<p>if a school finds out you lied about activities, do they tell other schools</p>
<p>I sure hope they would</p>
<p>It depends on the schools. However, most schools just don’t have the time to tell other schools</p>
<p>They might tell the guidance counselor, who might tell the student to straighten out ALL their apps ASAP.</p>
<p>what happens if they think you lied, but they actually made a mistake? can your GC vouch for you?</p>
<p>colleges wouldnt verify if you were telling the truth about your EC’s unless they were outrageously amazing (curing cancer lol) </p>
<p>Did you really lie on your application? Sheesh.</p>
<p>I did not, i am just worried this will happen
lets say i work at a supermarket and i put that down. a college decides to check, and calls up the supermarket and asks the manager, the manager says he as no idea who i am. colleges will think im lying but in reality, i just never worked with that manager</p>
<p>The supermarket would never be that big that a manager would not have at least heard of you or at least be able to look you up.</p>
<p>If you worked at a grocery store, since most are no longer mom and pop’s your employment records are surely computerized as they are large organizations. Because there is high turnover in retail type jobs no one is going to call for employment verification and tell someone that so and so did not work there because they are not familiar with your name. They will look up your employment record. Generally Human Resources does this. If you worked there you have no concern in the world whether the current manager knows you or does not. I also highly doubt colleges go around calling places of employment because generally no one will release that info without a background release from you and also they are too busy. </p>
<p>I can’t imagine that there is no proof you work at this supermarket. Especially if you are on the payroll. The only thing you should be worried about is if you did lie about your ECs, which you say you didn’t, so it’ll be fine.</p>
<p>If you didn’t lie, then you won’t get in trouble. You’ll be able to explain yourself and surely there will be proof of your employment in some form or another.</p>
<p>i think a better example would be lets say i worked under the table at some store for a couple of months freshman year, and now im a senior and the ppl i worked with might not remember who i was.
basically, im asking if colleges will give me a chance to redeem myself</p>
<p>I don’t understand what you mean by “under the table”. If you got paid, they have record of your employment.</p>
<p>If it was only for a couple months during freshman year then why are you putting it on college applications? Seems a bit irrelevant. </p>
<p>To answer your question, colleges aren’t going to research your ECs and verify them - its assumed that people will be decent and not blatantly lie to make themselves look better.</p>
<p>Colleges don’t check on this stuff. Stop worrying and go work on your remaining applications. Just tell the truth. if there is a question (highly doubtful), they would go to your GC first and you would get a chance to straighten it out.</p>
<p>@bananacream, you are naive… not that unusual for a small business to pay cash to someone for some help and not track them as an employee. But no one is going to ask about this. It is just bothering the OP’s conscious, I think…</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I know that the UC’s select a percentage of their applicants to verify if they are telling the truth about EC’s. If they find out you are lying they tell all the other UC’s and your blacklisted. It’s not worth the risk. </p>