<p>Not that I am planning to lie or anything, but I know someone who might just because he's like that. Do colleges actually check to make sure if extracurriculars on applications are truthful? Do they really take the time to go through everyone?</p>
<p>Colleges might check. You never know. If they do check, and the applicant is lying, good luck to him or her. Some colleges still track applicants once they're in as college students. If they are caught, I believe the consequence is expulsion.</p>
<p>Even after you are admitted, misrepresentation caould be grounds to have you thrown out or have your degree rescinded after you have graduated leaving you with a worthless piece of paper.</p>
<p>If you're unlucky, you might get caught. They never check on EVERY applicant, though, they might randomly select some students or students with "suspicious" ECs. In such case, they would call the student's GC. If you get caught, and yes, like kchen said, expulsion might be pretty obvious.</p>
<p>Contact the GC? What if you are doing ECs that are outside the school? my gc doesn't know anything .. . that would be a very poor source to contact.</p>
<p>didn't your GC write your recommendation with information about you outside ECs?</p>
<p>Uh, if you go to a big school, your GC is just going to shrug his shoulders and the college will be no better off in terms of knowing whether you lied or not. You can lie about little things and get away with it, but if you write essays about your fake ECs it will make it pretty obvious that you're lying.</p>
<p>however, if you lie about a BIG accomplishment (think Intel or RSI), these things are much, much easier to check.</p>
<p><em>shrug</em> i got into CC without lying</p>
<p>I mean jessy, so what, you give the GC the resume before s/he writes the recommendation, same resume you're going to give to the college.</p>
<p>My GC is so forgetful & unorganized, i mean you probably could do an EC in real life and she still wouldn't remember if you really did it or not</p>
<p>UCs select a certain percentage of students and randomly request verification for one specific EC listed on their applications. My D was asked to prove that she was actually editor of her school's literary magazine and the faculty advisor was required to write a letter attesting to this, on school letterhead, which was due back in January. I believe among the available choices given for response were "Yes, I can prove this EC" and "I would like to withdraw my application to the University of California." My S two years ago did not receive such a request for verification.</p>
<p>we have to turn in our resume to get a rec</p>
<p>yeah but see, so you turn in the resume, yes they can verify the in-school stuff, but the out-of-school stuff?</p>
<p>wait, i'm confused, don't you put your out of school stuff in your resume? along with your reference numbers?</p>
<p>What's the point of lying? If you put down some fantastic EC or achievement that will really give you an admissions boost, they'll check up on it. If you put some minor, everyday EC, they probably won't check, but it won't help you get in either. So what's the point?</p>
<p>There was a post here on CC that described the randomized process of selecting students to verify their application info not too long ago. It had some good info on it.</p>
<p>Ohh okay, reference numbers, good deal.
I was just nervous because my GC is clueless and if they happened to call her, she'd probably ruin it all.</p>
<p>yea, my GC watched over 500 kids. He doesnt even know my name, much less my ECs.</p>
<p>coureur's got it right--anything that would be a tipping point EC-wise would be something huge that could easily be checked up on and found out to be a lie. Anything that one could lie about and get away with wouldn't matter.</p>
<p>So, basically, lying on applications fails as a moral thing and as a logical thing.</p>
<p>And if a college calls a GC on an EC, I think any GC in their right mind would at least try to check up on it--make one phone call or find one file--before giving answer, especially one that is "No, s/he was not involved in that."</p>
<p>I have heard this story, probably not true but who knows, of a student that went to a college for some sort of visitation and the admissions officers gave the person a sample application of a student there. This application had the HS school on it but not the name of the student. One of the ECs listed was editor of school newspaper. The kid visiting was from the same HS school and said that the kid who was the editor went to a different college. The college double checked and kicked the student who lied out after 2 years of being enrolled.</p>
<p>Do not LIE ever on your college apps and/or on any resume you submit for a job.
It will come back to bit you.
Especially in this day and age when anything and everything can be easily checked and verified online.
Be honest -be confident in your TRUE accomplishments.</p>