Yale May Ramp Up Fact Checking After Removing First-Year Student

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@kenzoDDS

how did she fake her SAT/ACT?

This seems like the least challenging obstacle for someone who was skilled enough to fake transcripts. Fake id (and potentially having someone else sit the exam for her)? It seems to me if student under 21 manage to buy alcohol, there are kids out there who have found a way to fake standardized testing.

@MWolf

Unless the AOs were entirely incompetent, I don’t believe that she could have taught herself to create passable LoRs and transcripts. That takes more than forging LoRs, that requires recreating an entire set of school logos, it requires a very good familiarity with how letters are formatted, and how they are supposed to sound. It requires spoofing North Dakota email addresses. It requires being able to respond to any email inquiries that Yale would have sent about the student.

How much extra checking of transcripts, records, and credentials do colleges complete for applicants who are homeschooled? I imagine that they must do something to verify the submitted information. Could she have gotten around issues like the transcript and school official email addresses if she claimed to be homeschooled?