<p>I’m not talking about criminal checks. I am talking about extensive checks that look into a applicants employment history in order to check to see if the person isn’t lying.</p>
<p>With close to 40k undergrads and 10k grad students, you honestly think they have time to thoroughly check work status? The most I have heard them do is call once when checking to see if people actually work where they say they work. Beyond that, they don’t invest a ton of time and effort.</p>
<p>That in no way, shape, or form should encourage you to lie.</p>
<p>i would say not for general studies admission…</p>
<p>but maybe for merit and honors programs…</p>
<p>I think for harder private institutions like the Ivy Leagues they are more likely to check if it’s something major that really impacts their admission decision.</p>
<p>UT is a public university with tons of applicants it would take too much time and money.</p>
<p>Something like a job(unless you put like CEO of Microsoft) is pretty minor as an EC even at UT, so no real point in checking. They might check if you say you are working full time and taking 18 hours of classes though.</p>