Yes, quite true. I amended my post to say "central academic database", which was my intent. Those I know who have flunked out and secretly started over have no financial aid records.
The person who starts over at another school may not be able to get financial aid the second time around. If they don't apply for financial aid at the second school, it doesn't seem likely that the centralized financial aid database would be checked.
And then there are those who flunked out, did not hide it, but managed to get accepted because they attended so many schools that the transcript with the academic suspension was overlooked, hidden in plain sight.
The person who starts over at another school may not be able to get financial aid the second time around. If they don't apply for financial aid at the second school, it doesn't seem likely that the centralized financial aid database would be checked.
And then there are those who flunked out, did not hide it, but managed to get accepted because they attended so many schools that the transcript with the academic suspension was overlooked, hidden in plain sight.
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