<p>First things first I would like to make one thing very clear. I am in nooo way planning to lie on my application at ALLLL. I have nothing to even lie about, I'm proud of what I have accomplished and everything on my applications are 100% true. My conscience would never allow me to fabricate anything ever.</p>
<p>However, a lot of people I know are telling me that they're going to lie about their ECs on their transfer applications. They claim that the schools will never check, especially for activities from high school, since they are transfers. I mean, it does make sense...why would institutions check their transfer students? Wouldn't it be harder to verify? It's been driving me sooooooooooo nuts that these people might get in over me for things that they did not do.</p>
<p>Did anyone else lie on their applications? Is it true that colleges hardly every check ECs for transfers?</p>
<p>Lying on applications in general has been discussed at length, and the truth is, unless your ECs are very significant (i.e. organizing something at the state or national level), colleges probably aren't going to check your lists.</p>
<p>However, what has been stated repeatedly MANY times is that listing more ECs than you have MAY NOT necessarily give you a competitive edge. The more ECs you list, the more your applications lose focus - so the ideal solution is never that simple! Simply put, more does not mean better! Your friends may think that listing a whole bunch of additional extracurricular activities will help them - but they may just be shooting themselves in the foot!</p>
<p>Also, some things will remain constant (and arguably just as, or more important than EC involvement) - namely, GPA, test scores, and teacher recommendations. I'm personally not worried at all about people claiming to lie on their applications, and you shouldn't either. Worry about yourself first.</p>
<p>aerialblue is right. worry about yourself, not other people. lying on applications is obviously never a good thing, although its true that it is harder to verify for transfers (not many universities will bother contacting your high school guidance counselor or anything).
However, as long as you are being honest who cares about everyone else? Sure, some people who lie get into college but they will get theirs in the end.</p>
<p>Very rarely will an EC or two be the reason you get admitted to a university. In these cases, as has been said already, the colleges may decide to verify the ECs; otherwise, if someone lies and says they were the president of a club, no one is going to check--they will take the applicants word and assume it is honest.</p>
<p>Lying about ECs is probably one of CC's top 3 most played out topics (along with AA and cheating) but here's the deal: any EC that can be plausibly fabricated is not significant enough to make any difference in admission.</p>
<p>In other words, Yale doesn't give a damn whether you're in Spanish Club, Chess Team, NHS, JV baseball, and Key Club all at once. No one ever lies about being a national officer of a charity or an all-state wrestler because important things like these are verifiable at the click of a mouse. </p>
<p>So don't worry about it. Yeah it's immoral and it sucks but there's nothing you can do about it.</p>
<p>I'm at Arizona State right now, and quite a few people I know are applying to transfer out. A number of them haven't been involved in many campus activities and are planning to lie or as they would say "stretch the truth".</p>
<p>Anyway, I know that this topic has been discussed extensively so no need to tell me that the topic is "played out". (Talk about a passive aggressive response. If you're going to respond try not to be so condescending. No one is FORCING you to respond to this question, so let's not be rude okay?)</p>
<p>The reason why I'm asking is because I thought that maybe admissions officers went about the transfer applications differently. For example, one girl I know is putting that she was the Vice President of the Environmental Club in HS when she was in fact only a member. Chances are, colleges will never check that right? + it looks good. So its simply unfair to me</p>
<p>Yeah colleges won't check that, unless she did something totally significant in that club.</p>
<p>In any case, if she is transferring to a highly selective school, it wouldn't matter much if he/she put it on there. </p>
<p>That being said, at state schools, sometimes lying will give an applicant a competitive edge, because it's usually a numbers game and the adcom reviews the ECs and gives each person a number rating, it could mean a difference.</p>
<p>What if I plan to be a part of an activity (a certain community service) that doesn't take place until after my transfer apps are due. Can I still state it on a resume?</p>
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<p>Yes, but clarify it with the dates that you will be doing the activity.</p>