BreathingSister Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) Does anyone else kinda not trust the results board sometimes? I saw an acceptance to Harvard for a PhD in Rocket Science last week, and there's been talk of some rejections posted when none have been issued... And now I'm sitting with the realization that some troll out there could strike troll-gold and mess with all of us by posting false results. I for one am too all kinds of tired for that. **refreshes results page** Edited February 10, 2012 by BreathingSister jerzygrl and crazygirl2012 2
bythesea Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 hmm, maybe it's an ad com troll who's staring at a stack of 800 apps to go through... BreathingSister 1
koolherc Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 I for one am too all kinds of tired for that. Fascinating construction. You turned "all kinds of tired" into a single lexical item and them modified by both an adv and an adv prep phrase. Innnngteresting... stablecamel, BruceWayne24, nessa and 1 other 3 1
applyingfromtexas Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Yes, I'm sure there are some people posting untrue results. I have personally noticed one on a school I applied to that I know is false. I doubt it is anyone from an adcom, because I'm sure it causes an increase in worried "when will my results come" phone calls/emails. Karma will eventually get them... stablecamel and bythesea 2
Stately Plump Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 I will admit that I have been trolling the results board (and the forum) for about a year since finally signing up today. I promise I haven't posted any false results However, I know that in the Eng/Lit forums, there has been a bit of a strange coincidence of people posting to the forum complaining about not having heard from a particular school, and then almost immediately something going up on the board about that school. Sounds fishy to me...
rising_star Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 If you know that particular results are false, you should report them using the option on the results survey.
coonskee Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 I've seen that for my program... super annoying!
bythesea Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 I doubt it is anyone from an adcom, because I'm sure it causes an increase in worried "when will my results come" phone calls/emails. Karma will eventually get them... was just kidding about the adcom.... sure they have better things to do.. but humour, guys
BreathingSister Posted February 11, 2012 Author Posted February 11, 2012 Fascinating construction. You turned "all kinds of tired" into a single lexical item and them modified by both an adv and an adv prep phrase. Innnngteresting... I elect koolherc to Berkeley's Rhetoric program for that and revolution post. tendaysleft and koolherc 2
felicite Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 Despite the fact that it may be true, I'm going along with the unsubstantiated assumption that a majority of the posts are real. Why? Because my sanity is only hanging on by a few threads, and constantly checking the results survey and believing the results is one of them.
BreathingSister Posted February 11, 2012 Author Posted February 11, 2012 Despite the fact that it may be true, I'm going along with the unsubstantiated assumption that a majority of the posts are real. Why? Because my sanity is only hanging on by a few threads, and constantly checking the results survey and believing the results is one of them. Literally as I was writing it, I refreshed three times. But I entertained the idea after doing minimal research and finding that, as suspected, Harvard didn't offer a phd in "Rocket Science" lol
jerzygrl Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 There have been two in my field that were later deleted for being false... so yeah, some one is having fun at our expense. I only believe it when I see several results. Recently there was one that was odd, the poster got called out on it on the message board and mysteriously a second similar result popped up on the results board. My guess is it's the same troll!
crossedfingerscrossedeyes Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 However, I know that in the Eng/Lit forums, there has been a bit of a strange coincidence of people posting to the forum complaining about not having heard from a particular school, and then almost immediately something going up on the board about that school. Sounds fishy to me... For an art history interview, I waited to post my interview request until I saw other people posting, because that way I felt like it couldn't be traced directly to me. Maybe that's what happening in Eng/Lit? jerzygrl 1
koolherc Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) I elect koolherc to Berkeley's Rhetoric program for that and revolution post. I'll forward this to the adcom committee as an additional LOR. thanks! edit, to all/thread: by the way, concerning the matter of trolls, i definitely have been spurred to post when I read a lot of people asking about a prog that I have heard +/- about, so I wouldn't assume that such a correlation is indicative of foul play. Edited February 13, 2012 by koolherc
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