Admissions Officers Checking Out Parent LinkedIn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the AO's application review screen, a right click on either parent name shows a list of social media sites to search using the name as criteria. Linkedin is only one that shows who viewed your profile, but they search on facebook, insta, tiktok too. So how you danced in the tiktok dance challenge video matters. One lousy move, and your child gets passed on

AO here. Slate is the dominant system used by admission officers and it doesn't do that.

The only time someone might look for you is if your career is interesting to them. They aren't doing it as part of the application review.

Why would a school be looking at the parents LinkedIn pages? Assume senior level corporate careers with requisite titles etc. To figure out who we know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check your linkedin.
Saw some activity from 2 universities my kid applied to in RD.

What does it mean?

An AO above said the only reason someone would look up your profile is if your work is interesting to them. It’s not part of the review process. What do you do?

Work for a hedge fund.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check your linkedin.
Saw some activity from 2 universities my kid applied to in RD.

What does it mean?

An AO above said the only reason someone would look up your profile is if your work is interesting to them. It’s not part of the review process. What do you do?

Work for a hedge fund.

I guess then you're full pay and that will definitely help your kid get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check your linkedin.
Saw some activity from 2 universities my kid applied to in RD.

What does it mean?

An AO above said the only reason someone would look up your profile is if your work is interesting to them. It’s not part of the review process. What do you do?

Work for a hedge fund.

I guess then you're full pay and that will definitely help your kid get in.

They already know they are full pay. It’s development (and internship networking) and like potential. If a particular AO at a school does not see this being done, it doesn’t mean that is true at all — or even most — competitive schools. It also does not mean it is necessarily true even at AO’s school; it could be a function performed by different offices and might only come back as a potential “Z list”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check your linkedin.
Saw some activity from 2 universities my kid applied to in RD.

What does it mean?

What schools?

[Anonymous]

This thread is from 2024.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is from 2024.

Yes, it is from last fall. And someone with the same question bumped it today.

[Anonymous]

Spouse and I deleted our linked in accounts long ago.

Too personal. Weirdos target you. They have even become dating apps basically. Great for gold diggers—lol

My kid did very very well with no online presence for himself or parents.

[Anonymous]

My kid’s first college (has since transferred) did that. Then when she accepted the offer of admission, the development people went in full speed. We got invitations for coffee, Sean’s tailgate party, etc. They still send info (but not personalized invitations) even after she transferred.

There is a non profit software (Raiser’s Edge, I think it is) that tells them how much you donate to various nonprofits annually so they know if you make large gifts. We do, at least large for us, but mostly to other groups not schools (except DH’s Alma mater, which is small and low ranked but was life changing for him).

[Anonymous]

Bump - updates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Name the schools

Please name the schools that did this. Thank you in advance !

Oh Lord, Gessus - you know OP is likely a troll, right? Do you believe anythign you read on anon forums?

I’m not a troll. But carry on.
And I’m not naming the school for fear that it would someone identify me/my kid given its both parents they looked at.

Both T20 private schools but not-Ivies.

Sounds like U Chicago

[Anonymous]

Could be idle curiosity. AOs are human too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the AO's application review screen, a right click on either parent name shows a list of social media sites to search using the name as criteria. Linkedin is only one that shows who viewed your profile, but they search on facebook, insta, tiktok too. So how you danced in the tiktok dance challenge video matters. One lousy move, and your child gets passed on

AO here. Slate is the dominant system used by admission officers and it doesn't do that.

The only time someone might look for you is if your career is interesting to them. They aren't doing it as part of the application review.

Why would a school be looking at the parents LinkedIn pages? Assume senior level corporate careers with requisite titles etc. To figure out who we know?

Probably to confirm the C-suite role listed in common app.