Lying about college admission decisions?

Applying to College
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<p>I was expecting to get into every UC i applied to, after getting into a lesser known college (in my area) that's probably at least on par or better than UCLA. </p>

<p>So you can imagine my initial shock with the first rejection to UCLA, especially after getting the alumni scholarship invitation thing. Okay, my GPA was a little low. Fine, it makes some sense that I didnt get in, but I was awfully surprised. Whatever. Honestly wasnt my second choice anyways.</p>

<p>But today I realized I got rejected from UCSD, which was my obvious second choice after the school which I did get into (which im not mentioning for privacy purposes). I was about 100% confident I could get into UCSD, and even on chance threads people said it was a match for me. :(</p>

<p>Heres my question: Should I lie about what colleges I got into? I honestly feel soooo bad for not getting in, I didnt even get waitlisted! I honestly dont know if I can stand to tell people I didnt get into UCSD.</p>

<p>I honestly wish I hadnt even applied to any UC's.</p>

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<p>If you want to. The thing about UCs is that nothing’s for sure. You can have a stellar GPA/test scores and still get rejected.</p>

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<p>You can avoid the question without lying. Just saying that you’ve been weighing your options and that you decided on (the school where you are going to be).</p>

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<p>Why lie? Much about this process is under your control, but so much is not. You got into a great, selective school – and you only attend one! Either tell the whole truth, or just tell people “I’m thrilled to be heading to XYZ College this fall,” and if pressed, “I don’t want to dwell on the ones that got away.”</p>

<p>Be proud of yourself! :)</p>

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<p>Because people judge me so much based on the colleges I do and dont get into. Thats why im considering lying.</p>

<p>And the way people press for information its pretty hard to just avoid questions.</p>

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<p>It’s your decision. Admission decisions are so random especially when it’s changing from a dependable point system to a hollistic admission system. There is a “hole” in hollistic after all. :)</p>

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<p>No need to lie. If you’re really that embarrassed about it, just don’t mention them (i.e. tell the truth, but not the whole truth).</p>

<p>Just be proud of where you <em>have</em> gotten in!</p>

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<p>Honestly, if someone thinks that where you are going isn’t good enough? F*** em. If they don’t understand the holistic admissions process, that’s there fault. You will love whatever school you go to if you have a positive attitude.</p>

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<p>I mean lying about it only works if you get matirculate into a better school</p>

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<p>If it feels better to you, then go ahead, but at your own risk. But remember, when you tell someone else that you got into UCSD, most likely, they’re going to be telling other people too. The news is going to spread pretty fast (trust me on this…I told this one person that I got into this one school…and then random people started going up to me and congratulating me on that…)
Last year, a highly qualified girl I knew lied that she got into UCLA and UCD, because she felt so bad being rejected. However, I think it backfired on her, as one of her friends found out (I think from her mother, as the parents also go around bragging and talking about their children’s acceptances) that she, in fact, didn’t get into UCLA. The whole school knew about it, not just the seniors, and for the rest of the year, she was being made fun of and gossiped about. So yeah, be careful…</p>

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<p>Yeah. Some guy at my school was telling people he was waitlisted at UCLA which is impossible. Someone figured it out and it just made him look stupid and kind of sad IMO. You got accepted to a college so just be excited about that and people will be excited for you too.</p>

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<p>I would not lie. People are likely to find out. It will actually make you look better if you tell the truth. You say the school you got into was better? That will make people that did get in to UCLA/UCSD but did not apply to the school you did get in feel better. You might be surprised at reactions. You will look so much better if you tell the truth. I think you will feel better also, I think lying about it will make you feel bad.</p>

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<p>Don’t lie. It’s such a cop out.</p>

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<p>You should be proud and there is really nothing to be ashamed of. I can apply right now and get rejected as well.</p>

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<p>**** UCLA and UCSD</p>

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<p>I would lie in a whim. My school’s college office reads out every acceptance in assembly and it honestly hurts me when an Ivy acceptance is read out and the whole school goes whisper whisper. I am going to lie and not report any schools I get into from now on.</p>

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<p>Well yes, I will actually be matriculating into uva, which i believe is a good amount better than most of the UC’s. But im in southern california so pretty much the godly school is UCLA, and USC is the next best thing (which I didnt even apply to).
But i dunno how people could figure it out as long as I kept it a mum.
I dunno we’ll see</p>

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<p>Just say you did not apply to any of the UCs with all the budget problems. :)</p>

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<p>You’re weighing lying to people you won’t even give a thought to in 5 months? And come September, the whole stack of them won’t matter a bucket of spit to you. Tell them the truth – and feel fine about it. It’s part of maturation.</p>

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<p>When did UVA release their decisions? I haven’t heard of any other acceptances so far this year.</p>