Application Logs

[SamyLSF]

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A medical student told me that some schools keep track of when/how often you log on to your Secondary Application Account to check the status of your application. He said they look to see if you never check it, or check it every 2 hours, or check it sparingly. Is that true? Seems kinda bs, or pointless to me. What sort of information could you get from those logs?

Just wondering.

 

[jshei0625]

A medical student told me that some schools keep track of when/how often you log on to your Secondary Application Account to check the status of your application. He said they look to see if you never check it, or check it every 2 hours, or check it sparingly. Is that true? Seems kinda bs, or pointless to me. What sort of information could you get from those logs?

Just wondering.

It might be true but I would think admissions have better things to do then tracking the frequency of status checking.

 

[Bangersandmash]

It's entirely possible that they could. It wouldn't be too hard to really code for it and keep track of log ins, but I wouldn't see why they would really care. And if they did, it would be way too hard to know what schools think about it.

If you check every 2 hours, some may see an interested student, while others see an obsessed student. If you never check, some may see a disinterested student, some may see a student that's super cool and calm. Or you may just be waiting for an e-mail. I wouldn't pay much mind to it.

 

[SamyLSF]

It's entirely possible that they could. It wouldn't be too hard to really code for it and keep track of log ins, but I wouldn't see why they would really care. And if they did, it would be way too hard to know what schools think about it.

If you check every 2 hours, some may see an interested student, while others see an obsessed student. If you never check, some may see a disinterested student, some may see a student that's super cool and calm. Or you may just be waiting for an e-mail. I wouldn't pay much mind to it.

👍 Alright sounds good. I only brought it up because some shopping sites now read your cookies to see what kind of items you are clicking or how fast you are clicking and edit the prices when you click "view price in cart". So someone clicking faster towards a product would get charge a higher price since the site knows the person wants to buy it compared to someone clicking everywhere. Also someone looking at fancy items will get a higher price for the same item that someone else got after looking at cheap items.

This stuff is scary.

 

[Bangersandmash]

👍 Alright sounds good. I only brought it up because some shopping sites now read your cookies to see what kind of items you are clicking or how fast you are clicking and edit the prices when you click "view price in cart". So someone clicking faster towards a product would get charge a higher price since the site knows the person wants to buy it compared to someone clicking everywhere. Also someone looking at fancy items will get a higher price for the same item that someone else got after looking at cheap items.

This stuff is scary.

While that sounds annoying for consumers, what does it have to do with medical school applications?