<p>I am very at the moment because I just found out that my friend blatantly lied on his application, especially on the resume.</p>
<p>We go to a relatively small international school in Malaysia and sadly we applied to the same unis. We are both international students.</p>
<p>He included a lot of things like regional honor bands, regional competitions and awards and regional sports teams that ppl can't really find out when they google them. I tried googling some of the things on his resume but i couldn't find anything to prove that he was lying... He also lied that he was the president of a few major clubs because he knew that the actual presidents of those clubs weren't applying to the U.S.. His GPA and SATs are also relatively high so it's not like a low GPA/SAT kid doing so many activities in school (that would seem like a lie), but the things is that his activity choices all make sense!!!! Moreover, he forged a British A-Level certificate (straight A's) and gave it to the councelor so that the councelor can write an amazing rec for him. I think he also wrote the British A-Level exams on the resume like how he self-studied and earned an A.</p>
<p>I lived in Malaysia for more than 10 years. I know almost everything about this country and ive never even heard of some of the fabrications on his resume.
So, will the American adcoms who never lived in Malaysia have any idea about this? Or will they just reject me and accept my friend who probably has the best ECs on the planet? (btw his stats are almost the same as mine). Btw we are both international students and attend a small international school in Malaysia. He's seriously an expert...He's cheated since he was born and never got caught once until now. Im literally going crazy atm. It's my dream school that we are both competing for.</p>
<p>I really hope he gets caught somehow or the other... Any ideas? Will the adcoms find all these fabrications out?</p>
<p>Why do you care? You can apply to schools other than what he chose to apply and forget it. I do not see how his success (with whatever means) hampers your hard work and achievements if you go to another school. Looks like you are comparing yourself with this guy way too much at this point (am I seeing “green” color here). And, why do you want to be friends with a liar assuming it’s true? To your question: I think no one will care to find out the truthfulness of his claims in his resume as people are very busy in most US universities with their work and may not like to make international calls or go out of the way to contact people in another country to verify a high school student’s resume. He is not that important for any university. You will know this when you get some age.</p>
<p>i think you need to worry about the Chinese, Korean and Japanese students more since they’re a lot more qualified than that liar. Or do Malaysians compete with SE asian students instead of East asian students?</p>
<p>The schools that care about ECs tend to be the top schools in the U.S. Some have stellar applicants interviewed by local alum – people who would be likely to catch such fabrications. </p>
<p>If you really are concerned, you could send a letter to the colleges that he is applying to and let them know about his lies. You’d need to provide your full name and contact information because if you send anonymous information, they will throw your letter into the trash.</p>
<p>I echo NSM’s post. This sounds like a serious issue. You have a legal right to report him. I see no ethical barrier, given that he was clearly open enough with his application that you know he lied. I see no privacy issue here either.</p>
<p>It probably won’t make a difference; if he makes a lie that really matters, one that can give him a huge edge in getting into a top unis, they will find out. If it isn’t that big, it probably won’t make a huge difference.</p>
<p>For big things, like regional band, colleges will likely check (not by Google but by contacting someone who would know). If you feel that you’re at a serious disadvantage, you shouldn’t feel barred from contacting those schools or your GC. This is a serious ethical issue, not a minor indiscretion.</p>
<p>Just because he lives in Malaysia doesn’t mean that admissions officers won’t find out about his lies. The world is much smaller than one would think…</p>
<p>1) Tell your guidance counselor. This is a serious issue that could hurt the reputation of the school if found out on.</p>
<p>2) Won’t the counselors/teachers who are writing his rec. know about his lies, when he gives them a resume sheet to write the recommendation on??</p>
<p>I’m sure they have telephones in Malysia - college admission personnel fact check (because your friend isn’t the first genius to lie on an application).</p>