Chances of admission to top 50 university with excellent grades but few extracurriculars [WI resident, 4.0 GPA, 1520 SAT, 34 ACT, <$40k; social sciences]

[merc81]

@Pier

I have classmates who tout fluency in languages that they are not close to proficient in on their LinkedIn pages, so it would seem to me that fudging is common. Why not eliminate any doubt on the part of admissions officers so they’ll realize it’s the real deal?

In terms of college admission specifically, this recalls an applicant to Harvard who included fraudulent claims of proficiency in languages such as Classical Armenian and Old Persian among his accomplishments. He was admitted.