Will Stanford check to see if I started the clubs that I said I did?

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I applied REA to Stanford this year, and mentioned in an essay, interview, and activity list that I started an astronomy club at my high school. However, the school administration is taking a very long time to update the club’s page (despite me asking them politely several times in the last few days), and my name is not listed anywhere on the website as the founder/student officer of the club.

I’m probably just paranoid, but Im basically wondering if they check for these types of things? Or do they rely on the honor code, or the part of the common app that I signed saying “all the information is factual and true”? I wouldn’t want them to get the wrong idea or question my honesty in starting the club.

Thanks to anyone who answers.

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Usually the honor code.

If they are really suspicious, then they’ll just call your school’s counselor.

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I wouldn’t worry about it. The important thing is you did start the club, not whether a school’s website is updated. Yes, it would be nice to get it updated, but don’t lose sleep over it.

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if you really started the club then you have nothing to worry about. If you didn’t, people get tripped up in lots of ways, some of them unexpected…

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They almost certainly won’t. If they get suspicious, they’ll contact your guidance counselor.

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If you just started the club this semester, I doubt it will have any impact on your application.
If they think something is “too good to be true” (like raising $1M in a club) they may contact the counselor. But just starting a club, I doubt it every much.

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Agreed

Stanford will not be looking on your school’s website to see if there is an astronomy club listed. With 42K applicants, even if they were so inclined, there’s not enough time in the day. Now, if you claimed to find a new trans-Neptunian object, I’m guessing that they will verify.

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Thanks for all the great replies! Very much eased my concerns.