<p>does/will princeton do background checks on its ED applicants? will they call your school to verify your ECs/academic honors?</p>
<p>hahaha - spot the guilty conscience...</p>
<p>LOL! that I have not really thought about that. But I dont suspect some of the information in your application is false.......(hmmm) lol. Anyways, I don't see the reason why that should bother you.....except like "Fred is" said......guilty conscience</p>
<p>NO guys, don't be so judgemental.</p>
<p>Def's question is perfectly valid.</p>
<p>for example, some places for volunteering DO NOT take down names or keep any record of its student volunteers. Thus, if adcom reps call them, they'd have NO IDEA.</p>
<p>So, i will second Def890's question.
Does anyone else know more about this?</p>
<p>plus, at my school, there are some very lazy advisors for some "third-rate" clubs who do not actually keep record of who the officers are. At my school, some advisors get kids mixed up and don't even know their names.</p>
<p>Omg, when I read the first sentence, I thought you meant background checks for a criminal record! That gave me a good laugh...but probably the answer is "no"; it doesn't seem like Pton would have the time to call each and every school to check on each and every applicant. I guess they just trust us...misplaced trust in some cases; right, Def?? jk :p</p>
<p>Sorry if i sounded edgy....but what I am trying to say is that no one should have any problem writing what they did down... I BELIEVE princeton is smart enough to know when and when not to confirm. For example the volunteering thing is understandable because they (princeton) do not expect the organization to remember every soul that volunteered</p>
<p>BUT, if your EC took place IN your high school and they call to confirm, which they probably hardly do, the principal or a teacer atleast should know. </p>
<p>thats my point and i hope it has cleared my above opinion up...</p>
<p>well i know for a fact that some "clubs" are not sponsored by the school. for example, the "ultimate frisbee club" does not need an advisor, and therefore has none.</p>
<p>If the adcom reps called the school about it, the school would say "we don't have an ultimate frisbee club." and the kid who put it down and said that he/she was the captain might get in trouble</p>
<p>oh! thats true.... that could be bad. But on the norm, I do not think they confirm from schools about your ECs or anything. After all they have a thousand applicants with numerous ECs on the line for dec 15th.</p>
<p>maddy speaks the truth...why would they waste their time, when they have so little of it to begin with?</p>
<p>LOL guys no im not doing this because i lied on my app or becuase i have some deep dark secret...im just curious because i've heard that some colleges have rescinded admissions because of facebooks/myspaces</p>
<p>how do admissions get access to facebooks pages????</p>
<p>They hack into them...jk...I've heard about myspace pages, but not facebook. Actually, I wouldn't mind them taking a look at mine. It's not a jumble of bad HTML, so maybe they'd accept me!</p>
<p>lol, why the heck would they go on google and search for ppl's myspace or facebook? </p>
<p>thats so dumb</p>
<p>There are three ways Adcoms get suspicious:</p>
<p>1) The different pieces of the application don't "fit". This is hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. Say, all of the applicant's writing is about his/her commitement to filmmaking, but this isn't mentioned at all in the references. Or none of the references highlight the quality of the applicant's writing, and they produce a polished, cogent essay that feels like it was written by a pro.</p>
<p>2) They get tipped off anonymously that someone is lying. This happens far more often than you might imagine.</p>
<p>3) An alumni interview raises red flags.</p>
<p>Then, you start calling schools and asking questions, if the application is competitive to begin with. Otherwise, you don't waste the time.</p>
<p>In these scenarios, a truly accomplished fraud wouldn't be detected. But most people trying to scam the system aren't as accomplished at this type of fraud as they think they are.</p>
<p>"They get tipped off anonymously that someone is lying. This happens far more often than you might imagine."</p>
<p>You might need to explain more on that.... I am starting to feel uneasy. What if the person is actually not lying.. How are they going to be so sure. Besides, myspace and the likes should not be used for reference for any applicant. Why would they check the information on our myspace pages. I feel thats quite dumb.....</p>
<p>I actually think myspace monitoring (if the adcoms use it at all) does make sense.</p>
<p>After all, I don't think they would like to admit an applicant that has a great "application personality" but a very vulgar everyday attitude.</p>
<p>well....i understand what you saying. Atleast my myspace if pretty normal. Basicallt my personality on that thing. Anyways, i still do not think they should judge someone's everyday attitude from myspace....</p>
<p>Fantastic idea... I have to check my myspace...</p>
<p>Think it's ok to do some background research. I'll do as well, if my interviewer is someone "famous". It's always good to know a little more than your opponent reveals.</p>
<p>However, I guess they won't call around. If there is only little doubt about an applicants integrity he's out. They say it somewhere that if one lie is discovered, they assume that you have lied in different parts of the app as well - thus there is no pardon.</p>
<p>If anyone desires to stretch it - well, it's up on him, but I am totally sure that they will "feel" it. They read thousands of applications each year and aren't newbees. It's not that they have to take someone who they aren't sure about. </p>
<p>That's the reason why I did not change any content on someone else's advice and only one person read my application.</p>
<p>BUt really, what can an applicant possibly lie about?? (I'm asking outta ignorance)</p>