PaperChaserPop

What if the real class president or the real debate team captain is also applying to the same college? If this is an Ivy, he may be doomed by having himself blacklisted on all of them.

Yakyu Spirits

Why are you concerned about what other people are doing? Just focus on your own applications and not others'. It'll come back to hurt him one day.

SimpleLife

Well, Yakyu Spirits, I tend to think an experience like this would disturb most people who have a conscience or a sense of right and wrong. I mean, I could turn your question around and ask you, "Why are you concerned about what other people are doing?" when you replied to this thread. After all, why are you concerned that it bothered me and that I therefore bothered to post about it? Things bother people ... I'm not exactly sure why.

jenx1234

I know people who intend to lie about their legacy to schools. That seems like the easiest to catch.

silverturtle

If he does it carefully (though given that the OP knows, he probably isn't), he probably will not be caught. This illustrates the need for more fact-checking of extracurriculars by admissions officers.

rastafarian

if its something that is important, they will fact check

ex: you write intel winner, they will just google your name

archi92

Wow... I can't believe that guy is taking a risk there - shouldn't he be worried or something?