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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would they check this AFTER accepting her? That doesn't make sense[/quote]

If I read this correctly, they didn't.  She submitted the application.  They sent out checks to various references in her application including the school she said she volunteered at.  The school did not reply in the window during which they asked and so Stanford took her at her word and sent her an acceptance.  After the acceptance, the school finally replied and they saw the completely misrepresented hours and realized that she had made a small summer volunteer opportunity (of 48 hours) into a major volunteer activity (384 hours).

The difference between 12 hours/wk @ 32 weeks and 4 hours/wk @ 12 weeks is HUGE.  This isn't an embellishment.  That would be 4 hours/week at 16 weeks or 6 hours/week at 12 weeks.  But this is complete and downright dishonesty and really shows that this candidate has a real lack of integrity and a candidate that a school of good repute like Stanford does not want.  She got what she deserved [b]and now a more deserving candidate from the wait list will get the opportunity.[/b]

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Unlikely as Stanford's yield may have been higher than expected. Even Stanford accepts more students than it can handle as yield is not 100%.[/quote]

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