<p>A friend got in SCEA and said he was being audited. Apparently Stanford told him they chose 5% of SCEA-admittees to audit. He has to send in proof of his ECs and awards.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of this? I was really shocked; I didn't know they did that.</p>
<p>They’re starting to do auditing this year – [Stanford</a> shares details of early-admit class | Stanford Daily](<a href=“http://www.stanforddaily.com/2010/12/13/stanford-shares-details-of-early-admit-class/]Stanford”>Stanford shares details of early-admit class)</p>
<p>On a side note: I’m curious as to how they want proof of ECs/honors…</p>
<p>@neyugnnosila I am also interested in how they will do this. It seems like a huge chore for me to go out a get verification of all of my ECs from the past 4 years…</p>
<p>i wish all colleges did it. people would actually be honest.
if they were significant activities, it should not at all be hard to get proof.</p>
<p>IDK. My friend said Stanford was requesting “proof” of his leadership positions and awards won. I guess signed notes from teachers, copies of the awards certificates, etc.</p>
<p>Seems rather hard to procure all that, and like it would require a good deal of time. But I think it’s for the best. Especially if that audit rate climbs from 5 to say 10%, it should deter a lot of people who cheat or “exaggerate.”</p>
<p>This is the first I’ve heard of auditing… seems like they should make a big deal out of it if they want to scare people into being honest.</p>
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<p>Agreed. Fortunately, I would say more applicants are already honest; it’s only a minority who blatently lie. Regarding embelishment, I wouldn’t know how many…</p>