ok so here is the situation. I have a friend in school who is crazy brilliant. Good stats and bunch of awards too. She got into a few really selective schools (not ivies, but Ivy tier)
We were at a party a few days ago and she mentioned how she lied on his application. Almost as if it was a joke. Granted she said she didn’t lie about anything major, like a minor debate award and amount of years he did track and some community service thing. But it still kinda pissed me off.
Rest of my friends are too chill to say anything and she probably would’ve gotten in anyway. But I’m pretty irked about it. What are the chances that she’ll get caught in this lie after she’s accepted? Idk I don’t think it’s my place to say something, but maybe colleges do fact checking on their enrolles?
But agreed, the amount of time she did track and some minor debate awards probably had .05% to do with her acceptance. At the end of the day it comes down to grades, standardized tests, teacher recs, and larger ECs. Let it go.
In grad school I had a classmate who had lied on his application - stating he had been a member of the track and field team in college and mentioning some records he held in an event. The director of admissions happened to be friends with a different coach from the same college and, in passing, mentioned the student. That coach happened to mention it to the track and field coach. Not surprisingly, the track and field coach had never heard of the student…news which immediately made it back through the chain to the admissions director. Next thing we knew, he was no longer a student in the program. A few years later he claimed to have completed the program (Ivy MBA) and got himself a job at a top Wall Stret firm…until students from the program unmasked his lie to human resources.
Your friend may or may not get caught now…but it is certainly a possibility!
The admissions officer who covers your region almost certainly has a relationship with your high school and possibly your friend’s guidance counselor. Who knows what random conversation could ensue the next time they speak to one another!
And thanks for replies. she’s supremely qualified and deserves it anyway, but I don’t know… Maybe I’m just a little spiteful. Looking at how some colleges threaten rescinded acceptances for misrepresentations, I was secretly hoping there was some systemic auditing system going on…I guess those threats are reserved more for coincidental/egregious lying?
The lies might be minor but it IS a big deal because it shows a lack of personal integrity. Hopefully he/she will not prosper from being a dishonest person.
The universities will probably not find out about it unless it is brought to their attention, but even then there’s only a slim chance they’d investigate (unless a very reputable person brought it up). Should they investigate I’d assume they’d kick her out on the account of fraud.
