<p>the worst thing about this dude is that he can’t write using proper english, yet he gets accepted because he’s a try-hard nerd who can have people revise his papers. the system is broken.</p>
<p>I don’t think you should post that you lie to ucs on this forum…they mind pass by here and find out who you are.
If you feel reaaaaaaaaaallly guilty…then don’t go there…confess
If not then just move on, don’t think about your korean degree anymore and enjoy Life ! remember you didnt kill someone…and apparently you did work hard to get where you are now</p>
<p>actually a lot of people do this (esp. about EC’s), hes just one of the few to admit it
dont get caught</p>
<p>missyujin, stop being such a pompous ass… we dont care that you got in the LEGAL way. quit being so derisive. you’re not the only one, therefore you dont get that natural right to bag down on others.</p>
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<p>I second that.</p>
<p>Based on the replies I’m seeing I highly doubt the majority of you got in without some kind of lie…</p>
<p>Sure he might have done something “wrong” but if I was in his position I would have done the same thing. Its a dog eat dog world out there…you have to do anything you can do to get ahead. I’m sure if most of you were in the position he was in you would have done the same thing.</p>
<p>for a korean it’s more of a man eat dog world</p>
<p>Hahaha read some Ayn Rand if you don’t want to feel guilty anymore.</p>
<p>I don’t like Rand but I personally wouldn’t feel very guilty, I’d just be afraid of getting caught.</p>
<p>Note that I left out the justification, because none is necessary.</p>
<p>I can’t believe this thread has received so many replies. Seriously if I had a chance to do what the OP did, I would definantly have done it. Sucks to know that people who were honest about their past didn’t get in. But it’s true that people lie to get ahead and I’m pretty sure there are fibs in your application but not as big as this. The OP just found a hole in the system and took it.</p>
<p>You people aren’t really thinking critically about this story. The creator of this thread is ■■■■■■■■. Why the hell would someone post this information about himself on a website where college administrators could see their story and their enrollment in top universities- enrollment they have worked hard for at least two years to attain- would be jeopardized. I know a lot of dishonest people- they DEFINITELY don’t take stupid risks like posting personal information that could seriously damage themselves in the public domain. If their consciences were truly burdened about unethical behavior in the college admissions process, they would discuss the issue with close friends or family- not a huge group of online strangers possibly including college administrators. </p>
<p>I do give credit to the original poster though- he’s really written an (almost) plausible story that was fun to read and think about, and evoked a lot of interesting responses from the people on this site.</p>
<p>Is that really relevant though? Could be a ■■■■■, sure, but it’s not it would affect anything really. Does it matter whether we believe him or not? We could always suspend disbelief to have some ■■■■■ feeding fun.</p>
<p>Based on how worked up some people were getting about this story, I think the fact that its a ■■■■■ might be relevant.</p>
<p>It is definitely a ■■■■■ by the way. I’d bet $1000 on it.</p>
<p>You fraudulent degree stealer! I can’t believe you lied!</p>
<p>The way I see it, people like getting worked up, people like getting all judgmental, so they do it whenever they get an opportunity to. It’s like we’re all just bragging our own moral values and belittling those who violate them, we get off on it. </p>
<p>In summary, we enjoy getting worked up. </p>
<p>I don’t know, people share an incredible amount of information on the internet, times have changed man. I’m not at all surprised someone would confess a crime to a forum, it’s certainly been done before. Plus, I think it’d be pretty hard to track this guy down without the necessary effort. Unless he killed someone to get in or something, no one will care enough to really track him down I’d say. (Unless he just blatantly linked his real name with his screen name or something. )</p>
<p>CollegeHopeful,</p>
<p>You give the OP too much credit. I don’t think it’s a ■■■■■ thread at all. His situation must feel like a ton of bricks on his shoulders, and this is the only place he can ask a group of people about it and maintain his anonymity. There is no way he can be tracked down by administrators unless he drops more clues about himself. </p>
<p>Anyway…OP, what CC are you transferring from? How old are you? GPA? What was your personal statement about? Just curious…</p>
<p>i just want his name. so i can tell on him =|</p>
<p>But I don’t understand why UC’s refuse to admit students who have hold a BA/BS degree already. I mean, those people could help integrating different fields of knowledge by combining what they’ve known already with what they are learning now. So why not? (I’m not trying to help him, just doubt the necessity of such policy lol)</p>
<p>Come on. Someone wouldn’t take such a stupid and unnecessary risk especially when the downside is so absurdly high. Even if the odds were 1/100 that he would get caught (and subjectively, I think they’re a fair amount higher, somewhere between 1/10 and 1/20), this is not a risk that anyone halfway intelligent would take. There would be very little upside in sharing ones story on here. What is the best case scenario? A couple of people offer you consolation or understanding or congratulation? Definitely not worth it.</p>
<p>With all the family, friends, and psychiatrists out there who would keep one’s story confidential, why would someone post somewhere where the specific people one is deceiving (college administrators) are likely to be present? It just isn’t plausible, given the amount of time and effort someone would have put in and the risk incurred by behaving in this way. If the story were true, someone moved from Korea, worked incredibly hard for at least two years getting a 4.0 taking classes in a second language, and then risks it all by making some internet post on a website viewed by college admins which includes some identifiable information (how many kids did UCSD contact asking about degrees in Korea? How many of those kids had 4.0s? There may only be one.) Nobody could be that stupid- especially not someone smart enough to get a Korean college degree and get a 4.0 in classes in a second language.</p>
<p>It just isn’t real. It’s fairly transparent to me but feel free to disagree. Great ■■■■■ though.</p>
<p>krnnoodles and pinkerfloyd, I said that ONCE.
Jesus Christ, I never said other people didn’t get in the legal way, nor did I ever say it gives me the right to “bag” on others. Even if I had been rejected I would not have supported this big fat lie.</p>