<p>a year ago, i posted a bunch of rants on my blog(public), then the police came to speak with me about my "suicidal thoughts". </p>
<p>ever since, all my blogs, rants or not, are made PRIVATE/friends-only.</p>
<p>hahahahaha
Thats funny...</p>
<p>is that true? ;D</p>
<p>Be realistic please (I'm talking Ivy admission). Harvard receives 23,000+ applications, same for other competitive colleges; how much time do they have to Google every applicant?</p>
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what is OP?
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OP means either Original Post or Original Poster.</p>
<p>thanks dufus.. didnt know that</p>
<p>And miaoling, it is possible that they auto search. If ur app is online, ur name is staken and searched through a processor with filters. and anything violating is pulled up. Dont doubt it, very simple to put into usage and use as a selection criteria</p>
<p>i bet the first place adcoms search is CC!!!</p>
<p>watch out...</p>
<p>This is a rather new situation for colleges and employers to deal with. I don't have any personal knowledge of it affecting admissions, but I would be careful. I have seen emails come back to haunt people in court cases. There is no good reason to have objectionable stuff on your web site. Just don't do it. Remember that anything you put out on the net is discoverable. That goes for your behavior even after you get admitted. The admission can be recended. It happens</p>
<p>Yikes, haha, I put down my website on my application (Carnegie Mellon even had a slot on their online form!). Then again, my website is more of like a cultural log of where I am right now than to post links to random crappy flash animations. My real name turns up an author who writes books on how to use audio software anyway, and I don't think I have any links to other sites at the moment.</p>
<p>They could probably google my key details and wind up here if google crawls CC and see my chances thread exposing my unconfident side (Oh dear :-P).</p>
<p>I think in general though, if your website is informational and not like "I love ______, Thanks babe for everything" it would be useful. Nevertheless, I'm not posting mine here, not gonna take that chance, even though I am innocent.</p>
<p>Man, wiretaps, the RIAA sueing some poor old lady who's never used a computer, adcoms googling applicants (theoretically), privacy is hard to come by these days.</p>
<p>...my empty post of the day haha</p>
<p>It isn't empty or so?</p>
<p>I meant empty as it wasnt really going anywhere...
...nevermind :-P</p>
<p>this is one of the few times I like having such a common name</p>
<p>lol now i have a reason for my rejections!</p>
<p>I hope they don't google my name...first few results are about a teenager of the same name who set a man who was sleeping in a bus shelter on fire.</p>
<p>Now I'm glad I have a name made up of common words. I keep a somewhat controversial public blog, but I highly doubt a school will not admit me because of slight profanity or slightly radical opinions.</p>
<p>However, teens are crazy experimental people in general. I'm sure colleges know this and won't condemn us for it.</p>
<p>"I hope they don't google my name...first few results are about a teenager of the same name who set a man who was sleeping in a bus shelter on fire."</p>
<p>LOL. :)</p>
<p>I keep 2 myspace.com accounts. One is all my personal blog where I post anything kid of personal and the other is my public one. I only allow very few people to view it so they all get to see the public one. However I did link it to my non personal but I used a pseudonym and do not believe anyone will notice it.</p>
<p>Hm... I googled my name, and the fourth link (on the first page) is to my school's newspaper, which has my name on a list of students inducted into Mu Alpha Theta.</p>
<p>At least colleges know I'm not lying about that.</p>
<p>Yes, when googling your name, also include your high school name and your state on the query. Most high schools have their newsletters on the web.</p>
<p>Didn't have to. :-P I'm sure my name combination is not too common. Even my high school's name isn't all that common (at least, when I googled for it, there was one in my state and another one in Pennsylvania).</p>