That looks like one bogus degree

Post #98,982 by ben_tilly 4/27/03 7:40:52 PM Reply	That looks like one bogus degree The other one might or might not be legit. There is a [link\|http://www.unibuc.ro/en/\|University of Bucharest], it just is in Romania. For the record, the best math student that I have have been in a class with was from Romania. What really floored me is that in Romania she wasn't even a math student, she concentrated in English in highschool. That is how she managed to get a scholarship to go to undergrad in the USA. (Entering Dartmouth College as an undergrad she was in half of my graduate-level classes as a freshman. I was probably the only graduate student with a better background than her, but I acknowledge that she was better than me at math.) Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #98,985 by broomberg 4/27/03 7:56:36 PM Reply	On U of Bucharest I know its a real place, just that if someone shows me an obviously fake degree and one from there, I will assume they are lying about that too. Simply because it would be a bit painful for me to check up on it.
Post #99,017 by ben_tilly 4/28/03 1:03:41 AM Reply	Ah, understood And that is the problem with a proven liar. Whether or not they are lying, people often won't believe them. But in this case I am inclined towards belief because after being caught lying, that statement remained on the CV. Plus if the new statement that appeared has any chance of being true (some PhD work in Toronto), a BSc is likely, and Bucharest is as likely as any other place for that. Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #99,021 by tuberculosis 4/28/03 2:06:55 AM 8/21/07 5:58:10 AM Reply	I'd guess its inflated though if the MS is Bucharest, where is the BS from again? I'd guess that the degree programs aren't strictly equivalent regardless, but it seems fishy. "Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes. Contestants in a suicidal race." - Synchronicity II - The Police Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:58:10 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #99,036 by ben_tilly 4/28/03 8:36:56 AM Reply	Is it worth worrying about? "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]

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