<p>at the end of the year last year, which was my junior year, i made a chance thread</p>
<p>with a lot of specific information</p>
<p>and i included my top choices and my safeties, etc.</p>
<p>but now, my list of colleges is completely, completely changed. my top choice is no longer even on that list.</p>
<p>will the admissions officers lurking on this board have saved that information and held it against me?</p>
<p>would admissions officers even save this information, completely holding it against you, assuming that your college list choices wouldn't change much?</p>
<p>if not, what type of things do the colleges admissions officers hold against you?</p>
<p>there has been alot of talk about this lately, i really think this topic needs clarification and/or serious discussion because it seems to be worrying alot of students.</p>
<p>I've seen a rep from Tufts on these boards...and one other (I forget which school). Of course, they could browse as a guest.</p>
<p>I think the fear is overrated, unless an admissions officer is really on the fence. With the # of apps they get, why would they go "Oh, I want to see his history on College Confidential! Ohh...." and search. I think the fear is overrated.</p>
<p>However, it's not bad advice to avoid any possible issues by not putting any info. Like "Here's every exact standardized test score I ever recieved!", which aligns perfectly with your record.</p>
<p>People lie online all of the time...and two people can register the same name on different sites. I wouldn't waste the time personally.</p>
<p>No one can be sure, but it probably will have no effect on your current apps.</p>
<p>Admissions officers aren't scouring the list seeing who's sticking by their junior year application plans. The admissions folks know that many students will be changing their mind as they learn more about the colleges and themselves. That's why even second semester seniors will still be receiving unsolicited info from colleges.</p>
<p>What admissions offices would care about are posts by students who put enough info to be identifiable whe posting about the below subjects:
Lying on applications
Planning to apply ED, but to keep playing the field after receiving an ED acceptance
Cheating in class or on SATs, etc.
Making up ECs
Participating in illegal or immoral activities
Appearing to be very selfish, racist, sexist, homophobic, dangerous or cruel
Planning on accepting admissions offers from more than one college
Planning on asking a college for a gap year, and then applying elsewhere even though the college that granted the gap year permission asked for a commitment to attend that college.</p>
<p>I dont think you should be worried, people have similar applications, and sometimes even almost identical. Unless you put your exact name, location and social security number, which I don't suggest doing, they probably won't know who you are.</p>
<p>Lame jokes aside, unless you put your exact subscores on a bunch of tests or have a very unique name, I wouldn't worry about it too much. And, of course, if you don't put up information online that you wouldn't want to have anyone online see...don't do it!</p>
<p>I've heard of some college admissions officers using Facebook and viewing profile pictures. I've heard many applicants have profile pics with alcohol- and you don't need to be a friend of the person (by default) to view that :|</p>
<p>Yes, if there is a post/a few posts that are extremely personal, you could probably get them to edit them.</p>
<p>I always see tokenadult around, and he seems like a pretty nice mod, so I'd try asking him politely. Don't go "Delete every post I've ever had!" but if there is something you want/need removed, I'm sure he'd do it within reason.</p>
<p>Erm. I think not. A) I don't think adcoms would take the time to find out who you are from that info (stalkerish), b) it was a long time ago and colleges realize that people change as they get older and find out more about themselves/colleges, and c) I doubt adcoms read chances posts...</p>
<p>Unless there was something very distinctive--or very bad--about you, I find it hard to imagine that any admissions officer would bother trying to remember xysssdude and what his list of colleges might have been.</p>
<p>This is the most ludacris thing I have ever heard</p>
<p>-You thinks the admissions officers really care? even IF they collect data, its only for informational purposes
-you're not obliged to apply to a certain school, you can right wat you want on a forum
and most importantly...THEY DONT KNOW WHO YOU ARE. as in your name, address, or even what you look like</p>