Lying about college admission decisions?

rebeccar
Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:19:12 +0000

The thought VERY fleetingly crossed my mind when my insanely arrogant friend got into Cornell. For several seconds after he told me, it occurred that if I get rejected, I should just say that I got in, too, but for financial reasons I wasn’t going.

But that’s stupid. A) It’s not like we’re talking about 89% acceptance rate, 19 average ACT schools. There’s no shame in being rejected from insanely competitive schools. And, B) Oh what a tangled web we weave… If it ever slips out that you didn’t really get accepted, even if your parents mention it to the parents of someone in your grade, you’d be basically a laughingstock. It’s just not worth it. Not to mention C) Wouldn’t you simply feel bad pretending to be all excited about getting into a school when you know that you really didnt? The congratulations would all be fake. It’s pointless.