Potential hack to get admitted into Master's without Bachelor's

[SophiaPrincess]

Well I have two more hacks.
1) You see, I have a Bachelor's in Japanese, and no one has ever asked to see the degree or transcript unless it was for visa purposes, because I have never found a job I could get in the field with it. No hiring manager has asked me what getting the degree was like, or anything like that - not even when I was in Japan. So when the application form or interviewer asks you for your Bachelor's, just say it was in (random, completely unrelated subject you actually know something about). Most people are not even going to bring it up.

2) My coworker took a test which gives him a time-limited official state equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, supposedly valid in all areas a Bachelor's degree is, and it also enables him to get a Master's degree. This "degree" is valid for 5 years before he has to take a test to renew it again. It was in something like geology for cement mixing, and he has another one in nuclear something-something. Anyways he said there are preparation programs and you can take college courses for it, but he just self-studied and passed and now can list a Bachelor's on his resume. But like me, it hasn't gotten him any jobs so no one really asks him about it.

No one has brought this up so I will. I am all for creative means to obtain degrees and credentials but hack #1 encourages job seekers to fabricate their credentials. That could have serious ramifications.  This forum contains a wealth of information to obtain degrees quickly and inexpensively.  There is no reason to risk the consequences of misrepresenting your academic background.