<p>schiesser, You are not gonna get any information specific to arch grad school admission officers. I think the rule of thumb applies to anyone going into higher education and the professional job market. Your social site should have privacy settings where only your friends that you invite can view it. You also should not have any photos or unscrupulous stuff out there associated with your name. As far as alias names you use on message boards, that would be harder to discover and no, they don’t have time to search all that. But if you are serious about entering professional school and a professional career after that, you need to be aware of what you do have online. You also should use an email address that sounds professional (such as your name). This is not something where you take a chance. I am not an admissions officer. I do have a kid in Arch grad school. Her FB page has privacy settings and she doesn’t have anything remotely inappropriate about herself online. Even in my own line of work as a college counselor, I often google students’ names. Thankfully when I google my own kids, there are positive articles about them online that put them in a good light and nothing that is inappropriate. One who is not friends with them cannot view their FB page either.</p>