<p>how often do colleges contact the teacher for further information about a student after reading their letters of recommendation? i have a teacher who is writing one for me, but i exaggerated on a few things (nonacademic), and i don't want the colleges to contact him for more information about it. do you think there's a high chance they will? or do they trust that what the teacher says is true? the privates i'm applying to are chapman, loyola, pepperdine and stanford.</p>
<p>So you’re asking what are your chances of getting caught “exaggerating?” If you’re exaggerations make it through does that mean you consider the odds acceptable and would do it again?</p>
<p>I’ve heard of schools doing random spot checks to verify applications. They’ll ask applicants to send in some sort of evidence of their activities. I also think that depending on the competitiveness of the school, it would send a warning flag if the application highlights an activity and the recommendation letter makes no mention of it.</p>
<p>Your question seems to suggest that you think it’s OK to stretch the truth as long as people will just believe you instead of checking up on you. </p>
<p>I don’t actually have an answer to your question–I rather doubt anyone does–but I sure have a problem with that premise.</p>