few tips that come into my mind:

1. extract Sunspot search logic to separate class, it's not really user concern: https://github.com/sunspot/sunspot/wiki/Setting-up-classes-for-search-and-indexing

2. inline some scopes, i.e.:

   scope :with_dependents, -> { includes(:common_app, :video, :applications, :jobs) }

(this is actually more readable in my opinion)

3. extract password management and encryption to separate class (again not really user concern):

   class PasswordManager attr_reader :user

   def initialize(user) @user = user end

   def generate_password user.password = ("a".."z").to_a.sample(8).join("") end end

Hope it helps.

A few tips that come into my mind:

1. Extract Sunspot search logic to a separate class. It's not really a user's concern.

2. Inline some scopes, i.e.:

    scope :with_dependents, -> { includes(:common_app, :video, :applications, :jobs) }
   

(This is actually more readable in my opinion.)

3. Extract password management and encryption to separate class (again, not really the user's concern):

    class PasswordManager
      attr_reader :user
   
      def initialize(user)
        @user = user
      end
   
      def generate_password
        user.password = ("a".."z").to_a.sample(8).join("")
      end
    end