<p>I study outside of US in an international school.
Some of the seniors who already graduated have lied on their resume and got into decent (top 20~30) unis.
None of them got caught yet (Some already graduated from college).
I know that a few of them put down on their resume: a member of a regional orchestra, and some also made up random regional competitions and lied that they got a gold medal from there or sth... and of course they made up their ECs.</p>
<p>Im starting to question the colleges' ability to find out about lies on applications...
How do they usually check if my school is located overseas?
Do they actually make international calls just to check?
and plus, my school is a fairly small school.</p>
<p>It's quite bothering me because some of my friends are now trying to lie on their resume...</p>
<p>In medical school, the entire interview is riddled with traps to see if you’re lying about EC’s or not. One student put down he was fluent in Russian. When he went to the interview, the entire interview was in Russian. It didn’t go so well. </p>
<p>When a school finds out your lying, you are blacklisted (well at least in medical schools).</p>
<p>It happens. The regional rep for my alma mater that oversees applications from China rec’d six applicants from one noted top school. There were five different submitted transcripts – at least four of them were forgeries.</p>
<p>Colleges can expel you and/or revoke your degree if they discover you lied on your application. Granted this does not happen often, but is it really worth the risk?</p>
<p>bah. I heard from one of my friends that one of them had blatantly lied/exaggerated on their activity sheet. It’s ridiculous and unnecessary. In a sense, I’m sort of hoping he gets caught.</p>
<p>Look, lying on your resume is stupid. Ya, its very tempting given the odds are you wont get caught. However, for me, that would just take away the prestige of getting into a top notch school. Additionally, there is this thing called moralility and it comes to play a large role in the workplace, so lying is not the sort of thing you want to start doing now.</p>
<p>seriously, its NOT worth it. why would you even TAKE the risk that everything you worked for could get revoked? and honestly, if you have to lie on the app, then you probably don’t belong at that top school, and you’ll struggle to keep up when/if you get accepted.
this kind of stuff bugs me soooo much. ^^</p>
<p>2400 on SAT Reasoning first try
800 on all the SAT Subject Test, all first try
36 on ACT first try
5 on every single AP Test, All Self-studied.
GPA = 5.000 (all IBs)
Leader of 10 clubs, editor-in-chief of school newspaper, yearbook editor, school bulletin production team leader, speech and debate captain, National Honors Society
1000000 hours of community service (reviving the dead at local hospital)
4 years of varsity everything, (captain in everything all 4 years)</p>
<p>What are my chances to get into UC Riverside? I’m super nervous!</p>
<p>(Btw, this is all a joke. Making fun of people who post ridiculously good “What are my chances” posts.)</p>
<p>Remember a few years ago when the Director of Admissions from MIT was discovered, lying about her own college experience? It took them something like 29 years, but she left in total disgrace. It’ll get you one day, so don’t.</p>