Effects of Social Media on Medical School Application?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>My name is very searchable (not my username here) but my actual name. It's all over my YouTube channel (which gets some decent* traffic) and all over Tumblr (also gets some decent* traffic) along with Instagram. I was just wondering if medical schools really go and search its applicants. I would hate to be declined just because of my social life and videos. It's not like I have naked pictures or me getting sloppy drunk. I do have some content that I personally don't see as horrible- but I see how a very "formal" person could raise an eyebrow.</p>

<p>I know how this posts sound but I do take my academics very seriously. But I also enjoy being liberal on the internet.</p>

<p>I can't find any answers to people in similar situations. I guess not many people are in this situation, lol. </p>

<p>*Decent: ~fairly somewhat popular in that realm.</p>

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<p>Yes they do - if what you’re posting isn’t super controversial, don’t worry about it.</p>

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<p>Med schools are not looking for only formal applicants, they want people who are human beings too, not just zombies.</p>

<p>I think it’s perfectly fine, as long as you are not posting things like:</p>

<p>-supporting the Nazi party or any anti-american political movement
-supporting quack medical therapies like laetrile</p>

<p>I think you get the drift though.</p>

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<p><a href=“They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. - The New York Times”>They Loved Your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets. - The New York Times;

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<p>I’m with Mr. Brown; it varies from school to school, but people you don’t know are paying a whole lot more attention to your social media than you’d think. It’s a common tool that businesses use to check out applicants, so you’d be safe in assuming that at least some med schools look at an applicant’s social media exposure.</p>

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<p>Tangent to this thread here: I once read somewhere that your future potential employer or future potential SO candidates may look up your personal information in the social media, to help decide their next move.</p>