Forged transcript

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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I am bitter. I didn’t get good grades in high school and thus didn’t get accepted to a university. That’s my bad. Why am I upset?

I know someone who applied for the same school, couple years before using a forged transcript. This was many years ago. I don’t believe you should be rewarded for cheating. I want to tell the college because some unethical things that have come to light. Is this revenge? No. It’s a complicated story but is there a way to tell the university this? Would/could they do something many years later after he graduated college? Again. I’m very ethical and believe in hard work, not cheating your way through life. Don’t take my question as a “how do I get revenge” type of post. It’s not about that. Thanks!

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Do you have evidence? Why after all these years?

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You do have specific evidence right? Making accusations, especially as serious as this, needs definitive proof. If you really wanted to, you could try and get in contact with the admissions officer and ask them to contact the high school that said person graduated from for their transcript. However, I don’t think the college would be able to do much as he as already graduated.

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how did he forge it tf school has to directly submit it

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Degrees can be rescinded but there would need to be proof.

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Whatever you do about the other person, is going to college still something you want to do? Is that at the root of the bitterness?

If so, it could very well be possible for you to do so. With adult applicants, colleges look beyond the high school transcript to see what you have done since and who you are now. Your HS grades don’t have to haunt you for the rest of your life.

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Too late, specially if the student graduated. I don’t think the school would keep any records on admission (a copy of high school transcript) that long.

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Let it go. You didn’t get in. If you had actually cared about it when it happened, you would’ve brought light to it many years back, at this point you just look bitter. It isn’t his/her fault you didn’t get admitted, focus your attention on positive things and how you can help YOUR situation.

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Are you disappointed about unfair treatment? That’s the definition of bitterness.

If you call them out on it, they already graduated. They already had their college experience. Nobody can take that away from them.

It doesn’t mean they’re in the right, but I can only foresee this becoming messy for you.

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I SO WISH posters had to have at least 10 posts before they could create a thread. B-)

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At this point, you need to let it go. Some people cheat and get away with it, and it sucks for people who are willing to actually put in honest work, but life isn’t always fair. The college likely wouldn’t do anything without definitive proof.

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This person was applying to colleges when you were ~14-years-old. How would you possibly know what was in his app and whether or not it was accurate? Even if you knew for sure that he lied on his app all those years ago, you didn’t do anything about it. Doing something now doesn’t reflect well on you and trying to get his diploma rescinded won’t change your situation anyway. If this person is behaving unethically now, and you have proof, why aren’t you trying to do something about that?

If you want to attend college, don’t let your high school record stop you. Visit your local community college and ask for help getting started.

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I’m not sure if A) you have any kind of proof or valid information regarding this incident or B) you want to get involved in this kind of investigation.