How to prove your extracurricular activities?

T26E4
Sat, 17 Oct 2015 02:12:12 +0000

ali – I understand your fear that others are lying – and certainly it can happen. Even monstrous examples of fabrication have been uncovered and embarrassing to the schools.

But also trust this: given the extremely competitive nature of admissions to the top schools, those generally getting acceptances aren’t the ones who are saying they’re the president of the Spanish club when they weren’t.

Those lies matter ZERO. And the big ones (national level competition winners) are easily verified and usually attested to in other supporting rec letters.

The kids from my area that are admitted to my alma mater, Yale? Universally, you talk to their classmates and it’s “Oh yeah, no surprise at all. If anyone should have gotten in, it’s him or it’s her”

Basically, don’t even worry about that foolish person who thinks adding a line about “volunteering at a hospital” is going to mean anything. The very fact that they need to embellish already says the rest of their CV isn’t stellar – that’s my experience. The kids I see offered admissions? They are CLEARLY stellar kids.