<p>All I can say is y'all are coocoo!</p>
<p>coo coo for Cocoa Puffs</p>
<p>Wait, does anyone actually give their blog to admissions officers (a la the title, blogging for admission?) Do any colleges actually ask for your blog? (excluding the mentioned carnegie mellon)</p>
<p>cmu does
and tufts asked for an essay on myself. And i put the link there as part of my content. My blog reveals a side of my personality that im renowned for</p>
<p>i'm not really worried b/c i know i haven't posted anything online that adcoms would care about, even if they took the time to google me (and they found the actual me.) my username on cc (and elsewhere) comes up with results for some elvish fan fic and stuff that has nothing to do with me--and my real name, when googled, has tons of results--but none of them are actually me. so the only worry i would have (in the highly dubious situation that someone actually had the time to look me up) is that they would see someone else with incriminating info. but still, i don't think they would do this--i think they're smart enough to know that a google search is not a reliable "identification" tool. </p>
<p>i don't have a myspace, which is the most dangerous thing--and though i do have a facebook account, it's not like i have anything stupid on there either. (plus it's a college account, not high school--which is where they would probably look. lol community college does have its perks! :p )</p>
<p>basically, if you use common sense online and stay civil, you'll be okay. that is, in the rare case that the adcoms would even care.</p>
<p>Here's the key principle:</p>
<p>Screennames are not really anonymous.</p>
<p>If something should be kept private, control access to it (as on LiveJournal).</p>
<p>Better yet, don't put anything online you want to keep private. Act as if everything you write online is intended for publication -- because it is.</p>
<p>There's nothing inherently wrong with posting online, just be smart about what you say, because you're talking to the world.</p>
<p>As an experienced and tech savy parent... if you think that everything you post on the common hosting sites isn't pretty easy to trace, you need to wise up. Your own blog is also fair game for any college or job you are applying to. Everyone on your "friends" list has data that you can't delete. Their parents are reading it. The internet is public, folks. Every job, college, and potential date is going to Google you, and maybe delve a lot deeper. Good idea #1 Don't put anything on the web that you wouldn't want your mother to see.</p>
<p>Yea, ask Paris Hilton if you don't believe me.</p>
<p>hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah</p>
<p>Good one dufus....</p>
<p>Never post anything anywhere that you would NOT want your mother or an admission rep to see. Remember, you may want to run for President someday. I know that many of you feel that parents and Ad Reps are not as web savvy as you are, but you are mistaken. Take this from a mom who has been known to google new boyfriends and admission reps every once in a while.</p>
<p>That's not being "cautious and intuitive", that is weird and borderline stalker.</p>
<p>Relate article at CS Monitor: Schools</a> grapple with policing students' online journals</p>
<p>whoa... thanks for the link</p>
<p>I believe that if admissions sees my myspace profile, my chance would increase trifold. My posts here however, are a little controversial.</p>
<p>If you have a REALLY awesome blog or website, tell me. I'm interested in looking at it.</p>
<p>OMG. I just did a google search of one of my friends' xanga name. It led me to all of her livejournal name and now I know her livejournal!</p>
<p>I'm a stalker!</p>
<p>SCARY.</p>
<p>"If you have a REALLY awesome blog or website, tell me. I'm interested in looking at it."</p>
<p>How would we know???</p>
<p>Take a look and decide
<a href="http://alphaandtheomega.blogspot.com/%5B/url%5D">http://alphaandtheomega.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>Lolz, I googled my name and got my blog. Hm... I wonder if adcoms will read it...</p>
<p>i gave the link to my xanga to uchicago</p>
<p>got in</p>
<p>they wrote that they liked it on my christmas card</p>
<p>so dont be an idiot</p>
<p>I always use an alias on my blogs, I never liked giving my actual name anyway. I just googled myself, and two links popped up, none of them were "bad" though.</p>