<p>I have an acquaintance who is planning on pretending that a close uncle of hers died during her sophomore year, which was the reason why she received B's and C's. </p>
<p>Do people actually do this and pull it off? Is it possible for her to do this without getting caught?
Honestly, this makes me kind of angry.</p>
<p>Eh, they’ll probably reject her anyway. People get As despite extenuating circumstances.</p>
<p>I know someone that did something similar to give her a reason to appeal her school entrance exam, which she knew she would fail. She (or more her parents, it was 5th grade) faked having a neck injury, meaning a teacher scribed for her. This allowed her to appeal as she would have been slower not writing herself and because of the pain. They had to bribe a doctor somewhere to sign it off. I guess it worked, as it was 5 years ago and she’s still at the school.</p>
<p>she’ll probably get away with it. I think it’ld be best if you report this in to her GC, but I probably wouldn’t have the guts to do that myself IMO</p>
<p>I mean it looks iffy if she had Bs/Cs both semesters…no way the grieving process should last that long w/o her getting some outside help…i guess she could get away with it, but a truly spectacular student would find a way to push through. She’s a crappy person though</p>
<p>In general I think that a year long grade slide for the death of an uncle would be better explained by a GC. I think adcoms will see through it.</p>
<p>Sometimes people get away with that junk. It’s a sad fact of life and doing that girl no favor either. But karma is karma. Don’t worry too much about her.</p>
<p>My friend had straight A’s until Junior year where he actually had a close uncle die. He’s still a Junior so i don’t know what he’ll do next year</p>