Do colleges run background checks on applicants?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm not talking about criminal checks. I am talking about extensive checks that are used to check a person's employment history to see if they are not lying.</p>

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<p>And you’re worried about this, why?</p>

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<p>Honesty is policy! And yes, if they suspect anything fishy, they’ll get cha through more ways than one. As in, calling your school and such.</p>

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<p>dude, don’t even think of lying.</p>

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<p>Yeah… they have direct links to the NSA/CIA, and with their new “Chuck” Intersect program they can cross reference all database information to the resume you provided. The system is pretty standard these days.</p>

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<p>They also get access to medical and other confidential records once ou give your rights.</p>

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Chuck reference <3</p>

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<p>If it’s significant enough to make any difference on your application, colleges probably have ways of checking up on your honesty (calling the employer, etc). And if it’s not significant, why would you bother putting it down?</p>

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<p>DON’T LIE. 1) If you get caught, you’ll be rescinded (if already accepted) or rejected. 2) Don’t you want to get into college knowing you were honest and based on your academics?</p>

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<p>Is that true?</p>

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<p>^Doubt it.</p>

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<p>bedouin wrote: “They also get access to medical and other confidential records once you give your rights.”</p>

<p>Where does this guy get his stuff? My goodness. You gotta take bedouin’s posts with a huge grain of salt. </p>

<p>Medical records can be forwarded upon your permission and only other medical personnel would/should have access to it. Once you’re 18, even your parents have no more rights to your medical records.</p>

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<p>Honesty is bliss.</p>

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<p>It should be a rule of thumb that anything Bedouin posts is at best misleading and most often totally incorrect.</p>

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<p>I doubt they would bother checking out an applicant unless they had due reason to do so.</p>

<p>There’s a girl from my school who was criminally charged for trying to steal $500 worth of stuff from Nordstrom who got into UC San Diego, UC Davis, and a bunch of Cal States. So I’m assuming they don’t check applicant’s criminal background anyway. Would that even be enough reason to reject someone?</p>

<p>Don’t colleges state that they audit 1% of the applicants for verification of all things listed?</p>