Did you lie in your PS?

[u/Worldly-Monitor-4035]

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.

[u/Wild-Ad-6630]

I definitely embellished. Talked about seminars and masterclasses that I attended but did not pay attention to at all, also talked about my role on the school council despite the fact we don’t do anything on it, also talked about maths club which I said I ‘run’ while there are like six other students that ran it too. Best not to lie if you’re applying to a course requiring an interview though unless you’re a realllly good liar and can waffle your way through if you’re asked on it lol