<p>My roommate, also a law student, did very well during clerkship applications. However, I'm pretty sure that he submitted falsified transcripts with his applications. How do I know? Well, I actually caught him in the act. I walked into his room one time and saw him doctoring his transcript in photoshop. He quickly switched to another window; I pretended not to notice, but it very obvious that he was altering his transcript.</p>
<p>This got me wondering. How widespread is this kind of cheating? It seems that firms never ask to see your actual transcript and are quite satisfied with photocopies. With today's high quality scanners and programs like Photoshop, anyone can digitally alter their transcript and make a believable forgery. So do firms actually do anything to prevent this kind of fraud? Do they ask to see your actual transcript once you get the job? What makes me even more angry is the fact that he got an interview at GS and UBS.</p>
<p>I know someone who did that... he had pretty bad grades after transferring from a community college. He changed his grades before faxing it off to one of the selective firms to get an internship. After he completed his internship, he got a full time offer so they'll never officially check his grades. He even put fake work information on his resume to get the interview...</p>
<p>It ****es me off a lot because I'm having the hardest time getting a full time offer and everything I've submitted have been honest. I may have listed my major GPA instead of my overall on the resume but I wasn't lying. There's a chance I may be unemployed after graduation.... it sucks</p>
<p>Yes, I completely agree with you. I don't think these frauds will last long. If they got bad grades, that means their core is weak. If their core is weak, then they will not be able to do everything at work, unless they work really hard to relearn all course material.....</p>
<p>Thus, these ppl cannot last long, unless they work really hard...</p>
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<p>Well, he can lie about that.......but what about when it comes to showing how experienced he is........will he be able to pull it off????</p>
<p>The companies are not stupid. The consulting firm I worked for this summer required an official transcript to be mailed to them after they gave me an offer. They also confirmed my work experiences by calling the HR department of the companies. And I know they're not kidding about that because I worked for a company in Beijing two summers ago and they had a hard time reaching that company (long distance call to China I guess) so I had to actually send in my tax forms confirming my work experience. </p>
<p>This summer I'm trying to do the SEO internship and they require an official transcript in a sealed envelope from the university.</p>
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<p>So what's the consensus on this? I have a 3.48 GPA, but a 3.6 In-Major GPA, from a top ivy-league. I'm looking to apply for finance internships this summer (so I know my 3.48 won't cut it). Is it OK for me to leave my 3.6 GPA on my transcript? How will the employers look at this?</p>
<p>Do note that your legal degree (as well as your bar card) can be revoked for the slightest hint of unethical behavior. If he becomes a lawyer and this resurfaces, it'll hit. Hard.</p>
<p>It might come back to bite him, it might not. At any rate, you can sleep at night knowing you don't have being disbarred hanging over your head if it gets checked eventually.</p>
<p>If you listing your Major GPA, make sure they know its your Major GPA. Sometimes there is a big gap between people's major GPA and cumulative GPA, and you don't want to unnecessarily get into trouble from a couple of GPA points (which honestly don't matter)</p>
<p>I did that last year, and the entry on my resume looked somewhat like this ..</p>
<p>Major GPA: 3.7 (Electrical and Computer Engineering)</p>
<p>Once you've been extended an offer, some firms will require that you sign a document granting them permission to obtain your college records from the school's registrar.</p>
<p>There is also a firm that reveals CEOs and CFOs that claim degrees that they didn't really earn. They are doing this in order to expose these people and capitalize on a drop in the stock price of these firms.</p>
<p>Here's an article on this firm (run by Barry Minkow who went to jail for fraud himself):</p>
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<p>Its pretty common amongst the frats here at my school. Most of the business frats have access to finance materials such as training the street and other corp fin. study programs. So they do know their stuff once they head into the interview. The only problem is landing the interview. At times, when 1st and 2nd rounds are at different locations, they will send a stronger applicant in for first round, or even 1st/2nd to get an offer and then just toss the person into the internship.</p>
<p>Most of the time, they don't remember what the person looks like 4-6 months down the line as they say....</p>