<p>Ok, so the other day, my friend and I were on the bus and we were discussing the various clubs we had joined. She asked me why i had joined so many clubs and i said it was good for college. She then asked me if you could lie. I told her no because it was wrong but that got me thinking. Is it possible to lie on an application? Can't someone say, yeah, i founded that club, or I was President of that even when it isn't true? I'm just curious abou it. Thanks</p>
<p>Yes, it is conceivable that an applicant could fabricate information about his or her EC achievements and get away with it. In many cases, however, such falsehoods are revealed through discussions with the school’s guidance counselor, in the teacher/optional recommendations, or during the interview. When it is discovered, the applicant will be rescinded immediately, even if he or she would have been accepted without that made-up EC.</p>
<p>Yes, its very possible. Colleges are unlikely to call your school guidance counselor and your counselor and teachers may also not know about your EC activities even if you were involved in them. And if you go in prepared for the interview, you are likely prepared to not give away those falsehoods.</p>
<p>But of course you shouldn’t. I hope I’m not encouraging you too…</p>
<p>LOL, of course you’re not encouraging me too! I have no intention of doing so. I was just curious.</p>
<p>I have a funny feeling that this was a subtle way of deducing the consequences of lying on your application without having to deal with the inevitable flaming. The posters above have said that it is unlikely that one would get caught, but remember, if you do get caught, you are royally screwed. Just ask two of my HS seniors from last year; both were rescinded from BC and one attends a lower SUNY and the other a community college.</p>
<p>You guys, I am not going to, nor was I ever going to lie on my application. I have really good ECs and don’t need to lie. I was just curious</p>
<p>I’m sorry for jumping to conclusions; it’s just that I would hate to see somebody get screwed like my friends did. They didn’t blatantly lie, but they did do quite a bit of “revision” on their applications, and those same applications put in the context of those of their peers probably triggered some warning bells in the minds of the adcoms.</p>
<p>You’ll almost always be caught eventually. If you think you aren’t you’re really arrogant…embellishing facts to prove a point on an essay, though, is probably OK.</p>