[Jacob Bendicksen]

I've run into this a little bit, and I completely agree with what's been said so far - ask the team in a nonjudgmental way to tell you more about it, and it'll become pretty obvious if it was stretched or not.

Also, as someone who has put more time that he should into multiple Chairman's essays, I'll say that this is a tricky thing when you're writing the essay. The line between 'casting something in the best possible light' and 'stretching it such that it isn't true' can be a very fuzzy line, and it's not always immediately apparent when you're working on the essay. As a result, I'd encourage everyone to assume the best: I'd bet that 9 times out of 10, it wasn't intentional deception - just trying to make something sound good.