<p>How do colleges know that you are being truthful on your common application? I feel like one could easily put something like "school president for four years" and nobody would know that it was a lie. Not that I would ever even consider lying, but just wondering how colleges know students are being truthful. It is possible that one could easily pad their app with lies.</p>
<p>They know because if you pad your app, it definitely shows that you’re padding your app.</p>
<p>If you weren’t class president, you can’t really convincingly talk about what being class president was like. Schools have read enough apps to be able to tell when someone is lying or not. I’m sure people slip through the cracks from time to time, but not many and the people who do probably have enough (legitimate) redeeming qualities.</p>
<p>Counselor sends in info that they can use to check app</p>
<p>Your Counselors won’t have info on everything though, I’m sure. Colleges do check randomly on student, which is rare, or when they feel there is a discrepancy like having more hours in activities per week than there are hours in a week. If you apply as Class president and someone else applies to the same school as Class president, there is a red flag there. </p>
<p>Overall, as long as an applicant tells the truth, there will be no problem.
Should an applicant lie, well they better be lucky or willing to take the consequences.</p>
<p>Sooner or later, someone will figure out a person’s lie. Just a matter of time. Be careful.</p>