<p>this is ridiculous. i saw my friend's college resume the other day, and he freaking OPTIMIZED and exaggerated like crazy and made himself sound way better than he actually was. cuz hes no leader, and he doesn't stand out at all, but he is making himself sound like he does.</p>
<p>this is it:</p>
<p>SPANISH
1. Awarded by High School Spanish for achievement
2. Has been taught Spanish for six years, beginning in 7th grade
3. Won awards at state level for Spanish
4. Top-five scores in state for National Spanish Exam</p>
<p>BUSINESS
5. Created and built own baby-sitting business
6. Created and designed a printing business</p>
<p>DEBATE
7. Part of state-ranked team and awarded sportsmanship for six years in row.
8. Significant debater
9. Ranked state-wide</p>
<p>OKAY HERE ARE THE EXPLANATIONS to CORRESPONDING NUMBERS.
1. This one is true.
2. True as well.
3. THIS AWARD was for the National Spanish exam and WERE IN FREAKIN' 7th GRADE.
4. This is redundant because this was also the same award he was talking about just above this. it's just reworded to fill in more space.
5. This basically means he sometimes baby-sits on weekends. WTH.
6. WTH. he didn't create no printing business. this basically translates to he has printed out posters to hang around school for some of his friends who happened to run out of ink. and they paid him $15 to do it.
7. He made it sound like HE won the sportsmanship award. nope. the TEAM won it.
8. Significant debater my arse. He's part of the debating team, but he doesn't jut out in talent. he's a lukewarm performer.
9. Ranked state-wide? PSSH. He entered the easiest category and got HONORABLE-FREAKIN' MENTION.</p>
<p>okay. what are the worst parts of this resume? what is the most stupidly exaggerated? will college officers actually fall for it? or will they usually see through it?</p>
<p>you should tell him to change it--and fast. colleges are not forgiving about this sort of stuff, and if they find out he lied about even one thing they'll assume he lied about all of it. for his own sake tell him to change it and tell the truth!!!</p>
<p>So what. Other people cheat on AP exams, lie, steal... The country's most successful people do. That's life. You just live up to a higher standard for yourself and stop whining about your FRIEND on a forum.</p>
<p>Exaggerating may or may not cause trouble... although the 7th grade stuff would be an issue. He may have made his achievements SOUND like they were a big deal, but the information is still true. He DID accomplish those things.</p>
<p>It sounds too..arrogant in parts to sound 'real'. He never refers to specifics which makes it sound suspicious. If I was interviewing him, I'd drill him about specifics. It's vague and I see right through it. He should put the TRUTH. Yes, an admissions counselor might fall for it--if he's lucky--, but do you want to go through life knowing that you cheated your way into college? I wouldn't be able to live with the guilt.</p>
<p>I'm not sure why what your friend is doing is your business. I had a good friend exaggerate terribly on her applications, but it wasn't my business to get involved, and I certainly haven't gotten myself worked up over it.</p>
<p>People lie and cheat and do all sorts of other things to get ahead. Admissions officers will recognize that, and if they don't, your life still moves on. Find a new friend and learn from his example about how not to act.</p>
<p>If you feel that strongly about it, convince him. If you're willing to lose a friend, write to the college. You can't control other people but you can only control yourself. It's great that you (like me and the silent minority of students..) actually CARE about ethics but unless you're doing anything, you're allowing it to happen.</p>
<p>^ parkrunner, I completely agree you with you. It's not fair for some one who fabricated his or her EC's gets admitted to a top college while a genuine, committed, passionate student gets the shaft. Fortunately, admission officers can recognize such farses, but even the best adcomes are fooled (i.e. Kaavya Viswanathan).</p>
<p>Get the over it? He's not going to care. This kid is probably headed for bigger and better things. If he wants to embellish a little, let him. I think you should realize that every thing he put on his resume is still true.</p>
<p>It is not this person's place to write to the college. And by not writing, you are not contributing to the problem -- your way to help fix it is to not do it yourself.</p>
<p>Tattling never helps anything much; making sure you don't need to be tattled on does. Sometimes, it's more important to hold yourself to a high standard rather than worrying about how others do it.</p>
<p>I agree. Unless the college explicitly states they are looking for high school achievements only, he's technically not lying.</p>
<p>He's being sneaky, absolutely. And he shouldn't be. But again, not your business. Part of growing up is learning how to walk away from this stuff and just focus on yourself.</p>
<p>to the OP, as an adult, I can see right through the embellishments, he is not going to full anybody with his resume...it is pretty obvious, and admissions people will see it as well</p>
<p>when you repeat things like he did, it looks like filler, and once they see that, they will indeed look a bit closer at other claims</p>
<p>he will look foolish- ie the Spanish stuff, is just one thing, repeated 4 times</p>
<p>unfortunately this all comes down to morale values.
will you rat him out or will you let him go?
You could report his statement as a fraud and get him what he deserves...</p>
<p>LOL...most people can look right through that...admissions people after looking at thousands of applications can probably spot him quite easily...</p>