<p>As background checks or something?</p>
<p>Do they have time to do that?</p>
<p>No. They rely on snarky high school enemies or jealous parents to send in the dirt on you.</p>
<p>I don’t think so. Simply consider that Google-searching applicants’ names is unfair to non-American applicants like me.</p>
<p>That would be pretty inefficient, considering there are multiple people who go by the same name. I don’t even know if they really check you out on facebook.</p>
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There have been cases where an admissions officer finds objectionable information on a site like Facebook, and decides to reject the applicant. I don’t know how common this is, though, and I agree with you that it would be very inefficient.</p>
<p>I think it’s unlikely since it would hard to be sure that the person that they get results for is actually you and not someone else with the same name</p>
<p>I hope not because then they would think that I do porn, when in reality, it’s my dad and we just have the same name.</p>
<p>^ I’m a fan of your ■■■■■■■■ thus far, keep up the good work. Don’t become a cookie cutter CC ■■■■■ with no panache.</p>
<p>^^ The last two posts are hilarious! Haha!!</p>
<p>The safe thing to do is assume they do. In particular, make sure there is nothing on your publicly accessible facebook page that would reflect negatively upon you.</p>
<p>No joke, I know a kid whose father runs a fairly well-known adult entertainment website (and even used his son’s name, slightly rearranged, as the website’s URL).</p>
<p>^ Ahahahahahaha</p>
<p>Take all the stupid stuff off your FB page before you finish up JR year.</p>
<p>I think a lot of colleges - particularly the elite ones - will check FB, Google and phone recommenders to make sure that the acceptance is going to a “good” person.</p>
<p>Adenine: you’re mistaken. Phoning LOR writers? Are you kidding? Harvard and Yale hover around 30K apps last year, each admitting about 2K.</p>
<p>I believe a time is coming quickly where search engine type spider programs can be used but I dont think college admissions is going that route in the near future.</p>
<p>Certainly an employer can google or do credit history checks on its *three *candidates for a position. College admissions? No way.</p>
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<p>Alright that’s hilarious</p>
<p>While checking 30k applicants isn’t reasonable it does happen occasionally. If you are the recipient of a generous scholarship, or are a recruited athlete, your chances of being checked out increase exponentially.</p>
<p>I would think it happens, but as the exception rather than the rule, perhaps when some provided information seems inconsistent or somewhat suspect. Or maybe a comment in a recommendation might trigger further research.</p>
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<p>Actually, I am correct. Most students will not have a recommender contacted if they aren’t serious candidates, obviously, but selective universities will contact them for a live conversation for clarification or to better know who they could be admitting. My brother applied to selective colleges and four of the colleges on his list contacted recommenders — not only teachers but his supplementary recommender as well. He got into three and did not get into the fourth.</p>