How can I prove what i've done?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I’m a french high school student, planning to attend NYU in 2012, and i’ve got a lot of things to say on my application, but I when I did those things, nobody gave me any paper of any sort to prove it.
As an exemple, I did 200 hours of community service in my neighborhood, but I have no paper that says “Mr. X worked for us 200 hours”, therefore I can’t “prove” anything.
Will it hurt? What can I do? Will the university ask me for that paper?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot</p>

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<p>This is exactly what i want to know too .
I hope someone answers.</p>

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<p>Universities don’t ask (as far as I know) but I would consider getting a letter from someone involved in this (community member, leader) stating your involvement…maybe even a letter of recommendation?</p>

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<p>They’re not going to ask you for anything, don’t worry about it.</p>

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<p>Your first fallacy is this: that the colleges are going investigate your list of achievements – generally they don’t.</p>

<p>And #2: Yes, that can lead to people exaggerating or lying.</p>

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<p>Editing my post: IME, there are very, very rare situations where an adcom will contact a GC about a kid- very rare because adcoms are incredibly busy folks. </p>

<p>But, now I see the UC’s supposedly do this. <a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/on-education/2009/02/20/university-of-california-asks-applicants-to-show-proof-of-extracurriculars[/url]”>http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/on-education/2009/02/20/university-of-california-asks-applicants-to-show-proof-of-extracurriculars&lt;/a&gt;
Beats me, where they find the time- or where the UCs find the funds to pursue this.</p>

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I guess you wouldn’t take a chance to lie, would you?</p>

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<p>Most people don’t lie. It’s not worth living with the knowledge, for the rest of your life, that you may have gotten admitted by misrepresenting yourself. People do stretch the truth - but it’s generally a stupid thing to do, not just because it’s unethical, but also because it’s so unimportant in the larger process. If you are admitted, it will be because of your academics, recommendations, and the life experiences you bring to the student body generally- all hard to lie about in a significant way without being pathological. One club more or less, a few hours of community service more or less, really isn’t going to make any difference so why bother demeaning yourself that way?</p>

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<p>Bummmmmmmmp!</p>

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<p>Good answers here, indeed Adcoms don’t verify and if you really are a super-achieved guy they would most likely quickly verify the coherence of your story and give you the “benefit of doubting” (le b</p>

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<p>Eiffel75- yes, there is a “coherence” adcoms look for. The kid who says he did it all often trips himself up somewhere else on the app. Or the recommendations don’t paint the same picture. In any event, 200 hours “in my neighborhood” is vague. </p>

<p>OP should take a look at the supplemental questions for NYU. That’s where many kids get weeded out. And, OP should do something now, this summer, to make up for what is missing in his ECs.</p>

<p>If an adcom doubts the ECs one lists- whether or not THAT college asks for verification- a poor impression is made.</p>

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<p>Check your private messages ;)</p>