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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yale is checking by calling college counselors. UCLA is asking for random applicants to upload pdfs of W2 or paystubs to verify jobs. They are doing a lot more verifying this year[/quote]

How can school counselor know your volunteer out of school? [/quote]

They would know if they met with the student. If it's a big public school, bring it up in the counselor meeting and in the parent brag sheet. DC is at a public and did just this - he knew what the teachers would focus on in the LOR, so for any extra things that were important, he made sure to let the counselor know. He was accepted SCEA - of course, we don't know what exactly helped his application, but do your best with every part. Good luck!

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Same here, everything can be found by a quick google search. I don't know if AOs spend time googling each kid. I think some applications are just compelling, and they're familiar with the big awards, and some things just make sense in the big picture.

[b]I also don't know why kids would lie. [/b]That seems like such a pessimistic view of this whole process. Also, anything off would probably immediately raise red flags.[/quote]

Kids lie or exaggerate all the time on their college apps, but I think it’s morally wrong and frankly quite dumb. They are not successful because they can’t compete with the kids having genuine, verifiable accomplishments. [/quote]

I get that kids can lie (I have three), but how do you know that kids are lying/exaggerating all the time on their college apps?

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Some things are obvious, like founding a company making millions in revenue but no company website, no public records or ownership. Or being a fire fighter volunteer when age requirements are 18+. If you have kids, you know it’s really easy to find inconsistencies when they lie, it’s not that different for college apps.

If major impact is claimed, but no way to verify, it’s a red flag.

If minor impact, like club president, then it doesn’t matter anyways. [/quote]

Yes, but this doesn’t mean kids are lying “all the time” on their college apps. I don’t know why posters make such extreme statements. [/quote]

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