Do you have a secret?

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Hahaha Rachiie! Reminds me of when I did actually get caught copying homework in 7th grade. We had these things called Saturday Detentions, and if you had one, you weren't allowed to attend a school dance that month. I remember bawling my eyes out when the office made me call my mom...and my mom said she heard me crying as if someone died and panicked. Once I told her I got a Saturday Detention for copying homework, she was like " wow seriously? You were dumb enough to get caught COPYING HOMEWORK? You deserve all the punishment".

I once completely forgot to do a science homework assignment when I was in 7th grade. As the teacher finished collecting the papers, he noticed that there was no name on one and asked if anyone had forgotten to put their name on their paper. Thinking I was some kind of evil genius, I cooly raised my hand and said, "I think I might have forgotten to put my name on my paper. That must be mine." Just as cooly, the teacher apparently accepted my story and went on with class.

After class as I was about to leave, the teacher approached me and said "y'know this is the paper you claimed was yours," and presented me with a homework assignment that had been completed entirely in pink glitter pen replete with little hearts for the dots over the 'i's. At that moment, I pretty much had to choose between coming out of the closet right then and there, and admitting that I lied about the paper being mine. I chose the latter.

I didn't get into any trouble aside from being told I was an idiot, but the transgression haunts me.
 
I like to think that when Im spending endless hours studying/working during med school and residency, at least Ill be able to think back on the fond memories of my undergrad years and smile. Maybe cringe a bit, but smile too...

Nothing forms friendships quite like puking on your roommates head as he pukes in the toilet
 
Nothing forms friendships quite like puking on your roommates head as he pukes in the toilet

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Disclaimer: i wasn't involved and heard about this happening to someone (not my roommate) in my floor during freshman year
 
Lol is elementary school HW literally the only thing you guys can think of?

How about that time when you got super ****ed up at a frat party and hooked up with someone you shouldn't have? Or when you "shared" labs with friends in other sections? That time you got away with something the police definitely would've been interested in?

I know I'm not the only one who indulged in the college life, cmon now!
Oh, I thought that using fake ids and whatnot in college was a given? I figured that everyone was a drunk in college but being a sneaky little **** since elementary school might not apply to all. Whoops lol.
Also this thread makes me nervous and I feel like we need to hide if from Goro and gyngyn.
 
These are some lame-ass secrets. It's totally normally for people to drink themselves sick in college, unless you were a raging alcoholic that couldn't stop doing it weekly there's no reason to think you'd be condemned for it.

I suspect the biggest/most frequent secret by far is cheating in undergrad. Would kill people's apps if discovered, and is absolutely rampant at a lot of schools, mine included. It's basically available for anyone that wants to cheat - the school can't strip search you to find that cellphone hidden in your pocket, your school can't prevent you from going to the restroom, and your school can't monitor what you do in the restroom. Suddenly a ton of people need to use the bathroom 15-20 minutes into that bio/chem/ochem/calc test! Googling mechanisms, refreshing on those hormones you forgot, using wolfram alpha, etc...people lacking good ethics can really get ahead.

Hell even in stuff like easier upper-level psych classes there is cheating. Phone pics of last year's test being circulated among a frat/sports team and their good friends, that kind of stuff. Considering the proportion of students that are premed in these classes and that they are the most motivated to cheat, I'd bet a disgustingly large chunk of premeds coming out of my school have a cheater secret that would make an adcom do a lot more than just reconsider

/rant
 
I like to smoke weed. It is not a crime where I live and has not detracted from my academics. Nonetheless, some adcom members would probably not appreciate that.
 
These are some lame-ass secrets. It's totally normally for people to drink themselves sick in college, unless you were a raging alcoholic that couldn't stop doing it weekly there's no reason to think you'd be condemned for it.

I suspect the biggest/most frequent secret by far is cheating in undergrad. Would kill people's apps if discovered, and is absolutely rampant at a lot of schools, mine included. It's basically available for anyone that wants to cheat - the school can't strip search you to find that cellphone hidden in your pocket, your school can't prevent you from going to the restroom, and your school can't monitor what you do in the restroom. Suddenly a ton of people need to use the bathroom 15-20 minutes into that bio/chem/ochem/calc test! Googling mechanisms, refreshing on those hormones you forgot, using wolfram alpha, etc...people lacking good ethics can really get ahead.

Hell even in stuff like easier upper-level psych classes there is cheating. Phone pics of last year's test being circulated among a frat/sports team and their good friends, that kind of stuff. Considering the proportion of students that are premed in these classes and that they are the most motivated to cheat, I'd bet a disgustingly large chunk of premeds coming out of my school have a cheater secret that would make an adcom do a lot more than just reconsider

/rant
All will come out after October 15th, my friend.
 
These are some lame-ass secrets. It's totally normally for people to drink themselves sick in college, unless you were a raging alcoholic that couldn't stop doing it weekly there's no reason to think you'd be condemned for it.

I suspect the biggest/most frequent secret by far is cheating in undergrad. Would kill people's apps if discovered, and is absolutely rampant at a lot of schools, mine included. It's basically available for anyone that wants to cheat - the school can't strip search you to find that cellphone hidden in your pocket, your school can't prevent you from going to the restroom, and your school can't monitor what you do in the restroom. Suddenly a ton of people need to use the bathroom 15-20 minutes into that bio/chem/ochem/calc test! Googling mechanisms, refreshing on those hormones you forgot, using wolfram alpha, etc...people lacking good ethics can really get ahead.

Hell even in stuff like easier upper-level psych classes there is cheating. Phone pics of last year's test being circulated among a frat/sports team and their good friends, that kind of stuff. Considering the proportion of students that are premed in these classes and that they are the most motivated to cheat, I'd bet a disgustingly large chunk of premeds coming out of my school have a cheater secret that would make an adcom do a lot more than just reconsider

/rant

I could totally see that, especially in premed where grades were critical. Luckily (or not?) for me, my grades didn't matter at the time for me in undergrad (that came with its own sets of problems though!) so I took a "C gets degrees" path...

I cared a lot in HS though, so I could unabashedly say, I totally cheated on homework then. Too big of a wuss to do it on exams (because for us, supposedly they would automatically fail us + report us to our undergrad institutions) so I never did that. But oh man was I tempted a few times! (Yes, I suppose I'm horrible because my biggest motivation for NOT doing something is the risk/consequence of doing so, rather than the moral implications..especially when it comes to victimless crimes)
 
These are some lame-ass secrets. It's totally normally for people to drink themselves sick in college, unless you were a raging alcoholic that couldn't stop doing it weekly there's no reason to think you'd be condemned for it.

I suspect the biggest/most frequent secret by far is cheating in undergrad. Would kill people's apps if discovered, and is absolutely rampant at a lot of schools, mine included. It's basically available for anyone that wants to cheat - the school can't strip search you to find that cellphone hidden in your pocket, your school can't prevent you from going to the restroom, and your school can't monitor what you do in the restroom. Suddenly a ton of people need to use the bathroom 15-20 minutes into that bio/chem/ochem/calc test! Googling mechanisms, refreshing on those hormones you forgot, using wolfram alpha, etc...people lacking good ethics can really get ahead.

Hell even in stuff like easier upper-level psych classes there is cheating. Phone pics of last year's test being circulated among a frat/sports team and their good friends, that kind of stuff. Considering the proportion of students that are premed in these classes and that they are the most motivated to cheat, I'd bet a disgustingly large chunk of premeds coming out of my school have a cheater secret that would make an adcom do a lot more than just reconsider

/rant
You're not a raging alcoholic if you're only doing it weekly.

I never get why people cheat. I had a 3.81 with zero cheating, the hell is wrong with people that they feel they need to cheat to get by? And the cost if you get caught is just ridiculous, I don't get why people risk it. Are they just so bad academically that they can't pull the As without cheating? Can no amount of hard work save their grade? Or are they just lazy, and capable, but don't want to put in the effort?
 
I could totally see that, especially in premed where grades were critical. Luckily (or not?) for me, my grades didn't matter at the time for me in undergrad (that came with its own sets of problems though!) so I took a "C gets degrees" path...

I cared a lot in HS though, so I could unabashedly say, I totally cheated on homework then. Too big of a wuss to do it on exams (because for us, supposedly they would automatically fail us + report us to our undergrad institutions) so I never did that. But oh man was I tempted a few times! (Yes, I suppose I'm horrible because my biggest motivation for NOT doing something is the risk/consequence of doing so, rather than the moral implications..especially when it comes to victimless crimes)
High school was so not worth my time- I never did the homework because I found it too boring, and just dropped out and got my GED because the whole process was just ******ed and largely irrelevant to my life goals. I wouldn't judge someone for cheating in HS because it's nonsense.
 
I'd have to imagine everyone has done something bad. Be it cheating a tiny bit on an assignment, using study drugs without a script, saying something incredibly offensive...the list goes on forever.

What self respecting 22 year old can honestly say they've never gotten WAYYYYY too drunk at a party or something?

Actually no to most those things (first and last time I cheated was in first grade...Turned out I was copying an idiot and did worse anyway, and I felt so guilty about it that to this day I don't even engage in "creative study". I just keep a hard line with that one and that's fine by me). Also no to the Rx. But saying offensive things. God yes. But to my best friend in private.. And Ditto on the wayyyyy too drunk (*Halloween* still can't have tequila after that one...uggghhhhh. Never. Again). Oh to be young and bounce back from hangovers. Now, the hangover is a two-day deal....

EDIT: I do have some secrets though. And no I won't tell you. And you wouldn't believe me anyway. Most of them aren't "horrible" but that are a little "shocking". Ha. Life is funny. And fun, usually...
 
These are some lame-ass secrets. It's totally normally for people to drink themselves sick in college, unless you were a raging alcoholic that couldn't stop doing it weekly there's no reason to think you'd be condemned for it.

I suspect the biggest/most frequent secret by far is cheating in undergrad. Would kill people's apps if discovered, and is absolutely rampant at a lot of schools, mine included. It's basically available for anyone that wants to cheat - the school can't strip search you to find that cellphone hidden in your pocket, your school can't prevent you from going to the restroom, and your school can't monitor what you do in the restroom. Suddenly a ton of people need to use the bathroom 15-20 minutes into that bio/chem/ochem/calc test! Googling mechanisms, refreshing on those hormones you forgot, using wolfram alpha, etc...people lacking good ethics can really get ahead.

Hell even in stuff like easier upper-level psych classes there is cheating. Phone pics of last year's test being circulated among a frat/sports team and their good friends, that kind of stuff. Considering the proportion of students that are premed in these classes and that they are the most motivated to cheat, I'd bet a disgustingly large chunk of premeds coming out of my school have a cheater secret that would make an adcom do a lot more than just reconsider

/rant

Well, if SDN really wants to know my secret, I'll just say I get nervous around women (adding the hot factor essentially liquefies me). But I think everyone here knows that already 🙁

Cheating is just stupid.
 
Well, if SDN really wants to know my secret, I'll just say I get nervous around women (adding the hot factor essentially liquefies me). But I think everyone here knows that already 🙁

Cheating is just stupid.

I was the same... in high school. Lol.
 
Cheating is childish and it's a totally lame secret.
 
I've never cheated, don't think adcoms would care that I've drunk too much occasionally, and I still have adcom-secrets. Some things just aren't professional.
I don't keep secrets from most other people in my life, though...my friends know everything about me except my music tastes (my one true secret).
 
High school was so not worth my time- I never did the homework because I found it too boring, and just dropped out and got my GED because the whole process was just ******ed and largely irrelevant to my life goals. I wouldn't judge someone for cheating in HS because it's nonsense.

If I could go back in time, I would love to have worked for 3-4 years while and studied for my GED instead of sitting through high school.
 
If I could go back in time, I would love to have worked for 3-4 years while and studied for my GED instead of sitting through high school.

It's funny because if I could go back in time, I'd kill Hitler. And then I'd redo high school, take it seriously, and do extremely well. I'd probably be an attending by now if I had.
 
they can't pull the As without cheating? Can no amount of hard work save their grade? Or are they just lazy, and capable, but don't want to put in the effort?
Mix of both I think. In some situations it's downright logical for even a hard worker to start to cheat, if their best effort still only nets them B- prereq grades.

Try my best honestly -> near 100% chance of being non-competitive for med school
Start to cheat -> very slim odds of losing shot at MD from being caught, very high chance they get away with it and can get some nice high grades to make them more MD competitive
 
It's funny because if I could go back in time, I'd kill Hitler. And then I'd redo high school, take it seriously, and do extremely well.
Not necessarily in that order though, right? I mean education DOES come first.
 
It's funny because if I could go back in time, I'd kill Hitler. And then I'd redo high school, take it seriously, and do extremely well. I'd probably be an attending by now if I had.
Didn't you go to an Ivy League undergrad? How did you do that if you didn't take highschool seriously ?!
 
Didn't you go to an Ivy League undergrad? How did you do that if you didn't take highschool seriously ?!

I'm a nontrad. I went to art school after high school, dropped out, then took a very loooooooooong road (full of secrets) back to finish my degree at an Ivy.
 
I'm a nontrad. I went to art school after high school, dropped out, then took a very loooooooooong road (full of secrets) back to finish my degree at an Ivy.
Must have been weird being a freshman in your late 20's lol
 
It's funny because if I could go back in time, I'd kill Hitler. And then I'd redo high school, take it seriously, and do extremely well. I'd probably be an attending by now if I had.

It was a lot easier to get in in the 40s you wouldn't have had to work that hard.
 
Joining the bandwagon so here it is:

I am actually not a bird. Those feet in the profile pic are NOT mine.

#mutuallyassuredhumiliation
( it was relevant, plus I like the vid. 😉)
 
I suspect the biggest/most frequent secret by far is cheating in undergrad. Would kill people's apps if discovered, and is absolutely rampant at a lot of schools, mine included. It's basically available for anyone that wants to cheat - the school can't strip search you to find that cellphone hidden in your pocket, your school can't prevent you from going to the restroom, and your school can't monitor what you do in the restroom. Suddenly a ton of people need to use the bathroom 15-20 minutes into that bio/chem/ochem/calc test! Googling mechanisms, refreshing on those hormones you forgot, using wolfram alpha, etc...people lacking good ethics can really get ahead.

Your school is weaksauce. 😉

In many -though not all- of my classes you couldn't leave the room unless you had finished the exam. If you left you couldn't come back. And if the group was small enough and the prof felt courteous, you could go to the bathroom but accompanied by a TA only. 😱
 
Your school is weaksauce. 😉

In many -though not all- of my classes you couldn't leave the room unless you had finished the exam. If you left you couldn't come back. And if the group was small enough and the prof felt courteous, you could go to the bathroom but accompanied by a TA only. 😱
I'd be a big fan of a policy that said no coming back after using the restroom, but I feel like that's asking for bad press when students go in their seats during tests! I'm actually surprised there hasn't been a lawsuit from something like that
 
I was at a party my sophomore year raging it up when the cops decided to crash the place. Pretty much 90% of the people there were underage and the cops were lining people up against the wall and stopping people from trying to run away. I remember thinking to myself "I'm f***ed, I'm never going to make it to med school with this on my record" (there were drugs and other crap around and I was a scared premed). Somehow, I had a bright idea that if I acted like I owned the place I could maybe escape. I summoned up all my confidence and walked straight passed the cops through the front door, once outside, I walked straight passed the cops chilling by their cars. None of them said a single word to me, I just avoided eye contact. Once I felt like I was in the clear I sprinted all the way home. Lol
 
I was at a party my sophomore year raging it up when the cops decided to crash the place. Pretty much 90% of the people there were underage and the cops were lining people up against the wall and stopping people from trying to run away. I remember thinking to myself "I'm f***ed, I'm never going to make it to med school with this on my record" (there were drugs and other crap around and I was a scared premed). Somehow, I had a bright idea that if I acted like I owned the place I could maybe escape. I summoned up all my confidence and walked straight passed the cops through the front door, once outside, I walked straight passed the cops chilling by their cars. None of them said a single word to me, I just avoided eye contact. Once I felt like I was in the clear I sprinted all the way home. Lol

That's fantastic
 
Mix of both I think. In some situations it's downright logical for even a hard worker to start to cheat, if their best effort still only nets them B- prereq grades.

Try my best honestly -> near 100% chance of being non-competitive for med school
Start to cheat -> very slim odds of losing shot at MD from being caught, very high chance they get away with it and can get some nice high grades to make them more MD competitive
Sucks that I had to compete with people like that when I could work hard and have highly competitive stats without cheating.
 
I was at a party my sophomore year raging it up when the cops decided to crash the place. Pretty much 90% of the people there were underage and the cops were lining people up against the wall and stopping people from trying to run away. I remember thinking to myself "I'm f***ed, I'm never going to make it to med school with this on my record" (there were drugs and other crap around and I was a scared premed). Somehow, I had a bright idea that if I acted like I owned the place I could maybe escape. I summoned up all my confidence and walked straight passed the cops through the front door, once outside, I walked straight passed the cops chilling by their cars. None of them said a single word to me, I just avoided eye contact. Once I felt like I was in the clear I sprinted all the way home. Lol
moral of the story: act like a badass undercover cop when caught with underage drinking and pretend you busted a ring of college students having fun
 
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