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I told them all that, plus I also told them about my cousin. They still said no and that a new SSN is given in extremely rare cases. I asked for a supervisor and the main person at that office told me the same thing. (Incidentally, has anyone noticed that asking for a supervisor never helps)

Yes that is exactly what I told them.

I went to the SSN Office today. They won't issue me a new number.

I wasn't allowed to get a new SSN. The SS Office said it's almost impossible to get a new SSN. And no, they don't add an extra number at the end.

Thanks - I love this advice. So simple and I had never even thought of it.

Well, students exaggerate and say medical schools look for you on Facebook, MySpace, they google you, and most of that is untrue from a talk that two medical Deans gave at my university a year ago. Maybe they don't even bother with the National Student Clearinghouse. And even if I try to get my...

Well, they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I am just trying to find out if medical schools know that much. I don't want to get into deeper problems.

I meant, how much can they find out about me through the National Student Clearinghouse?

Do universities provide the National Student Clearinghouse with student social security numbers?

First off, does anyone know exactly how much medical schools may be able to find about me?

A drunk driver slammed into my mother and she is permanently in a nursing home. They cannot help me and I don't want to complicate their lives more.

Several years ago, my parents allowed my cousin from Canada who was in the States illegally to use my social to teach tennis at a local community college. He needed an SSN to get paid. We we born on the same day and have somewhat similar names. He taught tennis for a semester, got paid and went...