<p>I know for a fact that there is a department director from one of the elite schools who looks at this. He/She can pull a file and know who you are if applying there.</p>
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why not just delete the chances section?
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<p>I hardly ever read the chances forum (because I don't find it interesting, and other moderators look after it), but I'm glad it's set up, so that chances threads don't fill up all the other forums.</p>
<p>Kids should just be more careful --</p>
<p>Great post</p>
<p>I work for a school and I visit the site. I occasionally recommend my school to a student looking for places to apply. Most of the time I am just generally trying to encourage people to broaden their search beyond the best known schools. I have never used the site to troll for information about a particular applicant. That said, I do routinely Google applicants. Usually this results in good things - sports scores, awards, etc. Occasionally, though, I have found information on My Space or Facebook that have raised a red flag or caused me to question an applicant's judgment. On one occasion, I recommended not hiring a job applicant because of a Facebook entry. I know many college deans who use those sites to monitor what's going on on their campuses.</p>
<p>I don't think the warning not to post personal information here is an issue so much of your application as it is an issue of your safety. And, please, when posting to social networking sites, remember that you're posting to the world and to your future.</p>