<p>Ummmm how are you supposed to prove you did the ECs you did? It seems like anyone can blatantly lie about their extracurriculars...</p>
<p>I’d like to know this as well</p>
<p>well, it would be strange if two students from the same school claim to be student body president, right? Also, what if you mention some ECs but your teachers don’t mention them in the reccs? Oh, and one more - what if you get an interview? 
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<p>Of course, if the adcoms suspect you’re cheating, they can easily put you on the rejected pile without even bother to check everything out</p>
<p>And what if a representative visits your school and finds out that there’s nothing like that. And if previous graduates have no evidence of an EC like that from your school. Adcom’s can easily find out whether you are cheating o not by calling your counselor or any related person. Never fake your EC’s!</p>
<p>I’ve heard to prove EC’s they heavily rely on letters of reccomendations. if the teacher doesn’t say “blah blah is a leader” and on your application you lied about being president of everything, that will look really bad. </p>
<p>sometimes, i think it is bout the honest policy. besides, if they figured out you have been lying and somehow, you get into the university, i’m pretty sure the university kick you out and you’ll be blacklisted. i’m pretty that fear will prevent a lot of lying.</p>
<p>I didn’t know teachers talk about their students’ EC’s in their recs. And sure, no one’s going to lie about something big like being the president about something, but can anyone lie about a club that they participate in…?</p>
<p>No, you can’t lie at all. It will take no more than a minute to randomly find out whether you’re an active member of an anonymous club and if you’re caught in lying, your application is at high risk of refusal. And yes, teachers and your counselor will speak around a paragraph or two about how involved you’re in your EC’s.</p>