College Admissions and Facebook

PRiNCESSMAHiNA
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:56:03 +0000

So a friend of mine and I recently started a group on Facebook. The group is a “Book characters haters” kind of group…the only thing is, it could be completely misconstrued as being real.
I invited most of my friends to join the group, and this morning, another one of my friends told me that having that group was dangerous, as colleges have special people who will look you up on the internet and search(pretty much hack) your facebook…everything you’ve ever done, the groups you’re a part of…etc. I’m a little worried that my affiliation with this, and some other groups could be detrimental to the admissions process…I was thinking of retiring as admin/maybe leaving the group if this is the case.

BTW, these groups that I’m a part of…none of them are anti-American, pro-terrorist, or anything remotely controversial.

Long story I know…what my question really is:

Will colleges REALLY look me up/hack my facebook then not let me in based on what they find?