Background checks and highschool diplomas

If I were in your situation, I'd let this one ride. If you truly did not misrepresent any information in your application, I think you're likely to come out clean. Ommission of information is very different from lying. They undoubtedly assumed that you graduated high school, but if you really did graduate with a 3. I agree with CompBanker. Not discussing an issue is much different than lying about an issue when questioned.

Honestly, high school is not important to IB recruiting - it's all about college brand, GPA , and so forth. As long as your resume is accurate, the details of your distant past shouldn't matter that much - it might make for a few questions or an interesting story if it comes up, but it really shouldn't completely screw you. If I were you, I would just hold tight and wait for 1 of 2 things to happen: either you get the job, because they really just look at college and not even worry about HS, or you will get a call that they have a few questions.

If the 2nd case happens, don't worry about it - it's your past, you have a solid explanation and you've completely bounced back. Focus on the positive and the distance of the past. I too am guessing on this issue though, since it is a pretty unique situation. Good luck. Agree with the two above -- it may be a non-traditional path [to say the least], but you were able to get into the public U so that should be good enough for the bank.

If they bring it up, it's a pretty simple situation to handle -- you never lied, and just didn't think it was necessary to provide information about your pre-CC education. Highschool diploma is not a requirement - One of my close frends is a recruiter at a top BB and I just asked her for you.

College transcript is what matters. You have nothing to worry about. Hell there ar eguys who never went to HS but got into college and were home schooled. Regardless, you're fine. Just don't lie if they ask you. If you have anything specific, I'll ask my recruiter friend for you again. GordonsGecko, Many thanks for the help! Could you ask your friend for me what the best way is to handle this situation I am assuming when they run the check they'll eventually find out everything? Specifically, my questions are:. Any chance they'll dig that deeply during the checks?

I've heard of probing into extra extracurriculars rare right?

To clear any doubt, I didn't do it on purpose From what I've heard, only GS checks. Short answer is they won't check anything high-school related, I've heard that about GS too but even if you're off by 0. Being off by 2. When do banks typically get in touch after acceptance to start the background checks? I sent my acceptance about 3 weeks ago and haven't heard from HR since. Dropped them an email on Friday but no response Is when you go to fill out your U4 if you are signing up for an exam and you are right out of college. Hell, they will even go as far back as middle school and elementery school.

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I didn't even include high school grades in my resume and none of the banks ask for it either, so I don't think it's a big deal at all. Unless you are a freshman or sophmore even then its a stretch , you should not have anything about HS on your resume.

Your employer will not know, nor care, what your HS was, unless by some chance you interview with someone who went to a neighboring school. Things it should not include: Anything about HS Statement of purpose etc Mistakes Lies "Long walks on the beach" Exaggerations with regards to linguistic ability they always will get you on this one. It just said:.

It was nothing crazy or elaborate and I figured at best it would help ever so slightly and at worse it would just get glanced over. I really doubt it's common at all they check up on that but I guess it's possible? Maybe it's more for if you listed something like Now I am signing my contract and background check will begin soon. I have two questions:. Yes I definitely will. I know I should have checked before submitting my application.

So I am going to give HR a call and tell them that it's a honest mistake and I apologize for my carelessness. Do you think this is a good approach? Just to be extra paranoid, they requested my high school grad cert and ap transcript. I will give HR a call to explain the situation.

If the applicant is unable to provide you with a copy of their high school diploma, ask them for the name of their school and in which city it's located, then call the school yourself. When you call, ask for the registrar. You may need to provide identification or verification that you are an employer. Additionally, the school official may require the applicant to sign a release form giving permission to release the information to you. Depending on when the applicant graduated, the high school may not have their diploma on file.

They are required to keep graduation information on file for many years. When I had my interview with my background investigator, he said the biggest issues he ran into were with military people, because they tend to have so many addresses and sometimes they forget a few. I suppose I might be able to figure out what the middle one was, but it would take some research. All of that happened during a single year. And other than the temporary housing my friend had set up, I felt like I needed to put all of the addresses down on my background check. Also, I suggest about asking people a whole bunch of fairly specific questions one day, and then ask them the same questions the next day, and see if the answers match.

Does the average employer need to know this outside of granting you security clearance or somerat? No, IMHO. Not normally, but background checks are not a normal employment situation. For my background check, I had to supply my 20 year address history. I know of background checks that have gone back even farther than that for address history.

That can be an enormous pain when those 20 years include all the places you lived during college. The really hard part is that you are supposed to also provide someone who can verify your address! Always makes me laugh a little. I know someone who has a PhD but never got their undergraduate degree!

It happens, but is very rare.

I work with someone who has an M. He joined the military during WWII, two years into his undergrad, and they sent him to medical school. That blew my mind. In the UK and probably other countries too , medicine is an undergraduate degree that you enter directly from high school. A unique situation, but not unheard of. Is it inappropriate to ask how this happened? Then came decades of work experience, followed by a desire to fulfill a long-held dream.

A family member has a DDS but never finished her BS due to failing her language requirement in her last semester. I once had someone ask me in an interview to talk about the extracurricular activities and leadership positions I held in high school. It was a weird question, but at least no one asked me for a high school transcript. Would the answers here be any different if it were college transcripts 20 years after graduation?

I know someone who was just asked for them as part of a job offer. Can you clarify? The former is a little more involved process than the latter. The work track record is going to tell you way more than college transcripts will. In the end my friend indeed decided that the requirements were ridiculous and invasive, and refused to go through with it. Yeah, that would be great to do, but it would wreak havoc at a lot of companies.