<p>This is something that makes me really angry, and I would never DREAM of doing this. But I was hearing a couple kids discussing how they were going to make up false positions on the exectuive boards for several clubs on their college applications. What bothers me is that since a high school club isn't going to post its board online or anything, how would colleges know they lied?</p>
<p>Usually the report that the guidance counselor provides with the college application will list this stuff. If the applicant self-reports an EC that the guidance counselor doesn’t it will raise a red flag.</p>
<p>Karma would get them eventually. If not, teh school report and the GC recommendation may. If you can convince them otherwise, they should know there are huge consequences for lying on the common application as you sign a contract basically saying everything is true before you submit it</p>
<p>Minor lies like your amoral friends are speaking about will equal NOTHING to college file readers. Awards & positions of note (that might actually make a difference) will be confirmed by others. Your friends are fools.</p>
<p>So could we send Certificates in Additional Section?</p>
<p>They may lie, however, the essays will reveal such things. Sometimes don’t but hope that karma bites them. Other than this, what can other do? Don’t waste your time on those folks.</p>
<p>I agree with you a lot of people make false statwments in what they are on and they make it into college I was honest and they rejected me in one. But one day its going to get back to them </p>
<p>Plus its not worth it. I dont think just adding a couple fake positions to some club will have much sway. They are looking for an ongoing commitment and specific accomplishments. Something you could make a screenplay out of. </p>
<p>Honestly, even if they get into college and no one catches them it still reflects poorly on their moral character, which if you ask me is far more important than where you go to college. </p>
<p>Not to mention if they continue their cheating ways they WILL be caught in the future and the consequences are much more severe once you’re in a workplace/out of college I bet.</p>
<p>As a current senior holding a few different leadership positions, this really bothers me. I have a ‘friend’ who said on their resume that they worked 2 hours a week for clubs that I run when in reality they never lift a finger! They did this to other friends who run various clubs. It’s one thing to lie on a resume but it’s another to take someone credit for someone else’s work entirely. They also said they are in charge of certain online aspects of the club even though I am the only person with passwords to those accounts. Sigh, even if colleges don’t notice/care all of the fallacies in their application, that person has lost a lot of their friends’ trust.</p>