<p>Hi, My friends and I are currently discussing the common app and then my friend asked a very good question - When do colleges call your high school? We all suggested answers but none of us know for sure. Can anyone help us? One of my friends will we applying as an international student and one is an athlete if that makes any difference.
Thank you in advance.</p>
<p>They generally don’t. They might call, however, if there are discrepancies in your application, such as if you list a bunch of ECs but none of your recs mention any of them or two students from the same high school claiming the same position or award (like two people saying they were president of NHS- it happened at my high school once).</p>
<p>@guineagirl96 but two people can be the president…
Sure, “co”, but president and co president are the same.</p>
<p>Claiming to be president when there are co presidents is perfectly legitimate and is not a lie at all-- you ARE the president. Does not matter how many there are haha</p>
<p>If it’s not clear they are co-presidents by stating so then it makes sense for the college to call.</p>
<p>@sallymeno11 no, if you are co president, you have to explicitly say so. My friend had to email MIT after the fact because he forgot that in his submission (he did so before they started making decisions). You can get in VERY big trouble for claiming to president if you aren’t, even if you are co president (thats doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily act on that, it depends on the situation). Stating you are president says that you and only you are the big man in charge. But if you are co president, you are stating that you share that responsibility. So it does matter if there is more than one. Co president and president are not the same thing- colleges see it that way too. I know it because its happened at my school multiple times. </p>
<p>@guineagirl96 Um. They don’t “see it that way” in that they see it as any less of a commitment. In fact, it shows you can work well with others. It doesn’t mean you did anything less.</p>
<p>I agree co president/captain is just as good. It is truthfulness that is the issue. Are you friends having problems with truthfulness? Why do they need to worry about when they will call. If they do call, I don’t think you can predict the when part.</p>
<p>So to confirm, is it just when there are discrepancies in your application? </p>
<p>No, I don’t think anyone meant to say that. Some colleges call routinely for some portion of applications, some may happen to talk to your GC and bring something up or comment on an applicant. Really it is uncomfortable to answer when the question seems so shady.</p>
<p>Okay thank you very much for you information. In response to BrownParent - How is my question “shady” I was simply asking a question to which none of my friends knew the answer to so I posted it on here. I apologise if I’ve made you uncomfortable, but your above comment has offended me, I was just asking what I thought was a standard common app question.</p>
<p>You received similar responses to your other thread yesterday and seemed satisfied with them, so I don’t really understand why you started this thread an hour later. If you had additional questions, it would have been easier for the contributors of the forum if you added them to your original thread. </p>
<p>There was a poster recently who asked how possible it was to get caught if they submitted someone else’s application, and the number of posts inquiring about how easy it is to get away with lying on applications seems to multipy every day, so I can see why @BrownParent is skeptical. Lying on applications can get your admission rescinded and any degree you do earn revoked. Just be truthful about whatever issues you have and ask your guidance counselor to address them in his/her letter. And to answer your question, no, there’s no way you can be sure admission officers won’t call your school. If your guidance counselor writes a letter explaining your situaion it will help, but there are no guarantees.</p>
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<p>They will call with questions of any sort. Despite its huge size, Rutgers’ admissions office called my son’s school regarding his Math courses, to clarify whether he had met their requirements. Once satisfied that he had, they accepted him within days.</p>