new gunner behavior?

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so the night i announced on SDN my acceptance to a med school, I got 4 PMs from members who wrote long essays on why they thought I shouldnt go to said school... citing everything from poor curriculum to structural deficiencies in the building the school is housed within... after some research, i found that actually these students were also trying to get into this school and were currently waitlisted... is this new gunner behavior? trying to displace the accepted fruits from the tree to increase their own chances of getting an acceptance?
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Is there any validity to their comments?

If not, ignore them.
 
what school?

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Freezer said:
so the night i announced on SDN my acceptance to a med school, I got 4 PMs from members who wrote long essays on why they thought I shouldnt go to said school... citing everything from poor curriculum to structural deficiencies in the building the school is housed within... after some research, i found that actually these students were also trying to get into this school and were currently waitlisted... is this new gunner behavior? trying to displace the accepted fruits from the tree to increase their own chances of getting an acceptance?
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Whoa.. haha. Ok. Anyways, maybe gunner behavior. But if someone is stupid enough to not take an acceptance because of a paragraph written by anonymous PM on a forum, they the PMer deserves the spot haha.

Maybe their concerns were valid. Maybe not. Either way, I don't think it's a huge deal.
 
That is awesome, but this thread is worthless without names.
 
i agree. lets lynchem
 
:eek: The epitomy of gunning.
 
Haha, that's pretty intense, OP.
 
Clearly, they were looking out for you and trying to save you from the horrors of attending said school. By taking that acceptance off your hands, they're really sacrificing themselves here.

We should really applaud these selfless souls.
 
:laugh:

That's freakin awesome. Clearly the only appropriate response to their PMs is "I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of my med school acceptance."
 
OP

Show us pics of the inside(PM's) to let us know you're not fraudin
 
Freezer said:
so the night i announced on SDN my acceptance to a med school, I got 4 PMs from members who wrote long essays on why they thought I shouldnt go to said school... citing everything from poor curriculum to structural deficiencies in the building the school is housed within... after some research, i found that actually these students were also trying to get into this school and were currently waitlisted... is this new gunner behavior? trying to displace the accepted fruits from the tree to increase their own chances of getting an acceptance?
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Sadly, this is not at all new. We saw it happen A LOT last year during my cycle, and I even remember specific names of users who forever looked a little worse in my eyes for it. So don't just take something negative you hear about a school at face value.

Incidentally, this is also why any School X vs. School Y threads are essentially worthless; they are ripe for getting bad information and opinions from people who would love to get into one of those schools. So as always on SDN, caveat emptor (buyer beware).
 
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Dear jeebus

that is the lowest someone can sink.

I hope the people who PM'd you are not long-time SDN members. We are a community that assists one another, not take advantage of each other's hardwork.

I hope they have to re-apply to medical school.
 
Post their PMs so we can laugh at their sick desperation.
 
hey all... i will try to get some pictures of the PMs on here tonight... they are fun... going to censor any identifying information though to preserve some sense of peace...
 
GoSpursGo said:
Sadly, this is not at all new. We saw it happen A LOT last year during my cycle, and I even remember specific names of users who forever looked a little worse in my eyes for it. So don't just take something negative you hear about a school at face value.

Incidentally, this is also why any School X vs. School Y threads are essentially worthless; they are ripe for getting bad information and opinions from people who would love to get into one of those schools. So as always on SDN, caveat emptor (buyer beware).
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I specifically remember a UCLA loving monkey.....
 
Hey!

Don't rat me out!

Just remember what I said during our little chat: you really don't want to go there, well, with the malaria outbreak and all. I mean, c'mon, you REALLY want to go somewhere like...THAT school? You just can't trust them. I heard that their one-year scholarship was going to be pulled from incoming students as soon as the first day of class is done. Oh, and that construction? It's all a facade. Really they are just going to ship you all off to some remote part of the woods and pick you off one-by-one until one of you gets something published.

Trust me.

I'm just lookin' out for yer best interests. :smuggrin:
 
morning said:
:laugh:

That's freakin awesome. Clearly the only appropriate response to their PMs is "I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of my med school acceptance."
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this.
 
Hey, be careful OP, I'm not sure about the Terms of Service, but I think one of them is not posting PMs on SDN public forums. Just looking out for you, for realz, not for gunnerz ;)


...and I didn't send the OP a PM, hahaha
 
BBender716 said:
Hey, be careful OP, I'm not sure about the Terms of Service, but I think one of them is not posting PMs on SDN public forums. Just looking out for you, for realz, not for gunnerz ;)


...and I didn't send the OP a PM, hahaha
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Lies!! I found one! Boo him!
 
Ok2Panic said:
I was just teasing you Bender!
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haha just makin' sure, because I hate those guys just as much, and I'd so hate to be a part of that garbage. Believe me, I wish we could expose them so that they can get royally pwned.
 
Reveal their names so they can be ridiculed for being 1. losers and 2. ******s that can't even get into a school they're badmouthing.
 
I think this is how the salem witch trials started.

She's a gunner! Burn her!
 
It's possible to report these PMs, right? If they're misleading enough to constitute libel/defamation.
 
"What makes you think she's a gunner?"

"She turned me into a newt!"

*Awkward pause*

"...I got better."
 
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a gunner.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with gunners?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from gunners?
Peasant 1: More gunners.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do gunners burn?
Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2: ...A gunner!
 
Slowpoke said:
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a gunner.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with gunners?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from gunners?
Peasant 1: More gunners.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do gunners burn?
Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2: ...A gunner!
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:laugh: :laugh:

Although I do have a ****load of waitlists..in the wise words of Shaggy...

"It wasn't me."
 
That is unbelievably rude, no way around it...
 
Slowpoke said:
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a gunner.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with gunners?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from gunners?
Peasant 1: More gunners.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do gunners burn?
Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2: ...A gunner!
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:
 
Slowpoke said:
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a gunner.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with gunners?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from gunners?
Peasant 1: More gunners.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do gunners burn?
Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2: ...A gunner!
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Hahaha, awesome!
 
Freezer said:
hey all... i will try to get some pictures of the PMs on here tonight... they are fun... going to censor any identifying information though to preserve some sense of peace...
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While part of me would like to see those guys outed as a warning to everyone else...
BBender716 said:
Hey, be careful OP, I'm not sure about the Terms of Service, but I think one of them is not posting PMs on SDN public forums.
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This. Let karma take care of it :)

Of course, if you ever think there might be a Terms of Service violation, feel free to report the PMs and we can look into it.
 
Can he post his PM if he blocks out name/avatar?
 
Slowpoke said:
Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a gunner.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with gunners?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from gunners?
Peasant 1: More gunners.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do gunners burn?
Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2: ...A gunner!
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This mirrors every single e-debate I have ever witnessed.
 
you all rock... thanks for the TOS heads up...
 
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