<p>I’ve heard a lot about this. A lot of my friends say that this happens a lot in colleges in NYC (specifically I’ve heard Columbia) and I’ve also heard that it happens a lot at UC Berkeley. </p>
<p>Is this true? If so, how common? Have any of you experienced something like this?</p>
<p>I have never heard of this happening. If it is true, it is the lowest and most immature thing I could imagine doing in college. It must take such insecurity to need to sabotage the work of others. At BU, this sort of academic dishonesty is punishable by expulsion. That is why it is not too prevalent. It just isn’t worth getting kicked out of school over.</p>
<p>I’ve honestly never heard of that here at BC. There’s no “cutthroat” environment here anyway; everyone does their own thing.</p>
<p>It doesn’t happen at Cal either…people probably hear a story about some crazy asian pre-med cutthroat kid and extrapolate it to the whole school. Then again, pre-med kids are pretty competitive…</p>
<p>Definitely doesn’t happen at UIUC… if anything, people share answers to online homework and there is more of a team atmosphere to get homework and studying done.</p>
<p>haha i m sure it happens. i mean people are people whereever you go</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of that ever and I went to two schools in NYC (Columbia and the Cooper Union), and have a friends at other NYC schools (NYU, CCNY and Polytech). Then again, some of these schools, like Columbia and NYU, are huge, so maybe it happens but I just don’t hear about it?</p>
<p>I know a bunch of people who go to NYU and are in the theatre program and I have DEF. heard of this happening. Maybe its just the theatre dept. though?</p>
<p>Noncompetitive LACs for the win!</p>
<p>No really, that’s terrible. I’m hoping to never experience anything like that in my entire college career.</p>
<p>I have also heard this happening in Johns Hopkins pre-med program…</p>
<p>I do it all the time.</p>