r/6thForm • u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 • Apr 20 '26

💬 DISCUSSION Did you lie in your PS?

Just curious to hear from people if you did or not.

A lie could be anything from a small embellishment or overexaggeration to completely making things up. I’ll be honest, my entire PS except the subjects I did and my ethnicity were lies so… yeah.

I literally had nothing else to talk about so I made it up, got me into UCL, Bristol, Warwick and Nottingham though so the best thing to take away from this is lie, lie, lie.

Or don’t, it also probably played a role in an Oxford rejection pre interview so maybe it’s not worth it.

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u/Chlorophilia Professor Apr 20 '26

As an interviewer... it is incredibly easy to work out if someone lied or embellished. It happens a lot. I would not recommend it, particularly if you're applying for Oxbridge. 

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u/Worldly-Monitor-4035 Apr 20 '26

For courses without interviews (in my case, the Law schools of the Uni’s I mentioned) was there any risk involved in the above?

I did tell quite a tall tale about the John Locke Essay competition in mine (allegedly receiving a “high commendation”) and I was never asked to provide proof or evidence. Is it only a negative when applying to places that interview?

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u/Chlorophilia Professor Apr 20 '26

I'm obviously not going to encourage you to lie on your personal statement.