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Is anyone worried about ADCOM's figuring out who you are from what you say on SDN?

I have spoken with multiple deans who think this website is a waste of time and energy. In fact, one in particular says he checks every week and tries to figure out who is who. That is why I don't give any exact stats like DAT PAT GPA etc. I give ranges like 20+.

What do you guys think about this? I still think that figuring out one person in 12,000-16,000 would be hard to do and a waste of their time. But not impossible.
 
Even if they did would it really be a big deal? Don't say things here that you wouldn't want them to see and you'll sleep easy at night.
 
Is anyone worried about ADCOM's figuring out who you are from what you say on SDN?

I have spoken with multiple deans who think this website is a waste of time and energy. In fact, one in particular says he checks every week and tries to figure out who is who. That is why I don't give any exact stats like DAT PAT GPA etc. I give ranges like 20+.

What do you guys think about this? I still think that figuring out one person in 12,000-16,000 would be hard to do and a waste of their time. But not impossible.

I think they would be crazy and wasting valuable supplementary fee as they have no control over accounts creation.
 
to be honest, it sounds more like an empty threat than a reality. no way in hell could they keep all your info straight and correlate it with the info on ALL of the applications they recieve and go through, or heck, even interview


needle in a haystack? sounds like it
 
If he thinks it is a waste of time why does he check it once a week.
 
I agree that if ADCOMs tried to track us down here it would both be a waste of time and utterly pointless.

ADCOM: I've finally figured it out! Based on this person's state of residence, scores, demographics, and schools applied to, I have pinpointed his identity to Applicant #1,251. It is apparent that this student is nervous about his interviews and hopes his DAT scores are high enough! We'll see about his fate!
 
If he thinks it is a waste of time why does he check it once a week.


I have no idea, but he went off about it at our recruiting visit. Yeah it sounded like an empty threat, but why? what is his point?
 
i think it would be pretty easy to figure some out...eg...i hav an interview tomorrow...i am married...i out of state from such and such state...come on...i think it would be pretty easy to figure out the ones that are asking pre-interview questions...not that it's a bad thing...unless you were giving away dat questions...then you might want to worry
 
i think it would be pretty easy to figure some out...eg...i hav an interview tomorrow...i am married...i out of state from such and such state...come on...i think it would be pretty easy to figure out the ones that are asking pre-interview questions...not that it's a bad thing...unless you were giving away dat questions...then you might want to worry

i also think it would be pretty easy... all our stats along w our school and year of graduation would pretty much pinpoint all of us i think, and thats even before we get to interview dates
 
I have spoken with multiple deans who think this website is a waste of time and energy.

i also tend to agree that this website is a waste of time and energy, and yet i cant seem to pry myself away from it
 
I kind of agree, it could be easy if you make it easy, like post your whole life on predents. I am just confused as to why the dean at marquette would waste an hour every thursday on here trying to figure us out.

It is wierd, take armor for example. He has a ton of stuff on predents, I bet an adcom could determine who he is and possibly hold something he has posted against him.

Not to pick on armor, but you know what I mean.
 
I kind of agree, it could be easy if you make it easy, like post your whole life on predents. I am just confused as to why the dean at marquette would waste an hour every thursday on here trying to figure us out.

It is wierd, take armor for example. He has a ton of stuff on predents, I bet an adcom could determine who he is and possibly hold something he has posted against him.

Not to pick on armor, but you know what I mean.

Armor is humorous. If anything, that should work in his favor should he be discovered. :laugh:
 
I agree armor should host the tonight show, but do you get my point? How many others have a 25 and from his school? I am sure the adcoms know who he is and can use all his posts for or against him. Why is the marquette guy so obsessed?
 
I agree armor should host the tonight show, but do you get my point? How many others have a 25 and from his school? I am sure the adcoms know who he is and can use all his posts for or against him. Why is the marquette guy so obsessed?

I wish I could tell you. Anyway, I was just taking a peek at some of my older posts. Everything I post is inconsequential. :laugh:
 
You are pretty harmless, except in your tigger outift when you hijacked that thread. That could hurt you.


Maybe they will know how nerdy we all are.
 
does it really matter in the end? so what if they know and can pick u out of a line up?

as another poster noted, as long as you are respectful and are here for genuine reasons, i dont think it really makes a difference. this forum by no means is upheld by any professinal standards, its an informal support network. and in the end we should be allowed to do and say what we like without the fear of "big brother" coming to get us.

its one adcom guys. and mostly i am sure they read it to get their amusement from our overextrapolation and analysis on every minute detail of the app process.


best and worse case scenario: we come off as eager & overly anxious pre dents. they cannot reject applicants based on what goes on here, that's completely ludicrous!

relax!
 
Is anyone worried about ADCOM's figuring out who you are from what you say on SDN?

I have spoken with multiple deans who think this website is a waste of time and energy. In fact, one in particular says he checks every week and tries to figure out who is who. That is why I don't give any exact stats like DAT PAT GPA etc. I give ranges like 20+.

What do you guys think about this? I still think that figuring out one person in 12,000-16,000 would be hard to do and a waste of their time. But not impossible.

Well, if said dean is pathetic enough to try and divine the identities of applicants based on their postings on SDN then surely it can't be a total waste of time. Yes, adcoms are familiar with the site, and yes, many of them do pop in once and a while. Some are curious to read the interview feedback section while others see what the applicants are talking about (such as their school, etc.). As long as you're posting history isn't suggestive of a psychopath you really have nothing to worry about.
 
They can't tell who you are if you LIE...

Hi my name is Bob...

I live in Florida...

I have a 4.0....

I scored perfect 30's on all sections of the DAT....

I have completed a triple major in Biology, Chemistry and, Physics in two years...

I am also having an affair with the dean of admissions wife at the Marquette dental school....

Lets see if you can figure out who I am now marquette adcoms!
 
They can't tell who you are if you LIE...

Hi my name is Bob...

I live in Florida...

I have a 4.0....

I scored perfect 30's on all sections of the DAT....

I have completed a triple major in Biology, Chemistry and, Physics in two years...

I am also having an affair with the dean of admissions wife at the Marquette dental school....

Lets see if you can figure out who I am now marquette adcoms!



:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
I am also having an affair with the dean of admissions wife at the Marquette dental school....


You too???? 😱

She told me I'm the only one she's cheating with!@!@#!@!!!


😕 🙁 😕 🙁 😕 🙁 😕 🙁
 
Sorry pal...didn't mean to ruin your weekend...
 
If he thinks it is a waste of time why does he check it once a week.

No wonder all our apps are still stacking up and un-reviewed!
 
Lots of people (adcoms) come here. Maybe for fun, or addiction? I still come and I am already accepted and know everything about dentistry 😀

I was talking to one guy a while back and he told me it was actually pretty easy to figure people out...

Joe Schmoe
18/21/17
Yo any peeps from FSU?
I have an interview Oct 30 at ______ school of dentistry

The adcoms from _______ school of dentistry now knows who you are...

It is quite easy.
 
I have an interview with my fish at 6pm, its tank needs to be cleaned.
 
They can't tell who you are if you LIE...

Hi my name is Bob...

I live in Florida...

I have a 4.0....

I scored perfect 30's on all sections of the DAT....

I have completed a triple major in Biology, Chemistry and, Physics in two years...

I am also having an affair with the dean of admissions wife at the Marquette dental school....

Lets see if you can figure out who I am now marquette adcoms!






Why are you giving out my info.???????????????
 
okay so here is the question, why do adcoms care/hate SDN?

I don't need to relax because I am not freakin out, I just have some questions to discuss.

Why would Brian Trecek from marquette make an empty threat while at my school? Has anyone ever bashed him, or marquette, openly on here? I know that with the exception of shuna, nobody will ever know who I am because I don't give stats, my screenname has nothing to do with me, and I am top secret.

I just think it is funny that he and another adcom care so passionately about if you are on here or not. I think it would effect your standing with marquette actually, based on the threat he gave us.
 
Wonder if anyone has ever gotten burned because a Dean thought they were someone on SDN when they weren't...Like if they saw DDDSMACK went to the U, saw my application from the U and were like, "We can't have that guy walkin' around in here like he owns the place!"
 
I'm Professor Plum and I committed murder in the library with the candlestick.
 
That would suck if I cost someone else a spot because I am who I am. I think it could come into play if they saw that I said something like, "It is my backup school and I am only going to the interview because I want to go to Fl or NY or see a pal, etc." Or " It is on the bottom of my list"

I also think they would like to dispell any negative rumors about the school. Maybe there are adcoms who pretend to be predents just to persuade us of certain things.
 
5K posts later, I'm sure they have a pretty good idea of who I am. no worries though,because I havent said anything too stewpid on here.
 
Why are you giving out my info.???????????????

This is my point....they'll never figure out who any of us are, espcially if shuna and I both have the same stats and are bangin' the dean of marquettes wife...I think were all in the clear...

Also If they really take half the stuff us overly stressed, paranoid, and desperate predents say in the heat of an application cycle seriously enough to not let someone into their school...maybe you don't want to go to a school with that environment anyways.

P.S. If the deans wife is reading this...I'll see you tonight...can we play doctor? I'll screen you for oral cancer and who knows what that will lead to....:laugh:
 
This is my point....they'll never figure out who any of us are, espcially if shuna and I both have the same stats and are bangin' the dean of marquettes wife...I think were all in the clear...

Also If they really take half the stuff us overly stressed, paranoid, and desperate predents say in the heat of an application cycle seriously enough to not let someone into their school...maybe you don't want to go to a school with that environment anyways.

P.S. If the deans wife is reading this...I'll see you tonight...can we play doctor? I'll screen you for oral cancer and who knows what that will lead to....:laugh:


you two might want to try studying anatomy instead...i already played doctor with her last night, and let me tell you...she's one hell of a patient 👍
 
Think about a school that gets 5,000 applicants. Think about the chances of correlating one of those 5,000 with one of the thousands of SDNers. An adcom might know someone ahead of time.

Like if you had a username that is similar to your real name (Doctor Pardi, pardi is my last name, and pardi is a pretty rare last name) an adcom member might notice you before hand and then notice you applying to their school. However, I doubt they would be able to do it the other way around, where they see some random name on an application and want to find that applicant on sdn.

Plus, does it even matter? If you're a troll and go around making yo' momma jokes on the forums then that's probably just bad karma lol.
 
sweet thanks for the tip, but if were not playing doctor...shes playing the naughty dean of admissions...so hot...I get into her school everytime!😀
 
sweet thanks for the tip, but if were not playing doctor...shes playing the naughty dean of admissions...so hot...I get into her school everytime!😀


haha, sounds kinky :laugh:

where can i get an application?


i'm def changing my sn before my turn to apply rolls around...just in case 🙄
 
Shuna is banging another lady? I can't wait to meet her.

I guess my advice would be that if you are applying to marquette, don't list anything personal that would reveal you, he hates sdn plain and simple. Which means he hates SDNers.
 
poor guy, u'd think he'd realize that we're the cool, calm, collected, NORMAL (well, most of us) applicants that he should actually want coming to his school. i guess marquetters have to be anti-social and have no sense of humor to get in hehe

for those of you going to marquette, i'm just playin, you guys are cool too

for the dean...lighten up dude!
 
After all we are only exercising our right to free speech...who cares...😴
 
Shuna is banging another lady? I can't wait to meet her.

I guess my advice would be that if you are applying to marquette, don't list anything personal that would reveal you, he hates sdn plain and simple. Which means he hates SDNers.

u will, we have an interview together in case you forgot!!!

And stop being jealous, shes a very special lady lol
 
I remember you (dddsmack) saying you applyied to 20 schools. I'm also from Utah. Which schools did you apply to? I'm trying to narrow down the list, however, I might end up applying to a lot because I can't afford to apply twice.
 
i think the most an adcom could put together about me is that I enjoy making fun of UVSC and the U, which is pretty normal for someone at BYU 😉
 
One thing to remember is that some schools have student interview. Their inputs are important and can affect your acceptance. Regardless, it's not wise to reveal your identity on the net. Better to be safe than sorry. You'll never know who may be lurking on SDN.
 
I remember you (dddsmack) saying you applyied to 20 schools. I'm also from Utah. Which schools did you apply to? I'm trying to narrow down the list, however, I might end up applying to a lot because I can't afford to apply twice.

I applied to the usual utah student schools. No cali schools at all.
 
i think the most an adcom could put together about me is that I enjoy making fun of UVSC and the U, which is pretty normal for someone at BYU 😉

with totally sweet DAT and GPA, you dont have an interview at UNLV?
 
with totally sweet DAT and GPA, you dont have an interview at UNLV?

they were my last choice so when I saw on aadsas that I was invited to interview, I just ignored it. . . meh...
 
I used to have all of my info in my signature and removed it for this reason.

Even if they knew who I was they probably wouldn't have any problems with the things I post on this site, but it's better to not make an issue out of it by handing all of my information to anyone that reads any post of mine.

I did not go back and delete old posts though. I'm sure there are plenty where I post my DAT scores or interview dates.
 
A while back, after Tissy told us what happened to her, I deleted all my old posts. There wasn't anything bad, but there was some personal info.
 
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