how do colleges know if you're lying?

Peppers
Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:54:56 +0000

UC’s will sample a random 10% to verify a part of their application. This ranges anything from log of CS hrs to the Death Certificate of a loved one mentioned in the personal statement.

I believe I read on CC somewhere that Ivies will not check your EC’s. Obviously if you say you won the National Spelling Bee 3 years in a row, that would raise some sort of red flag, but the large number of them will go undetected. What they will do is ask about these EC’s in the interview, and if you don’t give the satisfactory answers, they’ll have an idea of what’s happening. Also, Harvard has the right to revoke your admission at ANY time in your life. There was a story on that same thread about how a man graduated from Harvard 20 years ago had his diploma revoked because it was discovered that he lied on his app. Simply put, don’t get caught.