<p>Ok I'm doing my app now.
I haven't done too much in regards to extracirciulars so....
example
I've been apart of the library club for 3 years.
Can I lie and say I did it 4 years?
Or will the colleges get very critical of what i've done and go back to check my records?
or will something like that hurt my chances of admission?</p>
<p>Making up your credentials is not "okay." Report your grades, scores, activities and jobs as they are. I, for one, hope that any colleges who consider you for admission DO check your records.</p>
<p>Academic integrity is probably the most imoprtant quality colleges and universities want in their students and any discrepancies they may discover will result in you either not being accepted, having acceptance rescinded, or in being expelled after matruculation.</p>
<p>Note: This poster has asked other questions about lying on his/her application, which is why I am being harsh.</p>
<p>nikon: it's time to step up to the real world. When you take your newborn to the Pediatrician for the first time, do you want to know if he/she fudged on the credentials submitted for getting the job? Or how about your own kid who gets a lower curved grade because his lab classmate lifted last year's Chem exam and depressed everyone else's grade?</p>
<p>Nikon -- please learn these lessons the easy way rather than the hard way. You've place TWO posts up TODAY wondering if it's OK to be a liar. </p>
<p>I hope all the future resumes you read and have to decide upon are as honest as yours is...</p>
<p>i cant believe you would even post a thread asking this. you are officially an idiot.</p>
<p>oh and just to answer your question, NO.</p>
<p>Can you go to a school know that you lied to get there when you might have taken the place of a person that deserved to get there? I know I couldn't.</p>
<p>No, it is not "okay" to be a liar.</p>
<p>And as for admissions, the common answer seems to be that any lie big enough to make a difference will probably be caught and any lie small enough to be overlooked will probably make absolutely no difference in admissions.</p>
<p>No, it is not "okay" to be a liar.</p>
<p>If you do lie, I hope you get caught and get revoked because that is just wrong. It's not like cheating 20-30 kids in a classroom. If you lie in your app, you'd be cheating thousands.</p>
<p>yeah good thing no one else lies...</p>
<p>Did you really expect people to say, "Sure, it's fine to lie"?</p>
<p>Yes it is okay to lie. Don't listen to these people</p>
<p>To come at this from a slightly different angle: I don't think being in a club for 4 years instead of 3 would matter much to an admissions officer. However, lying about it would matter a lot. Please choose to be honest. Regardless of how things turn out, you will know you did the right thing. </p>
<p>Also, I think I saw a thread on CC regarding an applicant with few extracurricular activities. Lots of good suggestions there.</p>
<p>If you have to ask, you already know it's not acceptable.</p>
<p>No, it is not "okay" to be a liar.</p>
<p>This is all very disappointing. I wonder how many people like you nikon are walking the campuses of America's top schools...People who got in not because they deserved it, but because they fudged numbers. </p>
<p>It's just good to know that the majority of people here on CC believe in telling the truth and living by integrity.</p>
<p>Good luck, I heard of a student 'forgetting' to include that he had an incident in which he stole a ti graphing calculator.</p>
<p>He chose not to put it on his application, the university found out after he was accepted, *and his admission there was revoked.
*</p>
<p>Be careful.
Do you really think its worth the risk?
I know its not, i hope you can realize that too</p>
<p>Three things...obviously 'bending the truth' is not going to be recommended by anyone.</p>
<p>Second of all, do you honestly think working in a library an extra year will tip the ball in your favour? That is rediculous!</p>
<p>Third of all, it is just not worth taking the risk because if you get caught... you are done!</p>
<p>yeah, Shad Faraz is right.</p>
<p>1 extra year wont decide if you get into Yale or community college.
But it can get you kicked out of a school</p>