How do colleges verify your ECs when you say that you, for instance, was the student council president, or the president of the business council, or even the school’s webmaster?
<p>They don't - they trust you.</p>
<p>Yeah but they might sometimes call your guidance counselor, especially if two students both put down the same position for the same club. Most of the time they wont catch it though since they have so many apps to consider.</p>
<p>Some schools actually send scouts to your school to obtain the information. For example, I went to the University of the Pacific and the counselor told me they sent out a scout to my high school for a few days to "check up on the students who applied." Hope that helps. The counselor at UOP was an a$$ though.</p>
<p>They trust you on the neglegible things, but they find it odd if you have all these amazing ecs that your teachers and counselors who write your recs fail to mention. Also, for the ivies (as far as my experience can tell you), if they are considering multiple students at a high school, they will call the counselor to get more info for their final decisions. At that point what is said may debunk some "exaggerations"</p>
<p>the University of California has a random verification process for EC's, Awards, Work Experience. Applicants are randomly selected to send verification of an ONE EC, award, or work experience that is also randomly selected. </p>
<p>i'm sure the UC isn't the only system to check....college adcoms probably can sense when something is fishy in an application.</p>
<p>for example: if two people from the same school list themselves as Senior Class President...i'm sure that'll raise a red flag</p>
<p>One question: If I am a co-president of something, is it best to be clear that it is a co-president and not just say president?</p>
<p>the application even says "if you hold the same position, for example editor of the yearbook, please write 'co-editor'"</p>
<p>o ok, thanks</p>