<p>UC Notes is a website for College Counselors and High Schools regarding UC admissions. This is a press release from 2003. I couldn't find anything more recent about this "verification policy."</p>
<p>Freshman Verification Policy Implemented for Fall 2003 </p>
<p>A centralized process for verifying application information will be implemented for freshman applicants for fall 2003. Campuses now verify the academic records of all incoming students by checking final high school transcripts, and admission is canceled for applicants who falsify their records. The new process will extend this to nonacademic information by requiring a random sample of freshman applicants to provide verification in the honors and awards, extracurricular activities, volunteer and community service, special program participation and employment sections of the application as well as in the personal statement.
Applications selected for verification will be identified in December and will not be forwarded to campuses for review until appropriate documentation is received. Examples of acceptable forms of documentation include a copy of an award or certificate; a newspaper or yearbook article; a letter describing an activity or accomplishment from a counselor, coach, adviser or supervisor; or an official school transcript that includes information on achievements outside the classroom. Failure to provide satisfactory documentation will result in the cancellation of the application to all campuses.</p>
<p>The purpose of this policy is to reassure applicants and the general public that UC will not tolerate falsified application data. There is no evidence suggesting that misreporting of information on admissions applications is a serious matter, and UC faculty believe that the vast majority of applicants are honest. But because the University's comprehensive admissions review process considers accomplishments in a broad range of areas, it makes sense to extend the verification policy beyond academics alone.</p>
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