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[quote=Anonymous]I interviewed a kid whose story didn't really hold together. It was nothing egregious but he talked about overcoming really, really difficult circumstances and it didn't really hold together. Given the personal nature of what he was saying, I wasn't in a position to ask a lot of questions, so I just kind of went along with it. This was pre-covid during an in person interview and some of my response was based on his body language, keeping in mind that this was a kid and not an adult, discussing something very personal, so I tried really hard to give him the benefit of the doubt and be sensitive, but it was hard.

In my report I noted this. I said that I had some questions about the story and if it was true, I'm sure that it would have been discussed in essay(s) and by recommenders from his fairly small parochial school where a recommender likely knew him well.

Regardless of the story, he didn't strike me as a particularly strong candidate, so it might not have been an issue. He was not accepted and I don't know whether this was relevant. I googled him a year later and he ended up at a school that was fine but quite a bit below my alma mater, though who knows if finances, proximity to home, and/or the chance to play his sport (which he was doing at that Division 3 school) factored in and he could have gone somewhere more competitive.[/quote]

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