<p>Do some degenerate people do that? or am I just paranoid.
I've seen people in my school get into MIT or something when I don't really see anything particularly special about them. I mean it's the only thing that won't be absolutely accurate. Well I guess someone can lie on the essay too, but I'm just wondering if anyone has a clue about that.</p>
<p>I know people who have lied or at least extensively embellished on their resume.</p>
<p>no</p>
<p>no one has ever done that</p>
<p>Nope, never done before. EVER.</p>
<p>It is on your honor.</p>
<p>If you get caught (and admissions officers DO check at times, especially when it seems like hours and numbers don't match up) then you are screwed.</p>
<p>Yea, I had a few friend who screwed up unintentionally(I'm also one of those) but not a lot lie completely. </p>
<p>One of my friend said he took viet school in 9th/10th grade while he actually took it in 8/9th. And I added 25 hours of community service in senior year for a club but I got lazy and dropped out(forgot about the application). But I can still prove I was in the club at the time when I was doing the application.</p>
<p>When I read about the checking system, they randomly check everything from essay(if its the UCs) to awards. It's best to play it on the safe side.</p>
<p>They don't check things that don't really matter (like if you were in a club or not)...but if you say won a state/national award you better have actually won it as it should be easily checkable online.</p>
<p>umm
i know people who say they founded certain clubs or organizations in school but never really started anything.
people add hours for things they dont spend that much time on.</p>
<p>but like to answer your original question, remember there is much more to a person than meets the eye( lol wayyy to cliche). and just because they seem normal at school, doesnt mean they arent working hard when they get home.</p>
<p>half my awards aren't school related.</p>