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Do admissions committees look at social-networking websites?

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Do admissions committees look at social-networking websites? [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 05 Oct 2010, 10:48
The way many recruiters for professional jobs do? Should one cleanse/prepare one's presences on various social-networking websites before applying to business schools?

Originally posted by rishabhsingla on 28 Aug 2010, 10:27.
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Re: Do admissions committees look at social-networking websites? [#permalink] New post   28 Aug 2010, 23:18
Prob not. I keep it clean anyway. Or at the very least private. Honestly why would u let anyone just see your info?
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Re: Do admissions committees look at social-networking websites? [#permalink] New post   28 Aug 2010, 23:36
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One thing to consider is that make sure you use a professional looking/sounding email address in your resume or application.

Unlike something like "smashedntrashed@woohoo.com"
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Re: Do admissions committees look at social-networking websites? [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 05 Oct 2010, 10:49
True. The email address you wrote is funny :)

Originally posted by rishabhsingla on 29 Aug 2010, 11:19.
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Re: Do admissions committees look at social-networking websites? [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2010, 12:28
Agree with jordanhendrix. If you take a site like Facebook, for instance, I only let people see my profile picture ('cos you don't really have a choice with this one) - so I keep that one like .... normal, and that's it. There's an option to send me a message or add me as a friend, and I usually don't add people I don't know personally.
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Re: Do admissions committees look at social-networking websites? [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2010, 00:33
I'd also add to make sure your linkedin.com profile is congruent with your resume. While adcoms might not look at it, it may not look right if your resume says something totally different than linkedin.
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