it is possible to lie

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>is it possible to lie on your college app and not get caught ? like about your xtracurriculars and stuff ? like can they actually check and see wat you have and havent done?</p>

<p>**by the way i havent lied lol. im still junior but just wondering</p>

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<p>My brother’s friend lied that his cousin died in Hurricane Katrina, and was accepted into Cornell. I mean honestly, they don’t have a foolproof way of proving him wrong. But in most cases, lying isn’t worth it; you will get immediately expelled/rejected once you are caught. And yes, they do check most things. You can even be fined and/or jailed.</p>

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<p>some people do it and get away with it -_-
its soo dumb and it makes me cringe be/c im such an honest person.
if a person has integrity they wouldnt do it… unfortunately college admissions is turning into a ****ing game that many students are trying to outsmart.</p>

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<p>Couldn’t live with myself getting in by lying.</p>

<p>I refuse to do it.</p>

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<p>there are even some incidents of people having others write their damn essays… <em>sigh</em>
i think this whole higher education thing needs to be reformed</p>

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<p>It depends on what you lie about. The more ambitious the lie, the more likely it will be verified and caught.</p>

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<p>Well, IMO, the bolder the lie, the truer it seems.</p>

<p>Remember Hitler’s promise that he wouldn’t take any more land after the Anschluss, and how everyone believed him?</p>

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<p>Yes, I was twenty years old when he said that, and I still believed him!</p>

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<p>Sigh.
10tsar</p>

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<p>I promise you that claiming you won an international competition will be verified before they verify a school club membership.</p>

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<p>Hindsight is twenty-twenty. At the time, Hitler’s promise DIDN’T seem that bold to a lot of people. It was certainly less bold than “I want to take over all of Europe/the world.”</p>

<p>But yes, they can–and do–check. Stanford audits a small percentage of accepted students; if it’s a major competition they will definitely check. A lot of people “embellish,” though, and don’t get caught, which is frustrating.</p>

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<p>Google “Adam Wheeler”</p>