Some students on CC are Crazy!!!!

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<p>I started coming to CC about 2 years ago…I came to get some questions answered and in the process I’ve gotten to answer people’s questions. However, I am just sicked by some people on this site. Look at the private message I was recently sent (poster shall remain nameless of course):</p>

<p>"i need to get in contact with you whether it be aim or email. I was wondering if you could sort of make like a perfect high school transcript which would be like a guideline for me 2 follow into getting into penn. This would pay $20 bucks paypal. </p>

<p>please get back 2 me asap "</p>

<p>How ridiculous…some people on here will stop at nothing to get into X school. Paying for someone to make a transcript to follow, stealing essays, etc.</p>

<p>I don’t think the creators of CC had this in mind when they created a site that was intended to allow people to help each other.</p>

<p>oh well I guess I should stop ranting, I was just pretty shocked when someone offered to pay me for such a ridiculous service.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=74018[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=74018&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It honestly makes me sad sometimes that people are so desperate. That, and the posters who come here claiming to have “cheated the system”, saying “everything you do in high school is automatically designed to get you into college”. Whatever happened to, y’know, having real interests, beyond getting into Highly Selective U?</p>

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<p>$20???</p>

<p>4 years of math, English, history, science, foreign language–AP or honors wherever your school has them.</p>

<p>Was that worth $20?</p>

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<p>I know seriously!! I think he or she also wanted me to include ECs…</p>

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<p>It is rather amusing that a student cannot think for self. You could have recommended a program…probably their HS would not have had the opportunity and there 'ya go. Any FROSH class is a diverse group…public, private, home schooled…a group assembled from the applicant pool. Perhaps some folks still don’t understand that…there is no magic plan.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if I misunderstood this person who PMed you, bern700, but I think they didn’t actually want to use the transcript, but just follow it… you know make sure they took all the extra classes and stuff… maybe I’m just misunderstanding… cuz that would also seem ludicrous…</p>

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<p>I too believe they just wanted to use it as a guide…aka if I follow this plan: take these classes, do these ECs, etc. I might have a better chance of getting in…since it already worked for someone else if might work for me.</p>

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<p>I agree it sounds pretty desperate, but maybe the person doesn’t have any other guidance and little confidence.
People pay private counselors big bucks for this kind of help every day.</p>