<p>How does a college verify extracurricular activities done by a high school student on their applications?</p>
<p>For major awards (like national level), they should be able to verify by peeking around on the Internet (NFL nats, for example).</p>
<p>But for most ECs, they are verified randomly by adcoms or not at all. I think the “random checkup” is supposed to deter lying in and of itself. </p>
<p>Bottom line: Don’t lie on your apps!</p>
<p>Thanks, I was wondering about this because when they ask about the hours you spent doing a certain extracurricular you are supposed to estimate and I haven’t really kept track so just came up with some sort of a guess.</p>
<p>Some sort of guess is how most people do it. If they checked and got something close-ish to your guess, it would be fine. But the hours aren’t going to make a big enough difference that trying to “inflate” them a bit will be much of a help, if any.</p>