Posts by Morgan Patel

Thanks seriously everyone, you guys really went all out here 😁

The thing eating at me is my boss plans to file my paperwork this Monday, but I don't have my diploma on me—it's sitting at home. If he lists me under a Bachelor's degree on the VSS, but there’s no record of it yet in the system (like with the FDA or the IRS or Medicare), is that going to be an issue?

Basically, if he writes down that I have a Bachelor's, but they haven't updated my status from having just a High School Diploma (from the SSA) yet, is that allowed? Or am I supposed to hand over the actual diploma first (which I can't do until next week when I get back home) before he's legally allowed to list me as a college grad?

Or is this all just typical bureaucracy where nobody actually knows anything, they just copy-paste whatever is in front of them and don't give a damn?
I called the FDA and they seemed like they couldn't be bothered to talk to anyone. Some lady told me it doesn't matter what he puts down and to just bring the papers whenever I can, but I'm still tripping because I don't want to put anyone in a tight spot :/

Hey,
just wondering if anyone knows how the FDA, Medicare, or the IRS actually track our education levels.

I’m from a generation that never had those old paper work booklets, just the digital stuff now. I'm not even in the IRS system because I never officially registered there—I just worked for an employer who handled everything through the Social Security Administration. But this new gig requires proof of my degree, so I'm curious: can they just pull that info themselves, or do I need to send the FDA some kind of certification or diploma? Like, does the government get automatic updates from universities or whatever?
To be clear, I want to know if there's some massive shared database where all this is linked up—Social Security, college records, the whole works—or if they're totally clueless and I have to do all the legwork myself.

Thanks in advance,
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