<p>I agree with NSM that student make too much of the # of hours spent in an EC, holding office. while those things necessarily will not get you in to college, lying about it will keep you out or even have your admissions rescinded due to misrepresentation. So in the end it is not worth it because the world ends up being a really small place and you would be suprised at the number of people who know people that can be connected back to you.</p>
<p>I added on few more hours on my application to tell you the truth (CS) but I did do a lot of crap so I thought i deserved it. Well, it was more like I did 4 hours of work and I said 8...HAHa.. Well, they trust you, like other people said. BUt you never know so...</p>
<p>I know UC's don't ask for your transcripts (with your applicatino anyhow) but they randomly send letters asking for transcripts to few students. So you never know. Just don't lie about it.</p>
<p>integra writes: LOL i use to worry about this....but you know what? i dont think any of the colleges check...
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In addition to the post-admission verification, the University conducts a pre-admissions verification with a random sample of applicants, who are notified in early January that they must submit verification documents in order to be considered for admission. Applicants may be asked to verify an item from one of the following application sections: Awards/Honors, Extracurricular Activities, Community Service, Educational Participation Programs (formerly Special Program Participation), Work Experience, Academic History, and the Personal Statement. Falsification is the basis for a denial or revocation of admission to the University. Failure to submit the required documentation by the deadline will result in applications being withdrawn from further admission consideration at all campuses. See <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/freshman/helpingapply.html%5B/url%5D%5B/quote%5DThe">http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/freshman/helpingapply.html
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The</a> "random sample" is 10% according to UC officials.</p>
<p>you guys who lie on your apps, you suck.....there are ppl out there who work so hard to get where they are, and you just lie.</p>
<p>BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO</p>
<p>I agree with you, Arctic Monkey. The very <em>idea</em> that someone would lie on a college application galls me. There are very few steps between lying about community service and "padding" a resume to include positions never held, colleges never attended, and degrees never earned. Very few steps between lying on a college application and the Enron mess. Unethical behavior only leads to more unethical behavior. </p>
<p>Here's a novel idea for the OP: be who you really are. If a particular college does not accept you, then it wasn't meant to be. It's time for you to look at yourself honestly and decide what kind of person you want to be. No college application, no matter how much pressure is put on you, is worth sacrificing your integrity. Since one's education is not so much a factor of which college one attends but what one does with it, the sooner you start to take responsibility for your own actions and inactions, the smarter you will be in the long run.</p>
<p>I can imagine a case where a student was obviously awarded some honor, but lost the award letter or certificate and was unable to verify it with UC. I know I've lost quite a few awards that I have in fact won, since I've attended three high schools and moved around for most of my life.</p>
<p>In fact, that would royally suck.</p>
<p>^ Yeah i know. I lost my piano award trophies and i don't know where the hell they are now... That would suck.</p>
<p>geez, this thread is even worse than the one where the guy put black on his college app</p>
<p>Documenting ECs and awards does not mean you have to produce the certificate or the trophy. Since you're talking about only four years, all you need to do is call up the organization and ask them to produce a letter affirming that you've won a particular competition. As for ECs within school, I'm sure the GC has a form (or something) where you can get the signatures of all the teachers who advised the clubs. It would be a pain, of course, but not impossible.</p>
<p>If this is required of 10% of all UC applicants, that's a huge number.</p>
<p>^ Yeah. I want to know the number of other schools.</p>