<p>Seems to me the appropriate thing would have been to report the misrepresentations on his application to the principal of your school. After all, if you and your friends are applying to the same schools, then his misrepresentations are unfairly diminishing your chances at these schools. Further, if you or one of your friends ACTUALLY held one of those leadership positions, wouldn’t the colleges perhaps pick up on the duplication which would put your app in question as well. So your high school principal would really be forced to do something to address the situation had you brought it to his attention. </p>
<p>Sending a letter to all the colleges unfortunately makes you and your friends look like “rabble rousers”. It was quite aggressive and impulsive in my opinion. I think you need to understand that there are proper channels to go through in situations like this that don’t include taking matters into your own hands. You could have put the principal in a position where he had no choice BUT to act on Dave’s dishonesty, since it could have potentially infringed on other students’ rights.</p>