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能力边界What we can establish

能力边界What we can and cannot establish

这是一张我们对家长、复核人和工程师都用同一份口径的表。原则:规则与外部数据能坐实的才叫"确认"或"判断";其余一律以"招生官会怎么问"的形式提示,不下结论。The same table we give parents, reviewers and engineers. The principle: only what rules or external data can establish counts as confirmed or determined. Everything else is raised as a question a reviewer would ask — never as a conclusion.

能正面确认Can be positively confirmed

核实成立、可写进报告的结论——不只是找问题Established facts we can state in the report — not only problems
  • 文件自签发起未被改动Document unaltered since it was issued数字签名校验通过且覆盖全文。官方电子成绩单与分数报告普遍带此类签名。注意语义:能证明的是"未被改动",不是"内容为真"Digital signature valid and covering the whole file — standard on official electronic transcripts and score reports. Note the limit: this proves the file was not altered, not that its contents are true
  • 荣誉已在主办方公开名单核实Honor confirmed against the organizer’s public list申请人姓名命中名单且申报奖级与名单一致;同名不可消歧时不确认The applicant’s name appears with a matching award tier; never confirmed when namesakes cannot be told apart
  • 声称的论文或代码已按标识符核实A claimed paper or repository verified by its identifierDOI/arXiv/GitHub/ORCID 直连公开接口取回记录,在本地比对作者列表——申请人姓名从不外发,第三方只拿到一个标识符The record is fetched straight from the public DOI, arXiv, GitHub or ORCID interface and the author list is matched locally — the applicant’s name is never sent out; the third party sees only an identifier
  • 竞赛与夏校的官方通道现场查得Found through the organizer’s official channel只认主办方官方域名的页面作为证据,并在本地复核姓名与年份Only pages on the organizer’s own domain count as evidence, re-checked locally for name and year

能判断Can be established

算术、公开规则或外部名单可直接坐实的矛盾Contradictions that arithmetic, published rules, or an external list settle directly
  • 标化成绩取值越界Test score outside its valid rangeSAT 400–1600 且为 10 的倍数、ACT 1–36、AP 1–5、IB 单科 1–7/总分 ≤45、TOEFL 0–120、IELTS 0–9 且为 0.5 的倍数、Duolingo 10–160 且为 5 的倍数——出题方公开规则SAT 400–1600 in steps of 10, ACT 1–36, AP 1–5, IB 1–7 per subject / 45 total, TOEFL 0–120, IELTS 0–9 in steps of 0.5, Duolingo 10–160 in steps of 5 — all published by the test makers
  • 分项之和与总分不符Section scores do not sum to the total算术Arithmetic
  • 课程体系学制矛盾Course level impossible for that gradeIB Diploma 为两年制,只在 11–12 年级;A-Level 对应 Y12–13;IGCSE 对应 Y10–11The IB Diploma runs two years (grades 11–12); A-Level maps to Y12–13; IGCSE to Y10–11
  • GPA 与排名的算术矛盾GPA or class rank does not add up未加权 GPA 不会超过满分;名次不会大于年级总人数An unweighted GPA cannot exceed the scale; a rank cannot exceed the class size
  • 日期倒置与同期时长超载Reversed dates and impossible workloads结束早于开始;按月聚合 >60h/周 提示、>80h/周 强信号;学期中 ≥30h/周 与全日制在校身份冲突End before start; aggregated monthly at >60h/wk flagged and >80h/wk strong; ≥30h/wk during term conflicts with full-time enrollment
  • 荣誉年份与年级、毕业年份矛盾Honor year contradicts grade level or graduation year以毕业年份为锚换算年级对应学年;获奖年份晚于毕业年份即矛盾Grade levels are anchored to the graduation year; an award dated after graduation is a contradiction
  • 奖项名称与填报级别矛盾Award name contradicts the level claimed名称字面级别 ≠ 填报级别;名称推断不出级别则不出结论The literal level in the name vs. the level claimed; silent when the name implies none
  • Common App 硬约束超限Common App hard limits exceeded活动 >10、荣誉 >5、字段与文书字数超限——说明手上不是最终填报版>10 activities, >5 honors, over-length fields or essays — meaning this is not the final submitted version
  • 签名无效或签署后被追加修订Signature invalid, or content added after signing签名校验未通过,或有效但未覆盖全文——均为文件结构事实Signature fails validation, or is valid but does not cover the whole file — both are structural facts
  • 给出的论文标识符无法解析A cited paper identifier does not resolveDOI 由注册机构发放、是唯一键——doi.org 与 Crossref 均查无此号即为硬事实;arXiv 编号同理A DOI is a unique key issued by a registration agency: if neither doi.org nor Crossref knows it, that is a hard fact. The same holds for arXiv IDs
  • 推荐信的作者元数据为申请人本人Recommendation letter authored by the applicantPDF 的 Author 字段与申请人姓名一致(含拼音倒序)。核查方最常用的一招The PDF’s Author field matches the applicant’s name, including reversed pinyin — one of the first things a reviewer checks

只能提示风险Raised as a question only

以追问形式呈现,需人工复核,绝不下结论Presented as a question, human-reviewed, never a conclusion
  • 课程 ↔ 科研 ↔ 竞赛的逻辑匹配Coursework ↔ research ↔ competition coherence按前置/级别/深度/角色/内部矛盾五类出招生官式追问Reviewer-style questions across prerequisites, level, depth, role, and internal consistency
  • 证据链缺失Missing evidence chain证明人/可验证产出/时间戳痕迹三类全缺时提示Flagged when a referee, a verifiable output, and a timestamped trail are all absent
  • 文书声称在申请表里找不到对应条目An essay claim with no matching entry on the application逐条对账活动、荣誉、夏校、经历与证明材料;字面重合极低才提示Each claim is reconciled against activities, honors, programs, experiences and supporting documents; flagged only on very low overlap
  • 声称的产出拿不出可查标识符A claimed output with no verifiable identifier声称发表论文却全包无 DOI/arXiv 编号/ISBN;声称开源却无仓库地址A publication claimed with no DOI, arXiv ID or ISBN anywhere; open-source work claimed with no repository
  • 推荐信的人物一致性Recommender consistency亲属关系;自述任教学科在成绩单里没有对应课程;推荐人无法联系Family relationships; a subject the recommender claims to teach with no matching course on the transcript; a recommender who cannot be reached
  • 文档来源线索Document provenance signals机构类文件出自设计软件、修改时间晚于创建、多代增量保存、经 OCR 转录——恒为提示级,正常场景也会触发Institutional files produced in design software, modified long after creation, saved across many revisions, or transcribed by OCR — always advisory; ordinary workflows trigger these too
  • 荣誉无法核验Honor not verifiable名单未覆盖或无姓名,明确不代表不真实The list does not cover it, or no name is available — this does not imply the record is untrue
  • 夏校选拔性口径错位Summer program described more selectively than it is付费开放项目被描述为选拔性,或免费选拔项目出现付费表述An open-enrollment paid program described as selective, or a free selective program described as paid
  • 第三方机构痕迹Third-party agency traces材料中出现机构信息。机构协助整理完全正常,提示的是"哪些部分是你本人完成的"这条界线Agency details appear in the materials. Working with an agency is entirely normal — the question is only where your own work ends
  • 模拟追问演练Mock interrogation drill供学生自测,不构成任何指控For the student’s own rehearsal; not an allegation of any kind

不做Not done

有些是做不到,有些是我们主动选择不做Some we cannot do; some we choose not to
  • AI 生成文本检测 —— 主动不做AI-writing detection — a deliberate choice not to现有方法的准确率支撑不了任何结论,而误判会直接伤害诚实的学生——那正是我们的客户。这一条不是能力不足,是我们选择不做No current method is accurate enough to support a conclusion, and a false positive lands squarely on an honest student — exactly the person we serve. This is a choice, not a limitation
  • 文风判定"是否本人所写"Judging authorship from writing style写作风格随时间、题材、修改轮次自然漂移,把它当证据不负责任Style drifts naturally with time, topic and revision; treating it as evidence would be irresponsible
  • 印章、手写签名的视觉鉴定Visual authentication of seals and signatures需要出具方样本库,且错判代价极高。无数字签名的文件我们不判真伪It needs a reference library from each issuer, and the cost of being wrong is severe. Without a digital signature we make no authenticity call
  • 中国高中成绩单与校方系统核对Checking a Chinese high-school transcript against the school’s own system无公开数据源。美国院校的学分类成绩单可经 Parchment/National Student Clearinghouse 等机构通道验真No public data source exists. Credit-bearing U.S. transcripts can be verified through Parchment or the National Student Clearinghouse
  • 打电话/发邮件联系推荐人核实Contacting recommenders to verify in person属人工服务范畴,不在自动化管线内A human service, outside the automated pipeline