Can a school know if you have a degree, if you don't tell them?

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This has been a really interesting topic; to be transparent, I'm not looking to hide anything. I did, however, find it interesting that this is something schools sometimes take into consideration.

Example of if you have a Bachelor's Degree:
• Harvard College will not accept you, according to the admissions person I spoke to
• Excelsior University has a "2nd Degree" policy where a student must have at least 30 credits from their university if they already have a Bachelor's Degree completed and are working on their 2nd one. However, for your first, they will transfer up to 113 credits for some, meaning you only need to finish 7 credits vs. the 30.

However, most schools I've talked to do not have a rule about this. I found it interesting, and of course, I question how much it could be validated.

There are some schools out there who won't accept someone for a second bachelor's degree. EU also requires that those 30 credits all be UL and not taken before the first degree is conferred. Many schools require 30 additional credits after the first bachelor's degree is completed. EU does not want students earning a second bachelor's degree. I went through this with them last year. I ended up completing my second bachelor's degree at UMPI where I needed to complete an additional 30 credits.