Lying at an interview, now holding an offer.

That's only a half truth really. In some ways Oxbridge is far harder to get into than other medical schools, in other ways it's easier. Your application might look good to Oxbridge but you can get straight rejections from your other options because what they are looking for is either slightly or very different.

I'm not sure if you actually understand the meaning of a white lie...

nobody likes a grass. why don't you mind your own business and concentrate on your own application and studies? if she did indeed lie (and you weren't there so what she says could be embellished somewhat), then that's her problem and will most likely come back to bite her.

i have absolutely no respect for snitches like you who do it to make themselves feel good and think they're taking some moral highground by reporting someone when what they've supposedly done should not concern you.

you are unpleasant. yuck.

She is not my friend, I have only spoken to her a few times, however she finds it perfectly acceptable to brag about lying her way through an interview - so suits her. (K) I still have her facebook messages.

I don't feel that i'm going out of my way to hurt her. Why does she deserve an offer if the interviewers met a lie? If her lies influenced the interviewers decision, then why does she deserve a place over a borderline applicant on the waiting list who may or may not have lied?

Lying / exaggeration is part of life. Have you seen university prospectuses, greatly exaggerating what it is like being there? Have you seen web pages for graduate job opportunities, full of corporate BS which wildly exaggerates / lies how interesting it is to work there? If they can do that, why can't we?

similar boat here. I know someone who 'cut, copied and pasted' sections from a current Cambridge student's PS, as well as fabricating a large extent of their extracurricular activities. I think it bothers me far more that they stole bits of the PS word-for-word... but its the same principle really. Yes, its irking the hell out of me.

That would have been spotted surely.

That would have been spotted surely.

Medical schools don't base their offers on who people have met on their work experience placements. They probably couldn't care less about extra curriculars either. As you know, medicine offers are like gold dust. Admissions have interviewed thousands of people and can probably spot a budding doctor from a mile off.

They want someone who's smart, personable and hard-working enough to deal with the workload. She must have been special enough to deserve an offer and I doubt you showing them Facebook messages would be enough to retract an offer anyway.

No offence, but what you're saying is incredibly childish and is likely to be rooted in jealousy. You've lied before in your life. So don't judge her.

If they lie, why can't you?
I could fire the same argument right back at you:

X's a murderer. I'm angry. Why shouldn't I kill someone too?

If they lie, why can't you?
I could fire the same argument right back at you:

X's a murderer. I'm angry. Why shouldn't I kill someone too?

lieing doesnt end somenes life...murdering someone does...your arguement is invalid...your a miserable person...must be that time of month

Meeting suicidal patients in wards?...Never thought of that one! She knows how to talk the talk...which is required of medicine esp when dealing with patients...she totally deserves the spot...why are you getting involved in something she EARNED...yes she earned it...and yet your here telling everyone what you think she deserves?...Your a dictator in the making

Lying about experience isn't earning anything. It's an insult to everyone who actually but the hours in during work experience/volunteer to actually better themselves.

At the end of the day, if the uni is cool with her lying then fine. OP can't give out the rejection herself. It's up to the uni to decide what should be done after they consider the truth of the situation. And their decision will probably be what the person actually deserves.

Lying* Anyways..
Precisely. Not all actions are equivalent. Similarly, not all lies are equivalent. If you feel that dishonest candidates are better candidates then that's fine, but I dont quite see how that would make me a miserable person.

Talking...is a skill...to talk effectively and convince is one aswell. The government is also an insult to the people who work for their meat (or vegs for those who r vegetarians), having free holidays to other countries to shake the hands of some other wise guy.

I read somewhere that if it is found that 10% of one's PS is copied, they will be disqualified. Also, they may have just played around with the words.

That would have been spotted surely.