<p>To answer a question on an issue asked about in this thread, there isn’t any routine process on CC for sharing I.P. information on participants with college admission offices. The way colleges find out about participants here, in the usual case, is the same way any reader finds out about participants here–by reading publicly posted information. (Other information can be revealed through proper legal process.) The good advice already given above applies: if you want to post something in a publicly visible place on the Internet, consider the possibility that ANYONE from your best friend to your worst enemy to the federal government to a college admission officer might see it, and might associate it with other things you have posted. </p>
<p>Yes, a person who needs counseling about family issues will be worse served here than by going to seek individual counseling from a licensed professional.</p>
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<p>What affect did that have? Did you contact the school?</p>
<p>Really, guys? Some colleges have 30k applicants… they aren’t going to spent their time messing around on a forum…</p>
<p>If you write really smart posts and have provided enough information to be identified wouldn’t that help?</p>
<p>“They aren’t going to mess around on a forum”…Maybe. Like you and me, admissions want to read what’s being said about their college. I also suspect that they actually DO know the kids they accept out of that large number. Maybe it was something that really stood out to them about that student, and more than likely was something that poster was proud enough to mention here as well. </p>
<p>On one college site I’ve visited recently, I even wondered if one of more knowledgeable posters was actually paid by that school to write here (he wasn’t), but it got me thinking that maybe colleges even can do that too.</p>
<p>So, I’m guessing they would not waste time looking up each applicant’s history/stats, but they might want to look up those they plan to accept. Or just do a random check. And as for writing those really insightful posts: my guess is they don’t stand out nearly as much as the really bad ones.</p>