<p>
I think whether lying is morally justified or not depends on the situation. For example, if you’re working on a critically injured patient and he asks you whether he’s going to die, I think you are perfectly morally justified in lying to him to improve his spirits so that he will fight for the willpower to live, as opposed to discouraging him. </p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Darn right, and since you’re being interviewed by other doctors, you should turn the situation around and wonder why are these doctors asking you inappropriate questions? What about their moral character? </p>
<p>The way I see it is, if you ask a stupid question, you deserve to get a stupid answer. Whether your parents are doctors or not should have nothing to do with whether they ought to admit you or not, just like your sex life should have nothing to do with whether they should admit you. </p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Now, in THIS situation, I see no reason not to try to hide this fact. My previous answers were predicated on the assumption that your parents were doctors who had no affiliation with the med-school in question. If you parents do have such an affiliation, I would think that you would want to advertise this fact right from the get-go, in order to get whatever ‘legacy points’ they are handing out.</p>