How Much Do Colleges Fact Check?

<p>My friend and I got into a little debate about this today. How much, if at all, do colleges fact check? I mean obviously you can't change your grades or SAT/ACT scores. But, for example, what if you played varsity basketball, but said you were a captain on application? Or you were member of Debate Club, but said you were president of club?</p>

<p>I think it depend. Say you wear hearing aids then they pretty much have no way to confirm that unless you go to an interview or they find out later when you attend the college.
I’m not sure how they fact check the extracurrilar activities. I assume some High School counselors would actually put EC but most college ask you to but in EC not your role…</p>

<p>They would check it if they were suspicious of something (i.e. WAY too many clubs that would be impossible, too many hours that would be impossible, etc…). They’d just call your GC up and ask.</p>

<p>They don’t check for trivial things and what’s really important (i.e. winning a big award) is easy enough to find out anyway</p>

<p>Just don’t say you clam fart</p>

<p>They don’t fact check for those things because they won’t make an admissions decision based on that. You won’t get into your top choice if you put captain instead of member. </p>

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<p>I know the UCs randomly check about 10% of applicants. They pick random things on the application to verify. I’m not sure about other colleges.</p>

<p>^ was just about to post that</p>

<p>I doubt schools will check for trivial things, but if you claim something rare and prestigious, it should easily be checked with little effort.</p>

<p>I would recommend being honest.</p>

<p>What I want to know is how colleges fact check your race? As we all know, some races are seen more favorably my admissions than others, so how do colleges check to make sure the applicant is not lying? Race is much more weighted in admissions than being president of a club or not, so they MUST have some sort of check system? Of course, some colleges conduct interviews, but how about for the ones that do not hold interviews? Or for the students that claim that they simply “can’t attend the interview” (because they do not want to show their true race!)?</p>

<p>You should send proof. I pure Whitey But I am 1/4 hispanic.and I have Proof of it.</p>

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<p>What kind of proof? Birth certificate? And awesome! I am pure white but 1/4 Hispanic also, and I definitely plan to exploit my Spanish heritage in the admissions process :D</p>