Lying on UCAS statement question

just think of how many people claim to have read books for their subject *cough* and don't get round to actually doing it

Honestly mentioning that you have read a book isn't really going to show anything to make you look more competitive. So often admission tutors skip the mention of books and may just mention it as a quick question at interview. So if you haven't read it they could probably tell. however work Experiance is a lot more important medical school are looking for what you have learnt from it etc therefore by lying you are claiming you have skills you don't have. At interview you will struggle when they ask you a question about your work Experiance and test the skills you claim you have.

Stick to the truth at least if it's less it's gonna be quality.

If the work experience is relevant to and expected for your degree course, uni admissions will often check with where you say you did your experience to make sure you did it.

If it's not expected for your degree, why are you wasting precious space on your application talking about it?

yh i mean i wouldn't ever lie about something that significant but its just aboutt reading a book then nobody can really know if you have or not tbh

But since that cant prove it, it can only improve my application right?

I know it is wrong to lie about some things e.g. saying "I did Duke of Edinburgh gold...." because you could get caught out in an interview but is there anything wrong with saying something like "I arranged work experience to do this summer and..."? Thanks