Kipp is one of the seven involved in the car accident and chain letter. He has a 4.0 GPA and has already been admitted to MIT, where he plans to study aeronautical engineering. He is dating Brenda, though the two are often sarcastic and rude with each other. The two other boys turn to Kipp to give a logical analysis of the situation the first time they gather to discuss the chain letter. Kipp immediately dismisses Neil's idea that the Caretaker could be among them, a fact which later casts him as suspicious.
