What's the consequence...

[rayjoon]

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... if a student did not disclose a previous undergraduate institution he/she attended during the application process-- would it go unnoticed or is it bound to show up? What if that same student gets accepted, how will this affect him/her?

 

[chopper]

I think this is a huge no-no. I've heard that it could be grounds for revoking acceptances, since this is considered an 'honor' violation. People on this forum have even talked about horror stories of being a 3rd or 4th year, and getting kicked out then when it is finally figured out.

If it was an honest mistake - bring it up as soon as possible. Better you bring it up rather than someone else. People do make mistakes - I don't think you would be faulted for this. For example - you take one class at a community college years ago and just forget to put it in your AMCAS. The class doesn't hurt your overall GPA, so it's easy to explain it as just forgetting.

On the other hand, if it's obvious you are trying to hide something - like you have a .5 GPA from your first 2 years of undergraduate and just didn't want schools to see it - good luck. I don't know how much mercy you would be shown in that case.

-chop

 

[rayjoon]

Can anyone provide a link where it has been mentioned before?

 

[stinkycheese]

Why don't you do a search yourself instead?

 

[group_theory]

It is up to the school to decide what they want to do.


http://www.virginia.edu/registrar/records/gradrec/chapter4/chapter4-3.htm

"Any student found (or deemed) guilty of an Honor offense will be permanently dismissed from the University and will not be entitled to receive or hold a degree from the University of Virginia. The notation "enrollment discontinued" will be placed on the student's transcript. In the case of a student found (or deemed) guilty of an Honor offense following graduation, the general faculty of the University may undertake proceedings to revoke his or her degree."

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/92/920505Arc2236.html

"The Faculty Senate voted Thursday, April 30, to rescind the degree of a former student who apparently was admitted to Stanford on the basis of a fraudulent transcript"


Rescinding titles, certificates, and degrees are not limited to academic institutions. An example is denaturalization, if the federal government can prove that the person lied to get their visas (and thus applied for naturalization with a fraudulent visa), that person can be denaturalized by a federal court. After losing his/her US citizenship, he/she will then be subjected to deportation.

Now whether the school finds out is another matter - it also depends on your school's policy. But as the above 2 examples show, they can still take away your medical degree years after you have graduated. Now imagine if you're a resident with a 6-figure loan to pay, and suddenly the school decides to rescind your medical diploma (and as a result you can't get state licensure to practice medicine)

 

[rayjoon]

Why don't you do a search yourself instead?

I did a search on you instead stinkycheese-- what I found is that I should not be offended by your blatant "do it yourself" attitude. Instead, I see [from 99% of your 500+ posts] that you are a person of few words (in general).

However, I would like to thank my fellow commarades for all their insight. Please let me know if you ever need any bio/chem tutoring (just kidding, I should be the one asking you!) Thanks again and good luck with all of your pursuits.

 

[stinkycheese]

I did a search on you instead stinkycheese-- what I found is that I should not be offended by your blatant "do it yourself" attitude. Instead, I see [from 99% of your 500+ posts] that you are a person of few words (in general).

You should never be offended by a do-it-yourself attitude; American society has acquired an altogether sickening sense of entitlement to the point where people are offended if you don't serve them their request on a silver platter. That's ridiculous. There is no reason to be offended by someone telling you that you should find your answers yourself, and you shouldn't have had to read 99% of my 500 posts to figure that out. Incidentally, if you have time to read 490 posts, then you certainly have time to do a search yourself. Since you chose instead of waste your time reading my posts, I can only surmise that you are more interested in procrastination than in actually finding the answers you seek. Don't turn this thread into something about me because you're feeling lazy.

 

[Lindyhopper]

At best one would be starting their career with a lie.