[Wetzel]

How you respond, I think, depends in part on how you came to read the college application. If it was given to you for review, then by all means bring it up! If it was left sitting out somewhere and you looked through it then, well, you probably should not have have read it. In this case, I would proceed as Alan has suggested and just be honest about what the person has done if asked.

Not in the "he was not an officer" type way, but just point out what they did help with. The person asking will have the list of what they claim in front of them and if you don't mention those they will either ask about them or assume that they exaggerated.

This is not anything that goes away, and learning to deal with people issues is one of the hardest parts about growing up.
Wetzel