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As an opposing opinion— having been a part of the med school admissions process from the other side— I have now seen a couple of instances where we were trying to jog our memory about someone, and tried to find them on Facebook for a photo, etc.

I think that you can use social media to your advantage in the admissions process- pictures, some interests, etc. Of course, if there’s a number of things on your page that you would rather not have everyone see, then I suppose making your page private might be the easiest solution. But otherwise, I would just leave it up, after checking through it. I left mine up while applying to residency.
 
delete it completely...along with any other superficial social media sites. The dopamine designed addictive nature of all of the popular social media sites can impact your attention span, focus, and ability to achieve flow during highly challenging activities such as studying.
 
humblethinker said:
delete it completely...along with any other superficial social media sites. The dopamine designed addictive nature of all of the popular social media sites can impact your attention span, focus, and ability to achieve flow during highly challenging activities such as studying.
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Do med school admissions think it is strange if you have no online profile; I know some employers may be put off with this. Although I do agree with you point 100%
 
Honestly, I completely change my FB name during these times, even for jobs. I hate the idea of an employer looking around, even if it's just normal things. And yes I know you can make Facebook private but you still come up in searches. My current employer commented how she couldn't find me on Facebook before hiring me hehe:laugh:
 
I would personally avoid anything religious or political. Regardless of what admission committee members do, your future classmates may eventually connect with you on social media and it's just best to avoid those things.

I hope I don't sound creepy, but I looked at some of my classmates and noticed a lot of religious type posts and I thought that was odd for professionals.
 
Lucca said:
Max privacy settings, change your display name, change your linked email address, or just disable fb during the cycle.
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They cannot discriminate against political opinions anyways
 
LoveBeingHuman:) said:
They cannot discriminate against political opinions anyways
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You actually can!

Seriously, a New York judge just ruled it’s okay to discriminate on political views because they aren’t a protected class.

The case had to do with a bar refusing to serve people wearing MAGA hats.

The judge said that since your views aren’t innate and are 100% your choice that they can use them to discriminate.
 
Does this mean I have to unlike World Star when I start applying?
 
Religion isn’t innate either yet it is a protected class.

FlavivirusProtease said:
You actually can!

Seriously, a New York judge just ruled it’s okay to discriminate on political views because they aren’t a protected class.

The case had to do with a bar refusing to serve people wearing MAGA hats.

The judge said that since your views aren’t innate and are 100% your choice that they can use them to discriminate.
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Inspired Chaos said:
I would personally avoid anything religious or political. Regardless of what admission committee members do, your future classmates may eventually connect with you on social media and it's just best to avoid those things.

I hope I don't sound creepy, but I looked at some of my classmates and noticed a lot of religious type posts and I thought that was odd for professionals.
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Not really. Micromanaging Facebook like others would notice is horribly misguided unless you have some real cleaning to do (white supremacist or overtly misogynistic pages etc.) .

Instead, the impressions you leave on others will largely be dictated by how you act around them.
 
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