<p>I am curious, do the admissions officers actually look at a student's Myspaces and Facebooks? I know that they say they do, and of course I would never put anything stupid on mine, but I'm just doubting that they would really look at that for all of the applicants. What do you guys think? </p>
<p>Also, for one application, it asks, "what is your favorite website?" Well, Facebook is my favorite website, because I like talking to my friends. Is that just stupid to put down?</p>
<p>NO, with 30k+ apps who has the time...they can barely keep up with missing materials</p>
<p>I really don't think they would regularly do it, but I think I remember reading one article where a Brown rep said that at least one admissions decision was changed based on a tip to check someone's Facebook (note: a tip). No idea what they were looking for, but it's an option these days.
On the other hand, many in admissions (including MIT's Ben Jones) have said they are completely against it, recognizing that a student's social life is separate ground.</p>
<p>And it's super hard to find even your friends on MySpace, so I doubt anyone would make the effort there.</p>
<p>Moral of the story: know that what you do online is public domain, welcome to both adcoms, your mom, and the average everyday creeper. But if your chief worry is admissions, there's really no need to obsess.</p>
<p>I read somewhere where I believe myspace was sold to fox and they allowed college to have access to it? It was something like that but I don't know how true it is.</p>
<p>That's why you keep a separate emails; you should have at least two emails: one for more "personal" matters and the other for more "professional" ordeals. </p>
<p>Not to mention the fact that "<a href="mailto:p0nygurl97@hotmail.com">p0nygurl97@hotmail.com</a>" wouldn't be taken seriously academically. Imagine submitting a thesis with that as your contact email.......</p>
<p>out of curiosity, what app was it that asked your favorite website?</p>
<p>p.s. a Washington Post article says this:
"What you put on Facebook or Myspace is your private business. College officials appear to share that view. They say they do not make a habit of looking up their applicants. But there are enough exceptions to make me think care should be taken when posting photos from your last rollicking beach party. Not everybody loves you. Those who don't could send anonymous notes to your first-choice school suggesting it inspect a certain Web site. There are no rules that say they can't." Jay</a> Mathews - Ten Stupid Ways to Ruin Your College Application - washingtonpost.com</p>
<p>I remembered Stanford asked for a list of your favorite musicians, magazines, and websites.</p>
<p>^
fox buying myspace? doesnt sound probable</p>
<p>Yep, Stanford and Princeton.</p>
<p>^
Totally disagree. They buy everything, even things that they disagree. (Family Guy has made a ton of jokes about how unreliable Fox News is or how unfair FOX can be.) They'll buy anything to make a quick buck.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure fox owns it. I'm not certain about the colleges looking at it though.</p>
<p>News Corp, the same entity that owns Fox, bought Intermix Media, the owner of Myspace, in 2005. BBC</a> NEWS | Business | News Corp in $580m internet buy</p>
<p>Woo, I was right.</p>
<p>If you're really that paranoid, make your facebook have strict privacy settings.</p>
<p>No, I'm not paranoid at all. In fact.. I wish they would look at it, so they could learn more about me. I was just curious...</p>