Should I turn in my friend for lying? Or just wait for her to get caught?

I can’t imagine that any adcom would give any credibility to something that can’t be substantiated. If anything, the lack of substantiation of her “club” probably makes it an obvious lie, which looks worse than listing no activity at all.

Hopefully no permanent injuries!

Your friend is a liar and a cheat. Thats not a friend, IMO.

Does it bother you enough to (temporarily) ruin her life?

Add me to the group that says just ‘starting a club’ is not going to kick anyone up in the admissions game, it’s not even a tie-breaker. Maybe OP doesn’t realize we joke about “Founded the Pie Club.” I get that hs kids think it’s a big deal- and sometimes, in that one hs, it is. But for adcoms, more matters.

Add to that, when a kid really is hot stuff, it’s going to come through in the GC and teacher letters, and in the quality of the app itself, including all the writing and the decisions made re: what to present.

I’m not sure OP should ignore this, just forget it. (I’m not fond of the auto “code of silence” CC sometimes presents.) But I do agree he/she doesn’t know enough to run off lighting fires.

Most kids who think they have a foolproof scam are too young and inexperienced to do it well. They end up kicking themselves in their own butts, one way or another.

You think she’s the first kid that ever tried this? Adcoms have seen this before. My bet is that “outside of school, no adults” and nothing to show but a website is going to look pretty lame if not outright bogus to them. Tell her it’s a stupid idea and leave it at that.