi-porno sites. I know you shouldn't be posting pictures you don't want out there, but that's still a really ******y thing to do. He's a big suck up so none of the teachers know and he probably has fine recommendations, but I would really rather not have him at my school. I do have records of some of the things he's posted on usenet groups but I can't "prove" that it's him, even though it's under his name. I know it's him though because he brags about it. What would you do if someone like this is applying to your school or top schools in general?</p>
<p>Abduct him(with masks on)…pack him in a box(definitely tying him before with his mouth taped)…and send him to Siberia for the admissions season by DHL.</p>
<p>First and foremost, you need to take the high road, and make sure that you do not do anything that makes you look bad. </p>
<p>Second, if you have any type of real proof that he is cheating, then you should turn that in. But make sure that what you have is rock solid, can not be in any way disputed. If there is any sort of loop hole in your evidence, this person will turn it around on you, and you will end up being the “bad guy”. </p>
<p>I have to believe that karma will catch up with people like that eventually. People like this are smarter than me in a way I do not want to be smart. They are manipulative and deceiptful. And to out do them, you have to be more manipulative and deceiptful. It is not worth putting yourself in that position.</p>
<p>About 80% of the applicant pool has great test scores and good GPAs, so that’s not going to get him in anyway. Having no zest for groups because you just joined them for college tends to show on applications.</p>
<p>I would not send anything in to MIT. Frankly we take all such “personal intrigue letters” and assume, by necessity, that they are scurrilous attempts to scuttle another’s candidacy. </p>
<p>You would be surprised how easy it is for us to catch jerks in the process.</p>
<p>I would really be surprised to learn one such case where a jerk like that was caught in the ‘Admissions Process’.</p>
<p>The Jerk modelled in MIT I’s case is not that easy to get by the collar. Consider this fact that if he can fool the teachers teaching him for four years of HS, he can fool the Adcoms too. How hard can it get to fool someone who will read the ink-side of you?</p>
<p>Besides as Piper XP mentioned in her post:
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<p>One who can fool around for such a long time can also ‘engineer’ his or essays. And its even not that hard to get through the interview process just by pretending to be a ‘truth-teller’ and a nice guy. It’s even harder to trace him, let alone catch him.</p>
<p>^ I’ll be more direct - what does this guy have to show for his groups? Is it just “I paid membership fees for the science club”, or does he have something concrete to offer?</p>