Warning to those considering lying on college apps

[sybbie719]

<p>In response to the thread Do colleges REALLY check everything in your app? Dean J, a college rep at UVA and a frequent CC poster, sums it up this way:</p>

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If we don’t check, then the number probably doesn’t matter as much as you think it does and there’s no point in lying.</p>

<p>If we do check and you lie, you’re sunk.</p>

<p>You would be hard pressed to find an admission officer who would let the number of hours of community service dramatically change their admission decision. There is no reason to lie.</p>

<p>I will say that there are times when we know students are exaggerating…like when they spend more hours at activities than humanly possible or when a comonly defined activity or role is blown up into something it isn’t, as if we live on another planet and don’t know what Girls State or Boy Scouts or being a senate page means. That doesn’t help the student’s case.
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<p>In short, most of the things that students choose to lie about are not the things athat are going to get you in. The real important things can easily be checked and will most likely be confirmed by another source. Keep in mind that Dartmouth takes its honor code very seriously and will not hesitate to parkhurst you for an infraction of their honor code.</p>