<p>In her book "I Got In" Mary Anna Dennard suggests that before Unifieds, a student should tidy his/her facebook profile, which I get, and also "post Unified photos, discussions, acceptances, and info on your facebook group." </p>
<p>I have cautioned my D not to post on FB concerning auditions and results, so as not to hurt some friends who have auditioned at some of the same schools but did not get in. Also her FB page is private, so I'd like to think that non-friends can't see it, even if they are from a wonderful school. </p>
<p>D does have a public FB page which serves for the time being as a poor man's theatrical website. Perhaps this would be the place to post those suggested items? Do schools really look at FB? Why would we want to promote her acceptances thus far? What does Mary Anna mean here by "facebook group"? </p>
<p>Not sure exactly but Mary Anna has a Facebook page for her students and they post their audition results there. It is private and only for that year’s students. So perhaps that is what she is talking about. I know she discourages her students from posting much info about auditions/results/etc. on their public Facebook pages.</p>
<p>D has a friend who’s a Mary Anna student and she has published all acceptances including dollar amount of scholarships on her FB page, so I don’t think that injunction is working. But…it’s encouraging to see these things, I think. Keeping it off FB won’t keep it secret for long. To me it seems fine to post news on FB-- I would just keep racy pictures, etc. off the profile.</p>
<p>I would definitely not post scholarship amounts on a facebook page. Most schools want the amount they offer to be kept private between the school and the student. I know at both of my D’s programs, while kids may have acknowledged they received a scholarship, amounts really aren’t even discussed among students. Maybe not all programs are like that, but it is definitely something I would not consider anyone else’s business.</p>
<p>Posting scholarship amounts won’t help anybody, and has every chance of hurting quite a lot of people. I can’t imagine a scenario where that information needs to be shared on a public level.</p>
<p>Just got a nice email from Mary Anna about that statement in her book about the original question posed by classicalbk:
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<p>According to Mary Anna:
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<p>Just wanted to clarify that since I got it straight from Mary Anna. The OUR facebook group is the group for her students and is a private group. Mystery solved!</p>
<p>austinmom, I’m not quite understanding “our” facebook group, when isn’t this book advice for anyone auditioning for college programs, not just clients in a private FB group?</p>
<p>Back to classicalbk…I would not opt to post acceptances and scholarships where your child’s real name is used and that can be viewed by others, at least until the process is over. You don’t know who may read it or pass the information on.</p>
<p>Though I can’t see why one would ever truly share widely about scholarship amounts. I can see that on an anonymous forum as information sharing as to what particular schools give out but I can’t see telling friends how much money you received.</p>
<p>Since I don’t have the book in front of me I can’t tell you the exact context. I think the REAL point of the message is that she discourages those going through the college audition process from posting audition results on their public Facebook pages and gives the example of where you could post to a private group page (like she has for her students) if you want to share the information. </p>
<p>Having read some Facebook posts last year as my D was going through this process I can see why she discourages it. I was really surprised by some of the comments that kids would post!</p>
<p>It is on page 49 as part of a “Unifieds Packing List.” There is no mention to not post audition results on one’s public FB page. On this packing list, it says:</p>
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Post Unified photos, discussions, acceptances, and info on your Facebook page.<a href=“I%20understand%20from%20Mary%20Anna%20in%20your%20post%20that%20later%20editions%20say” title=“our FB page.”>/quote</a></p>
<p>We have always encouraged our kids to be careful of what they post on FB, but after just seeing a news report on new Facebook privacy policies, I would especially encourage my kids not to post anything that they would not want their Grandmother, their employer, or their teachers to see, even if their FB setting is private!</p>
<p>She prefaces the entire packing list with This is the list I give my students and parents before Unified auditions, which would explain the mention of our facebook group. I have a friend who coached with Mary Anna and apparently they shared all their audition stories on that group!</p>