<p>would our CC profiles ever be matched to our applications?</p>
<p>hahaha(nervous laugh)</p>
<p>...</p>
<p>Lol, shaq, but the answer (gawd I hope) is no. </p>
<p>Could you imagine an adcom going, ohmigawd, this is that stupid annoying geek Karl Marks, phew, we identified him, REJECT! Lol</p>
<p>That would be scary</p>
<p>Could it be done? Most likely - a couple years ago, the College Board tracked down people who discussed AP exam answers online on CC (based just on information that people publicly revealed), canceled all their AP scores and notified their colleges of what happened</p>
<p>Would it actually happen is another question.. I highly doubt it.</p>
<p>It is very possible. AdmissionsDaniel himself has stated that it would be easy to do so. Not that this means that any of the Adcoms will be cross-checking.</p>
<p>i was thinking the EXACT same thing when i posted my stats and whatnot</p>
<p>but i don't think any of us have said/done anything here to jeopardize our chances (as far as i know) =]</p>
<p>Regardless of whether JHU partakes in such a (which is, if you think about it, VERY easy, given the unique stats combinations & distinguishing characteristics of people, combined with their regional/gender info) practice, I think the lesson to be learned, as pointed out by tanman, is that what you say online truly is in the public domain.</p>
<p>It's the same reason why many colleges, including Hopkins, are counseling their students NOT to make their Facebook profiles viewable to people other than their approved friends or to limit photos of them that appear on their profile. </p>
<p>In general, while most of your posts on a place like CC would make you look no worse than an over-eager college applicant, there are certainly things that you could say that an admissions team might not look favorably upon. Don't say things online you wouldn't say to your guidance counselor/teacher/mother, and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>i heard of instances (maybe rumors i dont know) where colleges/grad schools/employers look at applicants' myspaces and things.</p>
<p>LOL...myspace would be creepy O.o</p>
<p>I wouldn't be surprised that employers do that. I bet that most people involved in hiring probably Google their applicants to see what comes up. And if your name brings up your MySpace profile, then that's what the world is going to see.</p>
<p>not illegal but definitely creepy (depending on how aggresive it's practiced) lol.</p>
<p>my high school teachers admit that they regularly check on myspace profiles of students in our school. They also warned us that some colleges do look at these things...so you gotta be careful..</p>
<p>Same here. Our track captain was kicked off the team for having pictures of his birthday party (on myspace) where he was drinking beer with his friends. </p>
<p>My friend was right behind the captain when our coach was telling us what happened (he didn't say who did it, we found out ourselves) and he kept on saying "what an idiot" and other stuff and our captain's face was getting redder and redder. I have no sympathy for him, he's a real jerk.</p>
<p>lol...this is a little of topic but...a english teacher saw a xanga website filing a complaint letter to her...and um...let's just say she took out the rage on us in the next following weeks</p>
<p>Oh, myspacexangalivejournalfacebookblogsetc.</p>
<p>Haha...</p>
<p><em>furtive look</em></p>
<p><em>goes to blank the blog</em></p>
<p>furtive, nice word</p>