<p>First off, I don't condone lying on transfer applications. I was just wondering how colleges can tell if a person is lying on his application. For example, if an applicant states on his application that he has volunteered for a homeless shelter in D.C, helped fight malaria in Africa, president of a club at his school, and also has a part-time job. How would colleges know if all of that is true? I feel if someone does state false activities on his application, it would be unfair to a person who doesn't have as many activities but of the ones he does have they are all true.</p>
<p>I think the base philosophy is: they believe you, until they catch you. And then you’re beyond screwed. Of course you can get away with a lot but that’s how it goes in life…</p>
<p>This is no different from fr admissions. No, they don’t have a way of checking, BUT adcoms see so many apps, that they have a pretty good feel for sorting out what is likely and what is an exaggeration/lie.</p>
<p>Also, ECs are just one of many things that can be lied about and are not routinely checked, for example: essays, first gen status, race/ethnicity, awards.</p>
<p>Things that really matter can easily be checked as they will show up other places in your application. Otherwise,most of the ECs on your application is going to do nothing to move your application to the admit file. The greatest ECs in the world (which will be easily identifiable) is not going to trump grades/sat.</p>
<p>Do you want to spend your college career looking over your shoulder waiting for the other shoe to drop? Keep in mind that the world also is a really small place and that willful misrepresentation is grounds for having your admissions rescinded, being dismissed from school or having your degree revoked.</p>