Mailing an Adcom at their home

[notEinstein]

Went back and forth on whether to post this because there is a good chance that this person posts on here.

Had a peer tell me today that they have spent the last few weeks googling and whitebooking the address of notable adcoms (or important people anyway) at their target universities. They then send handwritten letters to their home, all in an attempt to boost their chances of being accepted. They believe it will help them stand out and show the school how committed they are.

Two primary questions:

Is this really what the med school application process has become? And what are the chances this turns out bad (meaning - is there any legal liability here?). Oh - and do you think this could actually work?

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Members don't see this ad.

 

[RockClimberMed]

not an adcom but id be creepd out tbh

 

[simlish]

Lol. Stop.

 

[RangerBob]

Went back and forth on whether to post this because there is a good chance that this person posts on here.

Had a peer tell me today that they have spent the last few weeks googling and whitebooking the address of notable adcoms (or important people anyway) at their target universities. They then send handwritten letters to their home, all in an attempt to boost their chances of being accepted. They believe it will help them stand out and show the school how committed they are.

Two primary questions:

Is this really what the med school application process has become? And what are the chances this turns out bad (meaning - is there any legal liability here?). Oh - and do you think this could actually work?

Yes it will help them stand out. But not in a good way. I'm not an adcom, but to me this is getting creepy. Unless I shared my personal address with someone/they already knew where I lived (maybe our kids were friends and hung out), then getting any personal correspondence to my home would be creepy.

If I were an adcom, I would see this is a big red flag.

If you address a letter to the adcom member and mail it to the school, it will get to them. No need to go full stalker.

 

[sarcasmrules]

It won't help your friend get into medical school, but it might get them into a mental institution.

 

[wysdoc]

Went back and forth on whether to post this because there is a good chance that this person posts on here.

Had a peer tell me today that they have spent the last few weeks googling and whitebooking the address of notable adcoms (or important people anyway) at their target universities. They then send handwritten letters to their home, all in an attempt to boost their chances of being accepted. They believe it will help them stand out and show the school how committed they are.

Two primary questions:

Is this really what the med school application process has become? And what are the chances this turns out bad (meaning - is there any legal liability here?). Oh - and do you think this could actually work?

No, this is stalkerish.
Business communications need to be at a business address or email.

 

[SpicyHotSauce]

Firstly, it's literally a Friday night, go chill out. It isn't that deep.

I can't tell if this is a troll post or not, but in the case it isn't, don't do this lol. Put yourself in the adcom's shoes, would you like receiving something like this in your mail at home? How would that make you feel? I can only imagine my crazy ex doing this.

The schools I got accepted to, I only sent in a thank you email to my interviewers who I don't think were on the admissions committee (and not even to their university emails, I either sent it to the admissions office email and kindly asked them to forward to their emails, or uploaded the thank you email to the application portal which they may or may not have seen).

There is more to life than med school admissions. I know it is hard to think this as a premed (I was in your shoes once), but try to work on other aspects of your life. Find a side hustle, learn a new useful skill (maybe programming in this day and age?), workout at the gym, etc. Much better ways to spend your time and work on yourself (not for med school admissions, but for yourself!) than thinking too much and digging a hole for yourself. I'm guilty of this too when I was a premed, and whenever I caught myself thinking this much and going down this rabbit hole, I just remembered, it isn't that deep.

Please don't make med school admissions your entire personality that you have to make posts like this at the start of the weekend.

 

[Tenk]

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Restraining order. Unfortunately, most states seem to allow this, especially for protests against public figures. "No harm, no foul", right?

https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/proclamations/2021/02/03/january-2021-stalking-awareness-month

Seriously folks, this is NOT a good idea and is harassment.

Doctors Who Care for Trans Kids Are Being Targeted, Protested, and Harassed

“Never did I think as a pediatrician that I was gonna be doing work that was controversial to this degree, to the degree that would garner personal threats.”

www.vice.com

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article256444451.html

 

[notEinstein]

Firstly, it's literally a Friday night, go chill out. It isn't that deep.

don't do this lol. Please don't make med school admissions your entire personality that you have to make posts like this at the start of the weekend.

It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who will respond to a thread without actually reading it.

Blows my mind.

 

[wysdoc]

It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who will respond to a thread without actually reading it.

Blows my mind.

Well, people did read it and the opinion is unanimous.
Many posts that say they are "about a friend" end up to actually be about the poster, but I believe from your wording about it that it's not you who is doing this.

Your protest to the last comment? You did tack on at the end of your post: "Oh - and do you think this could actually work?"

 

[gyngyn]

This idea is completely wack.
Closing.