<p>Does anyone know of a specific someone who was caught "fabricating" on his / her application resume? </p>
<p>I hear horror stories all the time... but I don't think I actually know a person who's been caught.</p>
<p>I know someone who said they were president of the Student Council, but they were not. They didn't get caught.</p>
<p>I think some very few people on CC exaggerate or fabricate their resumes......but I'm probably just being too suspicious...</p>
<p>A friend of mine at my school put down that he was captain of our tennis team ( I actaully am), and somehow (counselor) found out that the student put that there and told the tennis coach. She then called all those colleges that he sent transcripts to (registrar shares that info) and told them he lied, and he had to defer a year and attend community college.
Keep that in the back of your mind.</p>
<p>Moral: Its just not worth it!</p>
<p>I actually know of a kid who got into Harvard and Columbia among other top-notch schools, but lied that he had interned at a place he didn't really intern at, and got his acceptance rescinded and is now going to his state school. Apparently, Columbia told him that even without that internship, he would have been accepted.</p>
<p>Ouch, that hurts.</p>
<p>yeah.. honesty is the best policy here huh..</p>
<p>I'm just mad b/c I know many people who exaggerates a lil.. for ex, a guy is member of student council for only 2 years but he click all 4 yrs of high school..</p>
<p>just makes all my 4 years of Student council work seem useless =( cus it's not like being a member is a big deal. i'm sure even our councelors won't know who's been in which committee for how long..</p>
<p>colleges will check if ur ec will actually be a determining factor in ur application</p>
<p>its immoral. dont do it.</p>
<p>I'm almost positive, that 99% of college applicants embellish on their resumes at the very least. I know a lot of ppl who've made outlandish lies as well and have not gotten caught.</p>
<p>cheating on the SAT was a bad enough idea.</p>