Do admissions ever do google searches on applicants?

[jmike]

I was arrested all the charges were dropped, but their are pictures of my mugshot on the internet. Do admissions teams do google searches on applicants? Thanks

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[Lya]

I cannot claim no admissions would ever google applicants, so my guess is that only some do. There was a SDN article a long time ago about a guy not being accepted, apparently because of his unprofessional Facebook group and etc.

N=1, but for the majority of schools, they are busy enough with other applicants and probably won't google.

 

[DoctorWhoo]

If the image comes up in the google search there is a protocol for taking it down through google. I had to do this for old myspace photos haha

 

[pyrrion89]

I wouldn't be surprised if they do for smaller pools, like whichever committee selects whom to award scholarships from among the pool of accepted candidates.

 

[wangers5270]

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[jmike]

If the image comes up in the google search there is a protocol for taking it down through google. I had to do this for old myspace photos haha

I am not very knowledgeable about computer so Iv never heard of a protocol to remove pictures. Could you please explain more to me about this protocol? Thanks

 

[DoctorWhoo]

I am not very knowledgeable about computer so Iv never heard of a protocol to remove pictures. Could you please explain more to me about this protocol? Thanks

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/181721?hl=en

 

[jmike]

Google denied my request

 

[Allotrope8]

I think it's pretty common. I know I've had it happen at two schools I've interviewed at.

 

[TheShaker]

Not quite the same as your situation but I know for a fact that my interviewer Google searched me. He knew things about me that were absolutely not on my application.

 

[Allotrope8]

One of my interviewers admitted she google'd me after she saw I had done some prominent artistic work. It wasn't a big deal. Another school's IP address showed up on my portfolio site tracking statistics so I know they googled my name.

 

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