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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi, OP again. Another update - the school is informed but my son has no idea if they will end up contacting the colleges.

[b][i]Several more people have approached my son with proof other lies or stolen positions on her resume. He is going to update administration about these tomorrow. It's beginning to look doubtful that any of it is truthful.

All of the colleges involved are highly selective and one (Stanford) was recently in trouble for a cheating scandal. I really hope they do not ignore this information[/i][/b]. [/quote]

Also, OP, please do not involve the DCUM community any further in this personal drama.  All the talk of multiple students now aiding your son in an effort to dig up every untruth or exaggeration this young woman has ever posted, suggests that many classmates now know about the issue (but who told them?), are discussing and researching her social media background, and are determined to bring her down ("I really hope they do not ignore this information."). It sounds inevitable that someone will now leak the information to some of the universities this young woman was admitted to, and certainly to Stanford.

This type of vigilantism and public lynching of a seventeen- or eighteen-year old, at the hands of other seventeen- or eighteen-year olds really makes me nervous.  Who doesn't commit terrible mistakes of judgment at that age?  In the coming years, some of these young adults will commit similarly short-sighted, immature, completely "what-were-you-thinking?" errors in judgment -- like driving after they have had several drinks, or sleeping with a fellow student when both were too intoxicated, or being caught by the police with marijuana in their possession, or texting nude selfies to a friend, or sending an email to a intern-coworker using obscene language to poke fun of the senior boss, or drinking too much at a school function and making a complete a&@ of themselves in front of their professor.  When that happens, I would hope that they are shown some compassion and forgiveness for their bad judgment.[/quote]

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