<p>The reason isn’t that they’re hard to verify. The reason that most colleges don’t put much admissions weight on ECs is that grades, score,s coursework are enough info for most colleges to select their students. Most colleges also accept the majority of students who apply to them.</p>
<p>It’s only the very top colleges – places like HPYS – that have such an overabundance of high stat applicants that these colleges can afford to pick and choose from their outstanding applicant pool to find the applicants who’ll create the most diverse, active, well rounded student body that’s possible.</p>