In the context of academics I’d call it manipulating, exploiting or scamming the housing system, rather than cheating. Just because academic cheating is the center-of-gravity for this type of conversation, and, IMO, a much much bigger deal.
If someone says they cheated in school, the first thing that pops into your head probably isn’t that they might have gotten a single dorm room, right?
> If someone says they cheated in school, the first thing that pops into your head probably isn’t that they might have gotten a single dorm room, right?
It isn't, but if I'm on the hiring end and I know you play games like this, I'm not hiring you. I can work with less competent folks much better.
This whole comment thread has been a crazy way to find out the ways people justify immoral behavior to themselves.