<p>I just found out that a kid at my son's school applied to both Yale and Stanford SCEA (honesty not being his strong suit). Do the schools cross check with each other?</p>
<p>I am finding that at my son's school the same kind of thing is happening. Except outright lies!! Made up clubs and ec's when they NEVER participated in any of the events for that club. I feel that people are selling their integrity for a college name. What a shame, and how sad that you can't feel good enough about your accomplishments without exaggerating or making things up. I'm sure that it will come out in the wash and they will get caught, so don't worry symphonmom.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure that top schools that compete with each other do cross check early app lists (at least they say that they do), and someone doing this could have their admission rescinded to both. They also might have some friends in hs who could take it upon themselves to notify the colleges...</p>
<p>Although I am not sure how the students can pull this off, since parents and school counselors are supposed to sign the early app agreement as well. A counselor that allows it really jeopardizes reputation of the school, which can hurt their students for years to come...</p>
<p>Parents don't sign off on early with the common app - but if you submit online, I assume there's a cross-check on the common app site. Obviously, you can always submit paper with whatever you want, if the college accepts paper, if you are disposed to be dishonest. I don't recall counselors needing to sign off, but I may be forgetting the details of the form the counselor gets. </p>
<p>I can't imagine any counselor agreeing. Many colleges do cross-check, but not all.</p>
<p>Please report back to us whether those applicants get in or not.</p>
<p>umm, I was always under the impression that EA/ED schemes work on an honor system, i.e. colleges trust you not to cheat...is that true?</p>
<p>not quite - many do indeed send lists of accepted students to institutions they consider their peers, and check the lists they receive from them. I think it is only after admissions decisions are done, but I'm not sure</p>