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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.

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. [/quote]

At the small private school my DC attends, the college advisors know the seniors very well.  The advisors review the background information prepared for the common app, as well as the personal essays at least once.  That review process would certainly identify discrepancies like saying you were the Class President, when actually you were the Class Secretary; or saying that you were the school newspaper's EIC, when you were actually a Section Editor.

I suppose that a student could change their submissions after review, and the college advisor would never know.  And perhaps the counselors cannot catch those exaggerations or lies related to extracurricular, outside-of-school activities.

It sounds like the OP's son and several his classmates are currently focused on bringing the young woman to justice.  I would advise all of the students to take a step back (and certainly to avoid a vigilante, take-it-into-our-own-hands-style justice) as they still do not know what the young woman in question did or did not represent to those universities on her applications.

The best course of action remains to take all of the collected information to an advisor, teacher, or administrator at the school, and have them handle the issue -- they are, after all, professionals well-experienced in dealing with students, universities, and potentially dynamic and volatile situations.

(I think it would make for an interesting social science experiment for some senior to create a fictitious resume, and post it after the admissions decisions come out.  Then see what, if anything, happens.  A current "punk'd" for the highly competitive, highly stressed high school set.)[/quote]

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