Do Med Schools Actually Look at Your Facebook?

[Legion]

Originally Posted by Amadeus89

I don't know about Facebook, but I know that the adcom checks this site and have been able to pinpoint a username to a candidate before.

Joke of the day. Thank you

On the not funny side though, some people may actually take this seriously and stop posting their stats on this forum.

[toastman]

Originally Posted by Legion

Joke of the day. Thank you

On the not funny side though, some people may actually take this seriously and stop posting their stats on this forum.

[lost__in__space]

Originally Posted by rmorelan

Heeeeyyyyyy wait a minute

I am just a student at western - I am not even one of the admission reps. I do work with the admins a lot (I am the president of the student council) but not anything like that.

No you misunderstand, one of the posters before said the adcom has found out who posts here in real life. I am merely saying it would be easy for the adcom to find out who YOU are in real life (because I found out who you are in real life easily myself!!)

[Helpmemedstudents]

Originally Posted by rmorelan

Heeeeyyyyyy wait a minute

I am just a student at western - I am not even one of the admission reps. I do work with the admins a lot (I am the president of the student council) but not anything like that.

So, I always noticed the "Major tom.. thing on your posts, but were you actually one of the writers for the movie Ground Control?

[Pantaloons]

Originally Posted by Helpmemedstudents

So, I always noticed the "Major tom.. thing on your posts, but were you actually one of the writers for the movie Ground Control?

rmorelan is David Bowie and he knows about that bad thing you did and hope nobody finds out about. Good thing you didn't post it on facebook, though.

[leviathan]

Originally Posted by Legion

Joke of the day. Thank you

On the not funny side though, some people may actually take this seriously and stop posting their stats on this forum.

Pretty sure a user on here got in some trouble with AAMC. So you never know.

[bored]

Originally Posted by leviathan

Pretty sure a user on here got in some trouble with AAMC. So you never know.

really>? for doing what?

[The Law]

Med schools may or may not. You cannot gurantee anything. Residency programs also may or may not. Our school has told us that they know many residency programs actively scope out applicants on facebook to just screen for lack of professionalism. That's why, be very careful what you write and post online or it could seriously hurt your reputation/career prospects later.

[DoctorS]

Originally Posted by The Law

Med schools may or may not. You cannot gurantee anything. Residency programs also may or may not. Our school has told us that they know many residency programs actively scope out applicants on facebook to just screen for lack of professionalism. That's why, be very careful what you write and post online or it could seriously hurt your reputation/career prospects later.

I didn't even think of residency programs scanning facebook :S

[1234]

Originally Posted by The Law

Med schools may or may not. You cannot gurantee anything. Residency programs also may or may not. Our school has told us that they know many residency programs actively scope out applicants on facebook to just screen for lack of professionalism. That's why, be very careful what you write and post online or it could seriously hurt your reputation/career prospects later.

Anal retentive specialties and residencies may do that. Do you really want to go to a school where your faculty are that way?

Anyways, if you have to hide, your life is going to suck, especially for longer residencies.