<p>This is based on an allegation in court documents before trial, so far. The applicant has been in the news earlier for having been expelled from Harvard.</p>
<p>I am curious how a person who never pilots a plane can fly for so long. It only means that either the person has a special talent – which is almost not possible in this case, or the person outsmarts the plane.</p>
<p>My guess, like my data, could be flawed. :)</p>
<p>I think this guy is just an incredibly bold and incredibly talented fraudster. He submits a fradulent app and gets into Bowdoin. Gets kicked out and then transfers to Harvard, again with a fraudulent app. Gets kicked out of Harvard and tries to transfer to Yale with a fraudulent app, but his parents sink that by squealing to Yale. He then tries to transfer to Stanford with a fraudulent app and gets accepted but then gets rescinded because he is in jail on felony charges. Incredible! Heck, Yale probably would have accepted him too but for the efforts of his parents.</p>
<p>That guy’s smart. I admire him. Even though he lied, Harvard would like nothing better than keeping him. He’s the type of guy that goes against the crowd, extremely creative. The only reason they kicked him out was for publicity.</p>
<p>I have to agree with resilient a bit. This guy may have done something stupid - I think what happened is that he spiraled out of control - but he is smart. Think CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. I bet this guy’s going to get snatched up by someone. Of course we’ll never know, that’s the point.</p>
<p>I asked my kid why s/he was not applying to Stanford along with Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Penn and Columbia. S/He answered that the only people from our town that have been accepted have been athletes (1 strike) and <em>honor</em> <em>code</em> violators_. </p>
<p>I believe that, is Stanford <em>really</em> wanted to know if they were accepting cheaters, they could ask a simple question of the high schools, but perhaps they do not want to know <em>that</em> <em>much</em> (wink, wink, know what i mean…)</p>
<p>Anyway, I applauded his/her decision because I did not even have to mention Condeleeza Rice!</p>
<p>kerfeet, I ordinarily ignore inane ■■■■■ posts such as yours, but guess what: the honor code violator referenced in this thread gained admission to Harvard with a fraudulent application too. I guess you’d better let “your kid” know so he doesn’t waste his precious time applying there. If you’re going to ■■■■■, at least get your facts straight. LOLOLOL</p>