<p>GUYS. IT’S REAL SIMPLE.</p>
<p>go to your profile, press edit profile and then “View As.” Change as necessary.</p>
<p>It’s naive. Even FB founder’s posts were exposed.</p>
<p>actually you don’t even need to go to edit just “View As”</p>
<p>just because something is supposedly private doesn’t mean you can go crazy. </p>
<p>if you wouldnt want your parents to find out (or you wouldnt say it to them/show them) dont post it. its that simple. </p>
<p>it’s called being mature.</p>
<p>Why is it dangerous for a “rival applicant” or “enemy” to have access to your Facebook Page?</p>
<p>I mean, could they actually do anything harmful even if they were enough of a scumbag to even make an attempt?</p>
<p>So, what exactly will they find on FB? That you drink, swear, like raunchy music, and post endless of pictures of yourself? Use the privacy settings. But, basically, your GC and teachers will either make comments about your great character or not. Adcoms know kids party. They even know kids do dumb things.</p>
<p>^ exactly this. They’re not going to say “this kid drank a few times” when he has a great profile. Honestly, they may do this if the kid says he won the Intel award and science fair three years in a row and his/her bio teacher says he/she slept all day…</p>
<p>I am applying to grad schools. How does this affect graduate school applications?</p>
<p>Whenever there is a debate about FB horrors, everyone assumes somehow that each person has a facebook account and that facebook account belongs to them. </p>
<p>You can easily have multiple facebook accounts and I know more and more young people are doing that (especially kids whose parents insist on being their friend so they have the model child account where they let their parents go, then their real one with a different name). Likewise, there is nothing stopping anyone from making up an account on your behalf that does not belong to you. </p>
<p>Something to think about.</p>
<p>Yea, I removed Real N***a University from my alumni… :P</p>
<p>Google your first and last name in images (if that’s your facebook name) and ta-dah! Your profile pictures are on Google Images! My sister told me that she found my pics on Google…facebook will receive an email shortly…</p>
<p>^I didn’t see any of my propics on google images…</p>
<p>@anothergalaxy:</p>
<p>Because it’s impossible to search someone on Facebook and see their profile pic that way…?</p>
<p>The thing is…my profile is completely private, but SEVERAL of my pics are on there…</p>
<p>Mine don’t show and same for several friends I know have tight privacy. Believe you have to update privacy periodically, as new curve balls are thrown.</p>
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<p>Interesting tidbit of information about Shawn Abbott’s "admission.’ </p>
<p>Was this during his employment at Stanford? Would be unusual since Stanford doesnot have honors programs and that significant aid awards hardly depend on one’s facebook presence.</p>
<p>Well, it could be that he started doing it at NYU, but then his new school is not exactly known for honors programs nor … significant aid. </p>
<p>All in all, sounds like hogwash!</p>
<p>NYU Vice President of Admissions Shawn Abbott said. “Admitted students, for example, make heavy use of the Class of 2015 profile on Facebook, which serves as a forum for students to learn more about admitted student events, housing and life at NYU.”</p>
<p>You don’t know how the survey questions were worded.
According to the same Kaplan survey, one in 10 admissions officers said they visited an applicant’s social networking site. Abbott said NYU will only do this if they are given reason to do so.</p>
<p>Gotta wonder if this 2nd hand reporting somehow skipped whether the question was "Have you ever…?</p>
<p>Ever tried to find people on FB that you are not in regular contact with? (Ie, that search engine tracking won’t prioritize?) Granted, adcoms will have city/state and hs name. But how do they know if you are on FB as, say, Robert Harper, Robert G Harper, Bob Harper, etc?</p>
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<p>Assume that it applies. When you’re looking for a job, assume that it applies. Once you hit “Send” on any website, assume that anyone in the world can see it. And facebook is the worst of the lot. Mark Zuckerberg became a billionaire by making it easy to find your information. Remember that YOU are the product he’s selling.</p>
<p>Abbott said NYU will only do this if they are given reason to do so.</p>
<p>Sounds like if some jealous kid complains about his/her competition they go check it out.</p>
<p>Even if you have very tight Facebook privacy for your own profile, it’s possible for posts you make to be public (along with your profile photo). For instance, there’s a guy in my neighborhood who created a page about our community that I comment on occasionally. Those posts are public. Same goes if you “like” a TV show or a star and post comments there. My high school class has a page, for instance. Any comments I post on that are public. Reason enough to limit what you say on Facebook.</p>