Curiosity: how many of you adcoms know who we are?

[ciestar]

Strangely creepy question...but how often can you identify applicants on sdn?

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[wasteofspace323]

Inverting the question: Pretty sure a poster could easily identify Goro. Just using junk i've seen him post here and there I can't imagine theres more than ~10ish people in the country that fit the bill.

Volunteering info about yourself online is scary. One of the reasons that MDapps creeps me out. People should reconsider how open they are online, myself included.

 

[Holmwood]

It's pretty obvious at this point if they bothered to check, lol.

 

[deleted407021]

I'm fairly anonymous. You'd have to match my ECs.

 

[LizzyM]

I've only identified one SDN poster in all this time... guy PM'ed me and asked if he should wear his military uniform to an interview. Two days later I interviewed a guy in a military uniform whose application fit the description of the person who had PMed me. (This was 8-9 years ago.) He got in to every school he interviewed at.... superstar.

 

[Catalystik]

I also have identified only one SDNer in all this time. This was someone higher on the food chain, though, and not an applicant.

 

[mimelim]

I've identified 4 medical students because they PMed me and then applied to our program. But, all of them had <100 post counts and weren't exactly hiding. At least 3-4 people have PMed asking if I am so and so. I didn't really hide who I was when I started on SDN so it isn't particularly surprising. I've made a conscious effort to be a little more diligent about hiding my identity the last year or so.

 

[Goro]

Two SDNers are my students that I know of.

I'm trying to get some more to my school!

Strangely creepy question...but how often can you identify applicants on sdn?

 

[NotASerialKiller]

Good lord I hope not...

 

[Goro]

They don't know who I am, and I like it that way.

Do they know who you are IRL? If not, that's absolutely hilarious. It's like the Truman Show.

 

[619959]

This post is scaring the hell out of me

 

[LizzyM]

I have a sdn lapel pin and I wonder what would happen if I wore it on interview day. Of course, it is lower case and if it rotates upside down it looks like ups which could confuse the hell out of people.

 

[Lawpy]

Adcoms will probably make fun of me and not take me seriously if they found out who i am

 

[Technology]

Please don't judge me based on my posts when I apply in three years Thanks!

They are watching me!!!

 

[AlfonsTheGuru]

Please don't judge me based on my posts when I apply in three years Thanks!

They are watching me!!!

This is why I want to stay anonymous My first name is literally in my user name.

 

[619959]

Please don't judge me based on my posts when I apply in three years Thanks!

They are watching me!!!

Same here @Goro and every other adcoms or future interviewers over here...

 

[Ad2b]

Strangely creepy question...but how often can you identify applicants on sdn?

I would like to think, perhaps naively, that the adcoms on here have far more important things to do than figure out who we are. Please tell me it is so (Though I know that a couple of you know I know who you know I know who I am or might plausibly be you know).

 

[WedgeDawg]

Not an adcom, but a couple people have identified me IRL.

 

[SnakeDoc9497]

I redacted my middle and last name on all official and government documents. Good luck adcoms. I am Dr. Ron

 

[GiveMeThatMD]

Good lord I hope not...

We may not know who you are... but we certainly know who you are not.