<p>I’m just curious about how do administers believe that people did all their communitive services and ECs as they indicated? Because I am not asked to send out any “proofs” to colleges, I am just wondering about them.</p>
<p>hah. i have been contemplating listing a bunch of crap i did not do. i still havent decided if i want to fluff up my application though :(</p>
<p>Well, technically you can't prove anything...however I know that my high school keeps a record of all the clubs, community service, etc. that we have done, so if a college decided to call and check up on my application, they could find out what I really did do. </p>
<p>I don't know if your H.S. does that, plus with so many applicants it's pretty unlikely that they will call to check up on you, unless you claim you did something so amazing that they want to talk to you about it.</p>
<p>I don't know...I think lying on your app is pretty low, because by making up a bunch of activities and postitions that you never took part in might get you into a school, but it will also probably take someone else out of the running who actually did do the work and deserves to get in. Think about it, if your app. is so weak in the first place that you probably won't get in without making things up, maybe you should consider another school. Plus, if for whatever reason they did find out you made things up, you'd most likely get your admission revoked.</p>
<p>Just my thoughts...do what you want, nothing is stopping you. Just think about what you're doing.</p>
<p>thanks for the apply. of course, i did not lie about any ECs for I am too catious about getting "caught". best wishes,
njulielee</p>
<p>i know a former adcom at swarthmore, and he says that they only check on the ones that don't make sense - ie there are less hours in a given day/week then indicated by the application.</p>
<p>If they find an applicant has lied on an ap, any admission will be withdrawn & also it's a small world. You'd be surprised how news travels & they can touch base with your GC (or another student from your school) if things sound "too good to be true."
They can ask for verification & I've read that some adcoms do from time to time, seemingly randomly.</p>
<p>Yeah, in a youth orchestra in my area two oboe players applied to the same college and both said that they were the principal oboist of the orchestra - one of them really was the principal and the other one obviously lied. Needless to say, the admissions people called up the orchestra and found out the truth... as a result the one who lied got rejected automatically, but I'm pretty sure the actual principal player got accepted even despite the shady situation she found herself mixed up in.</p>
<p>I'm sure it was well-recognized that the REAL principal oboist has nothing to do with the lies of another student. Glad s/he was accepted & hope s/he chose a college that matched his/her needs. It is a small world & amazing how folks can get tripped up by seemingly small lies or "stretches."</p>
<p>lying on your application shows a lack of character and self respect.....thats really all i have to say on this issue</p>