Today, I found out you can’t lie about having a Master’s Degree in order to get a job. I paid a friend $500 to make a very real looking Master’s diploma from an accredited school. My plan worked well, until they asked me for my official transcripts. Meaning it has to come from the institution directly. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I accidentally put down the wrong year for my university graduation, so when my prospective boss was checking my references he found no mention of my name in that year's list of graduates. He accused me of faking my qualifications and refused to hire me. It was a 6-figure salary. FML
Today, I found out that the money I spent on a very specific degree was wasted, because apparently, I don't qualify for a job at the place that told me I had to have that degree. FML
Today, my university is capable of sending me two diplomas in short succession due to a clerical error, but can't recognize that I've graduated and won't be taking classes with them in the fall. FML
Today, a few weeks after moving back to my home country, I found out my diploma isn't recognized here. The only training provider I can find that can upgrade it to something valid wants another 2 years of my life, 500 hours of work experience and $16,000. FML
Today, I've lied about my grades for three years of high school already and my mom thinks I'm a straight A student. I'm supposed to be going to college in a year. FML
Today, I found out that the degree I'd assumed I had for the last 10 years was invalid due to a clerical error. Surely it'd be an easy fix? Nope. Both the degree structure and the admin system have been entirely changed between now and then. I'd have to study for two more years to validate it. FML
Today, I found out that you can’t lie on a college application and say you’re a first time in college student. My application flagged me as a “transfer student” right before I was supposed to be accepted. Apparently, the financial aid office has a tracking system to see where you attended and received aid. FML
Today, I applied for college graduation. Turns out my advisor screwed me over and now I'm 1 credit hour short of getting my degree. Now I have to wait another semester and pay $3,500 just to take a one hour class on Bowling so that I can graduate. FML
Today, I ran into one of my teachers from high school. When I told her I'd just recently graduated college and was starting graduate school in the fall, she said, "You don't have to lie, some people just aren't cut out for college. There's no shame." I wasn't lying, I graduated with honors too. FML
Today, I owe about $18,000 for a useless degree. Why? I graduated in 2016 from the ITT Technical Institute, a few months before the school shut down for good. The kicker? They misspelled my name on the diploma. FML
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JackWood 21
You're very stupid for someone who's applying for job that requires an advanced degree. You would have lasted 2 days max.
Kaylana_fml 31
Forgery of credentials including academic degrees is a federal crime as well as a crime in all 50 states that include fines anywhere from $2,500 to $125,000 and up to 5 years in prison depending on the state you're in and degree of conviction. You're lucky if all you suffered is the loss of a job opportunity and $500 on a piece of paper you should put through the shredder. Hopefully you'll have learned a valuable life lesson from this without suffering the real consequences.
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JackWood 21
You're very stupid for someone who's applying for job that requires an advanced degree. You would have lasted 2 days max.
Chazzster 32
Nothing is worse in a job than being unqualified for the job you landed. OP it was really self defeating to lie about your qualifications. Being fired for lying about your qualifications is a very bad mark on your references. Believe me, they would soon discover you weren’t qualified. The best you can do now is to either say you’re no longer interested in the job (a weak ass lie) or come clean on your “qualifications”… An education is for the purpose of the training you get - Not for a pretty diploma on the wall. Without that education and training it means nothing.
Kaylana_fml 31
Forgery of credentials including academic degrees is a federal crime as well as a crime in all 50 states that include fines anywhere from $2,500 to $125,000 and up to 5 years in prison depending on the state you're in and degree of conviction. You're lucky if all you suffered is the loss of a job opportunity and $500 on a piece of paper you should put through the shredder. Hopefully you'll have learned a valuable life lesson from this without suffering the real consequences.
Brightside86 31
That's good to know, there are a lot of stories on reddit where people only managed to get a job because they were willing to lie about having a degree. Stories make it seem risk free, once you actually get hired.
Brightside86 31
Sounds like you need to just put the time in. If you already have a BS you can get a masters in just a year or 2. Most employers will pay for most/all of it. It kind of sucks but so would building your career on a lie.
BurnInDemonFire 39
OP has a BS alright, but it stands for "Bullshit". I bet $500 this moron didn't even graduate high school.
idragosani 17
Someone with a real Master's Degree would be smart enough to have figured this out.