Lurking Admissions Officers

Albion
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:24:26 +0000

That’s right. I’m faculty, not Admissions. I deal with admissions on behalf of my extra-curricular assignment which is along the lines of an arts director or varsity coach.

I always took the “AO’s are lurking to figure out who you are!!!” as less literal truth, and more of a more effective scare tactic to young teenagers to be extremely guarded about sharing personal information on the internet. I doubt professional adults are lurking for clues, but if a kid clearly identfied himself in a comment bashing Choate, or scorned a school as being only his last resort safety school, it is concievable that an AO could read it and recognize him. Unlikely, but not imqossible.

No one knows who is reading this board, and that is the real reason to alter or withold identifying details.