I've searched for references to this person through relevant scholarly databases and come up with bupkis. He claims to have graduated with distinction, and yet I can not find one reference to him on the school's website or in local publications. The applicant's resume is FILLED with accolades and honors (the type that would surely be documented in at least a few publications). Posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:35 PM on Septem At other universities it might mean simply graduating with a high gpa. In the case of my university, 'high distinction' meant that I wrote an undergraduate thesis and had a final gpa of 3.7something. But 'graduated with distinction' is sort of like 'was on Dean's List.' It ain't gonna appear anywhere but the transcript. I can't speak to the rest of this person's absence from the internet. Nor would it appear in any scholarly database. There would certainly be no mention of my graduating with high distinction anywhere in the university's webspace, or in any publication. One would be to come to my office and see my diploma, and the other would be to get a copy of my transcript. There are two and only two methods in the entire universe for you to verify this information. I graduated from college with high distinction.

I think this is one of 'I don't think that word means what you think it means' things. posted by anonymous to Computers & Internet (35 answers total) 3 users marked this as a favorite I figured the super sleuths of mefi could set me straight. It seems odd to me that I can not find one trace of him on the web, but perhaps I am wrong about how easy this information would be to find. However, this resume brought up an interesting problem. * Note: At this point, I am not interested in verifying this information to hire him.

How can I verify that this person actually graduated with distinction*? However, the applicant's resume is FILLED with accolades and honors (the type that would surely be documented in at least a few publications). I not only googled the applicant's name but also some projects he claimed to have worked on and came up with nothing. I've received a resume for a project, and there seems to be something a bit off about it.

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