<p>Sorry to interrupt your political discussion, but I just wanted to say that I am the only Oberlin admissions counselor who monitors College Confidential (Ma’ayan works for Oberlin, but not in Admissions), and 1) I never make any effort to determine the true identity of an applicant posting on College Confidential and 2) even if I were to find out a poster’s identity, their comments here would not be added to their admissions file. I participate in College Confidential to help ensure that posters receive factually correct information about Oberlin, and to provide another medium prospective students can use to ask questions. I would view tracking an applicant’s posts on College Confidential to be 1) an inappropriate use of this forum and 2) a complete waste of my very limited time.
Of course, I can’t comment on other colleges’ policies, so D’yer Maker’s advice is still sound in principle, but I just wanted to let you know that there’s no reason to be paranoid about Oberlin admissions counselors reading your posts.</p>