Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will admit that my kid struggled how to write in hours for activities because the way they ask never allowed for odd situations.

Example, my kid was on a hackathon team that would practice once per week for 90 minutes and then enter 3-5 competitions that were 48 hours straight on a weekend.

I can’t remember how it was handled, but the application doesn’t make it easy and you don’t want to waste characters in explaining your hours.

Agree. Is this even real?

What are the chances that the person at the former workplace was lying on the phone? Lots of people would be jealous of a student getting into Stanford…

And here come the apologists.

The student doesn’t protest and say she actually did those hours.

Just don’t lie.

Not an apologist, but I did take a logic class in college way back in the day.

This isn’t hard.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for Stanford.

Stanford/administrator/faculty get caught "cheating" many times. Do they get rescinded? probably not.

Two wrongs, my friend.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will admit that my kid struggled how to write in hours for activities because the way they ask never allowed for odd situations.

Example, my kid was on a hackathon team that would practice once per week for 90 minutes and then enter 3-5 competitions that were 48 hours straight on a weekend.

I can’t remember how it was handled, but the application doesn’t make it easy and you don’t want to waste characters in explaining your hours.

Agree. Is this even real?

What are the chances that the person at the former workplace was lying on the phone? Lots of people would be jealous of a student getting into Stanford…

And here come the apologists.

The student doesn’t protest and say she actually did those hours.

Just don’t lie.

Also, what state has daycares for exclusively special needs kids that allows high schoolers to volunteer?

This is a lame attempt at starting a conversation.

Anonymous wrote:Good for Stanford.

Stanford/administrator/faculty get caught "cheating" many times. Do they get rescinded? probably not.

Anonymous wrote:I will admit that my kid struggled how to write in hours for activities because the way they ask never allowed for odd situations.

Example, my kid was on a hackathon team that would practice once per week for 90 minutes and then enter 3-5 competitions that were 48 hours straight on a weekend.

I can’t remember how it was handled, but the application doesn’t make it easy and you don’t want to waste characters in explaining your hours.

Agree. Is this even real?

What are the chances that the person at the former workplace was lying on the phone? Lots of people would be jealous of a student getting into Stanford…

I will admit that my kid struggled how to write in hours for activities because the way they ask never allowed for odd situations.

Example, my kid was on a hackathon team that would practice once per week for 90 minutes and then enter 3-5 competitions that were 48 hours straight on a weekend.

I can’t remember how it was handled, but the application doesn’t make it easy and you don’t want to waste characters in explaining your hours.

Why is lie in quotes? She lied. Can we start calling lies what they are? I’m sick of our society downplaying lies.

Good. All schools should be verifying ECs, non profit productivity, busineses, and awards on applications. Too many kids -and their parents- are ok with lying to get ahead.

Anonymous wrote:Was there a reason she was so specific? I mean, she volunteered-- cannot she just say "volunteered at daycare on a regular basis"?
She still did the work and did a good thing, just not as much.

You have to enter in the approximate hours and weeks in the common app activities section.

Anonymous wrote:Was there a reason she was so specific? I mean, she volunteered-- cannot she just say "volunteered at daycare on a regular basis"?
She still did the work and did a good thing, just not as much.

Of course there was a reason - to make her look more enticing to Stanford. According to that article, 61% of applicants lie or embellish on their applications. Glad she got caught.

Was there a reason she was so specific? I mean, she volunteered-- cannot she just say "volunteered at daycare on a regular basis"?
She still did the work and did a good thing, just not as much.

Good for Stanford.

Well cry me a river.

She was left distraught after learning that a simple embellishment on her college application had cost her a place at Stanford.

"This high schooler in the state of Washington just had their offer to Stanford rescinded for lying about the hour count on their extracurricular activity section," Brandon explained.

He pointed out that while this may be good news for students on Stanford's waitlist who may now have an opportunity to attend the school due to someone's offer being rescinded, the student who this happened to was left upset by the entire ordeal.

For a few of her different extracurriculars, a lot of the hours that she put down on the application were looked into thoroughly by the university back at the beginning of the year when they were initially reviewing her application. However, the school didn't get an answer from the people they'd contacted back when they first inquired.

"A lot of her extracurriculars looked impressive, so it's not a surprise that Stanford still went ahead and offered her admission," Brandon continued.

"But one of the activities that she had placed on her list was volunteering at a daycare for children with special needs.
For that specific activity, she had to put that she had been working there 12 hours a week for 32 weeks per year. When Stanford contacted the daycare, they learned that the student was only a summer volunteer and did 12 weeks a year for 4 hours at a time. Once Stanford learned about the lie, they immediately revoked her application.

The best way to avoid this kind of situation is to avoid lying or embellishing the truth on an activity section for a college application since there are easy ways for a school to verify that information, and once they verify it, then it becomes a huge mess. In a follow-up video, Brandon shared tips for students who are worried about colleges thinking they're lying about their extracurricular hour count.

https://www.yourtango.com/self/stanford-rescinded-students-acceptance-lied-application