<p>So what you're basically saying is you're going to lie on your application and hope you don't get caught? well what else can I say but good luck but how unfortunate...</p>
<p>See my previous post.</p>
<p>Yeah, just caught on.</p>
<p>Lots of people stretch their activity list milking it for all it's worth to brag to colleges, so I'll bet lots of students lie unintentionally making the wording a little bolder too...that would get interesting...</p>
<p>Hmmm, if so oh well, though my main concern is if you say that your ranked 2nd in your state or whatever, but hmmm, the lengths some will go to...</p>
<p>Yea, I was always that honest kid that got beat out by the BS artists...just goes to show you that the college application system has its kinks.</p>
<p>By the way where do you go to school now?</p>
<p>Harvard...</p>
<p>bump..........</p>
<p>a question I have now is... is it considered lying if I put 5 hours instead of 4.5 hours since the online app only allows for 2 characters? I work 4.5 hours on many stuff per week. On the college app I just put 5. Would colleges care much? Also, when it ask for time commitment, does that mean "practice time" also? I commit a lot of time practicing for sports and music, so the hours go up really fast. Is that okay to do?</p>
<p>duh of course. dont worry about those small things.</p>
<p>If you won a significant national award in late summer following 8th grade, is it appropriate to list it as 9th grade, or is that lying?</p>
<p>The award was listed online but every year they repost that year's winner, so if adcoms run a google search they wouldn't be able to find it.</p>
<p>If adcoms thinks you did lie, would they at least call you first and ask you to explain. Stuff such as music leadership position comes and goes due to massive amount of challenges. I fear that if they call the school and they say I'm not leader, they might quickly think I lied when I didn't because I held the position at the time of applying.</p>
<p>thykingdomcome, for most purposes, you are considered a 9th grader the day after you graduate from 8th grade. Same goes for all grades. That award would probably be acceptable.</p>
<p>So in reading this post I now understand that lieing on big things that will significantly help your application are the only things they check. Though the smaller things that just help your image out they probably will not look into. I highly doubt colleges will think your lieing when you make an award seem much larger than it is. For example a music award given by your director of bands: In your application you state that it is a very prestigious award that rarely gets recieved by students. In the real world case 15 students get it every year. In reality, it is not so amazing as the applicant made it out to be, but it still could be called 'presitious' and the 'director really gives it out.'</p>