<p>if it was you that committed the crime (personally, it seems to be), then check “yes.” They CAN find out if they want to. It’s really not worth lying about it. You could ruin your entire admissions process.</p>
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<p>Yes, you could potentially lie. Students could lie about a multitude of other aspects of their application as well, and colleges likely will not verify unless something looks particularly out of place. Colleges will trust that what you put in your application is true and accurate. However, they always COULD verify your information.</p>
<p>But if you yourself are considering lying, please don’t. Aside from the obvious ethical issues involved, if someone is arrested his/her counselor will likely inform the school, and there are other ways the information could leak out. Much better to just come out clean in the first place.</p>
<p>First you get a felony for stealing, now your planning on commiting another crime? Wake up and smell the coffee, your tactics obviously aren’t working. If you have a felony your going to CC end of story.</p>
<p>are you willing to risk barring yourself from all UC campuses because you lied about something as serious as a felony. </p>
<p>If you committed a felony CHECK THE BOX if you have not then DONT</p>
<p>they can look up the records easily and you have enter your social security number on the application form. They probably can run a background check easily if not automatically for each applicant(you never know).</p>
<p>Actually the UCs are one of the school systems that do a sampling to verify information on the applications, including verification of volunteer hours, employment and criminal background checks. The checks are random. It is not worth it to lie.</p>