<p>browsing on facebook and myspace to look at students' profiles....</p>
<p>Assume yes. Then you won't have a problem, will you?</p>
<p>i just wanted to know if it is true.</p>
<p>Some adcoms have said they do. Others say they don't. There is an interesting thread on this, you may want to check it out. Don't have the link offhand though.</p>
<p>Ooh. That sounds super sketch.
I haven't really heard TOO much about it, but then again, I might have heard something on the wind...</p>
<p>Don't you need to be someone's friend to view their Facebook profile?</p>
<p>It's not like they can see anyway, though, can they?
Can't you only see everything on your profile if they have you as a friend?</p>
<p>someone told me they can hack to see our facebook profiles...</p>
<p>then they are breaking the rules aren't they?
ahh the oxymoron...</p>
<p>Lol. They wouldn't hack. Hacking is a federal felony investigated by the FBI. That means that in 75% of cases ((as opposed to 50% for state-adjudicated crimes)), imprisonment is mandatory. Most people get 6 to 20 months in a federal prison. Those are NOT nice places.</p>
<p>However, I've been hearing this since I was a senior in 2006 so there's gotta be some truth to it.</p>
<p>To see how much of your facebook profile a stranger can see, log out of facebook and google yourself. One of the results will be "{Your Name}'s Page on Facebook." Click on it and look at what you can see. On mine, a person can see my profile picture and my friends.</p>
<p>I don't know about MySpace because I'm not even on MySpace.</p>
<p>from personal experience. My son got called out of an orientation meeting and questioned about something on his facebook. When I asked them how they got access to his page he said he had joined a facebook group for prospective students. BTW what they called him on was him saying to another kid "yeah can't wait to party". They reiterated that underage drinking is a crime and that an illegal drug possession would be treated to the letter of the law. Be careful what you post and never post pictures of you drinking at a party. My son did not have any drinking pictures posted thank goodness. He learned a tough lesson that day!!</p>
<p>^^ They never saw his personal Facebook page. What they saw was what he posted in a public Facebook group. That's much different than his profile.</p>
<p>Some have said publicly that they do, therefore assume that all do. Anyway, assume that anything that is publicly viewable on any website you post on can be passed on to anyone else in the world.</p>
<p>I WANT them to see my personal page. I have a group dedicated to how stupid drinking underage / bragging about it is. XD</p>
<p>Except, I curse a lot... hmmm...</p>
<p>I wouldn't assume that they didn't see his profile. I never asked but if 1 person requests him from that prospective student site and he accepts that opens the door doesn't it? I guess what I'm saying is be careful!</p>
<p>Rule of thumb - anything put onto the Internet is public. Period.</p>
<p>Many people have been burned by things they thought were marked "private" and that no one could see. They were wrong.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</p>
<p>Exactly. If you don't want an admissions officer, parent, friend, teacher, the President to find out something about you, don't put it out in public.</p>
<p>^^^^ said by a true college official haha. Just change your name on facebook if you feel so bothered about an officer who has all the right from checking your profile.</p>
<p>What is missed is the simplicity of someone you know starting up a FaceBook or MySpace account in your name. They don't have to be your friend to gain that information. Then they can do literally anything on either account and you're now to blame because it's your account even if you don't have it or know about it.</p>