<p>@Doss12, Quote:
Most of the people offering advice either have an axe to grind or they are one of the students hired by Undergraduate Admissions to say good things.</p>
<p>@ewho, Quote:
Proofs?
Why didn’t you check what Harvard was doing:
The Admissions Office Needs Your Help?Now and in the Future!
Isn’t Harvard’s name enough? Or the only thing left is its name?
Will the Stanford students do the same thing?</p>
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<p>I have friends who have been hired to post messages. Stanford looks at it the same as hiring students as tour guides or as staff for Admit Weekend, Orientation, Parents Weekend, Alumni Reunion Weekend, etc.</p>
<p>And then look at some of the posts and their authors. Specifically look at the posts by users advocating for Stanford. Notice how many of their responses parrot official responses/arguments used by the University. And not just on one or two issues. But on a wide variety of issues that are often raised by admits and their families. And finally look at the volume of of posts. Hundreds and in some cases thousands of posts. What Stanford student leads such a sad life that they have nothing better to do than to post thousands of messages on CC, let alone learn all the official responses to issues admits usually raise.</p>
<p>Same goes for supposed parents. I just saw a post from someone who claims to be someone’s mom. She has posted over 1200 messages since 2007. Whose mother would stay registered on CC for four years let alone post 1200 times?</p>
<p>And yes, I know that other colleges do the same. My warning to the OP was just to make sure that s/he realized the source of many posts here. College Admissions offices look at CC as another marketing pipeline. Users shouldn’t assume they are reading posts from current students or recent alums.</p>
<p>As for users with an axe to grind, just look at this thread.</p>