<p>^^^^“Few students are admitted, and as others have said, it is more difficult than most students or parents know to get in.” In my son’s graduating class this year, one of the two kids accepted by UPenn was stripped of his national honors society because he was caught cheating. The kids knew he had a long history cheating but he finally was caught in the act, but somehow he was still accepted to penn ED (the incident occurred at the end of junior year). After that, my son & many of his classmates were no longer interested in attending the school. The kids assume he’ll end up on Wall Street.</p>
<p>@renaissancemom “In my son’s graduating class this year, one of the two kids accepted by UPenn was stripped of his national honors society because he was caught cheating. The kids knew he had a long history cheating but he finally was caught in the act, but somehow he was still accepted to penn ED (the incident occurred at the end of junior year).”</p>
<p>I am interested in the details. What did the student do, and how would Penn know about it? Was it a big enough event that the school reported it to UPenn? I would think that the details would matter. If the high school only revoked National Honor Society, that is not too surprising because students can lose that for lots or reasons. The most common at our HS is that the student did not complete all of the required community service hours. </p>
<p>Usually, for students at that level, it is unlikely that they cheat by copying another student because the are the best in their grade, so there is not a better student to copy from. Perhaps he cribbed notes on his hand? </p>
<p>Please share.</p>
<p>Here is the WSJournal’s list of Recruiters top 25 schools. They are mostly large state U’s. </p>
<p><a href=“http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704554104575435563989873060?mobile=y”>http://m.us.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704554104575435563989873060?mobile=y</a></p>