<p>has anyone here ever lied on a college app, but still got accepted (Didnt get caught)</p>
<p>Yes. Of course people have lied and never been caught. Does that make it right? no.</p>
<p>I haven't done such though.</p>
<p>I'm sure people do lie on apps, but it's really not worth it. Especially if they find out. Don't compromise your integrity just to get into a college.</p>
<p>yeah. all of mine was true. it really makes me angry, though, that I know this goes on and is so easy to do.</p>
<p>it came to a head on my Columbia app, in the "list books you've enjoyed lately" and i wrote that I liked Atlas Shrugged, Catch-22, etc. After I finished listing them I realized, they're not going to believe me that I read all those books, even though I really did, and loved them, b/c I'm a total bibliophile. I just realized I'd sound pretentious when really I'm nothing of the sort.</p>
<p>how/do they find out?</p>
<p>You are thinking about lying, so don't, why else would you ask?</p>
<p>How they find out?</p>
<p>If you are a nobody in school in regards to achievements, and your recs reflect that, but your resume makes you sound like the man.</p>
<p>haha, i'm not gonna "lie"</p>
<p>wellll...i might exagerrate...lol</p>
<p>i'm just wondering, in case I do for some reason</p>
<p>you mean exaggerate.</p>
<p>yea, exaggerate</p>
<p>cant spell if my life deppended on it</p>
<p>why would you exaggerate on a college app? that just shows that you are admitting you don't think you're good enough to get in. SAD!</p>
<p>you can exaggerate, but a prequisite is spelling the word right</p>
<p>junior?</p>
<p>ok whoever says they dont exaggerate is bsing.. everyone exaggerates.. but the degree is different.. i admit i exaggerated a little bit on mine...</p>
<p>i think exaggeration to a certain degree is fine as long as you dont hamm it up completley. The admissions directors only perception of you is through that application and you want to make your achievments stand out above the rest, in doing so a slight deviation from reality should not be wrong as long as it is relavent, for instance, saying that you are a contributor to a local newspaper, when you have only submitted 3 or 4 articles in a span of 2 years is fine. I dont see a problem with that?</p>
<p>I know someone who "exaggerated" the amount of time he spent playing piano every day. He got accepted to Harvard a couple years ago.</p>
<p>ok</p>
<p>another thing
how would they find out if you "exaggerate" a captain position/founder position for school club?</p>
<p>do they actually CALL the school and ask for info?</p>
<p>..........bump</p>
<p>wat does bump mean??</p>
<p>If you have to resort to lying, you don't have any confidence in yourself.</p>
<p>i'm not going to lie, but how would they know?, do they actually CHECK by calling the school? bc if they did, that would be pretty careful decision making they're doing..</p>
<p>It all depends on how extravagant the claim seems to be, and how interested the school is on the applicant. Many adcoms claim that from experience, they can easily spot lies and exaggerations. If the lie or exaggeration is minor or unimportant, the candidate may get lucky and they will let it slide. If they suspect an applicant to be lying, but they are borderline for admission, they may simply reject the application and move on. If they are interested in a candidate, but suspect some wrong-doing, they have been known to call the HS, GC's, employer, etc. and check on claims, references, etc.</p>
<p>Its a crap shoot.</p>