Leenaluna

Thanks everyone for the responses, I super super appreciate it. I guess I'm just worried that the advisor will tell other people in the department I was accepted to about the other fake offer and they will find out through the grapevine that I didn't get in and the whole faculty will know about this lie and I'll have to live with the embarrassment for the next five to ten years lol

How do you know the lie is pointless @jrockford27? What do you guys think will happen if he finds out in some other way-- will he not want to be my adviser anymore ? Will he think I'm immoral? How do you think he will think about the lie? How would you react if you found out about such a lie? And why do i feel so bad about it ?

So I was only accepted to one program, it's a top ten but it was the only one I was accepted to. In my meeting with my potential adviser, he asked me, what other offers are you considering ? And I lied and told him the name of a university that rejected me. What should I do ? Should I come clean? Is there any chance he will find out? Would appreciate any advice. Feel really bad about lying.