<p>I heard that some girl lied about doing charity work for orphans in a third world country on her application and got accepted to Princeton. How would colleges ever find out that you lied about your EC's or not? </p>
<p>That’s the problem with resumes in college applications and why colleges put specific emphasis on GPA and scores. Idk how she got in, maybe it was her academic merit but resumes don’t say anything because, like you said there isn’t a real way in finding out whether it is true or not. Many people put a bunch of lies in their resumes so the validity is questionable at times. I really don’t know though. </p>
<p>that EC would not have made a difference to her outcome anyways</p>
<p>EVERYONE I know “exaggerates” on their app to some extent. In her case, half of Princeton applicants have already done that, wouldn’t have made a difference. If you want to be a doodoo head you could call them and get her acceptance revoked though :)</p>
<p>We’ve all “heard about” all kinds of people, places, and things. As the old saying goes, “Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear.” Undoubtedly, students have made untrue claims on their applications without being discovered. If you think that lying on yours will help, don’t . . . just don’t.</p>
<p>I don’t plan on lying because I’d probably die of a guilty conscience. The way I see it is I rather get accepted/rejected for being myself </p>
<p>Even if colleges find out you lied decades after you’ve graduated, they can revoke your degree. Academic dishonesty on the level of higher education is very serious and can come back to prevent people from gettings jobs and ruin their current ones at times. So I don’t think it’s ever an advisable idea. Small potential benefit, major potential consequences. </p>
<p>“that EC would not have made a difference to her outcome anyways”</p>
<p>That EC doesn’t seem particularly notable, but don’t you think it might have a minor impact? Although that kind of EC seems unoriginal to me, I still feel like including it could just marginally benefit the applicant.</p>
<p>oops double post</p>