I know of two people who just applied as freshman instead of transfering (they lied and it worked)

Transfer Students
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<p>So I am trying to transfer to the University of Washington, but their transfer admissions from OOS students are super competitive. In addition, my grades the first semester at the school I am attending (UIUC) are subpar. (3.2) </p>

<p>I know of two friends who were in the same predicament, and they simply applied as freshman to the school and pretended that they never went to college. (They just said they took a gap year on their applications). Obviously they weren’t able to transfer any credit, but they both got in and are happily taking courses (so I would guess it’s safe to say at this point they got away with it?) </p>

<p>Obviously I would never want to lie on a college application, but my question is how were they not discovered based on their financial aid reports? They both submitted the FAFSA and said that even though their previous schools were on the FAFSA record, the office of Financial aid is separate from the office of admissions and they would have no idea that anything was wrong and would just assume you were a transfer student who got freshman standing. </p>

<p>Does anyone have stories of people attempting this and getting expelled or caught for ommitting a college transcript in the application process? </p>

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<p>When I was in college decades ago, a classmate of mine lied. Took the university over a year to find out - that was before the internet - but the university did find out, and kicked him out in the middle of the term.</p>

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<p>What exactly did he lie about? There’s a difference between lying about going to college vs actually lying about grades, making up ECs, etc. </p>

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<p>I also had a friend at SDSU, whose mid semester roommate said she hadn’t taken previous coursework at a community college. She was busted right before finals and the university gave her less than a day to move out. They flagged her SSI number for other universities.</p>

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<p>Why do you want to transfer to UDub from UIUC in the first place?</p>

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<p>Some schools actually allow students who have completed a limited number of college credits after high school to apply as frosh. However, many do not. Washington’s policy is that any college courses after high school cause you to be a transfer applicant: <a href=“https://admit.washington.edu/QuickAnswers/Tag/28”>https://admit.washington.edu/QuickAnswers/Tag/28&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It could work for a while, until the college catches up. Now a days, the clearing house for students history is so easily available that schools just have to hire one student and for a week everyone in the school will be checked out.</p>

<p>The end results may not pretty.</p>

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There you go. Succinct. It is not supposed to be “I don’t want to lie unless I can never be caught.”</p>

<p>I’m going to post something that applies specifically to a different situation (sending in test scores) and different school (Yale), but think about it, please. Don’t be another Brick in the Wall (sorry, couldn’t help it).</p>

<p>Edited from user LyricalLacuna’s original post:

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<p>For what I’m studying UIUC is higher ranked, but in the end, if you aren’t happy somewhere it’s not worth it to spend 4 of your younger years there. I’m sure it will have a subpar effect on my grades as well. It’s sad, but sometimes that’s all it comes down to. I know Washington is where I want to be, and where I want to live in the future. Might as well network with people in the region where I see my future. </p>

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<p>Sure, if you can get in to your major at UDub and can afford it.</p>

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<p>Could you get away with it? Potentially. But it’s not too likely. If they ever did catch wind of it, they could kick you out of the school. In the event of it happening post-graduation, they could even potentially take your degree from you. </p>