Policy on the Submission of Fraudulent Documents in Support of an Application for Admission

The submission of documents in support of applications for admission such as transcripts, diplomas, test scores, references, or the applications themselves, that are forged, fraudulent, altered from the original, obtained under false pretenses, or otherwise deceptive is prohibited and is punishable by a five-year bar on applying for admission or five-year suspension from CUNY. A second violation is punishable by a lifetime ban on applying for admission or expulsion from CUNY.

[REFERENCE: Board of Trustees Minutes, October 25, 2004, Cal. No. 5-A] See https://www.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/page-assets/about/administration/offices/legal-affairs/advisories/submission-fradulent-docs.pdf