Do sororities really look at your Facebook page during rush?

[Brande23]

I happened to stumble across that blog where the sorority girl gives PNMs advice about rushing and being a part of the Greek system. I've already read a forum on here saying that what she says is false or inaccurate, but she said that we should clean up our facebook pages and make them open to the public during rush so that the sororities can look us up. I don't feel very comfortable with having my facebook open to everyone even if it is just for a week, so I'm wondering if this is true? Do sororities really take the time to look at your facebook page?

[SWTXBelle]

Yes.

[OneHeartOneWay]

Yep. Sure do.

[Titchou]

Oh yeah....so watch what's on it. You never know who is a friend of a friend....I first started looking PNMs up on Facebook for the recs I was doing last year...and will continue to do so....lordy, the things I'm finding....

[Brande23]

Okay, that's good to know!! What kind of things should be deleted? I have my parents on facebook, so I don't have anything inappropriate anyway otherwise they would kill me(!) but in that blog in said to delete any pictures that you don't look your best in. That seems a little shallow to me....

[Drolefille]

To clarify all the yes's, some might disagree with me, but I don't think there's any reason to make your page public. Clean it up, don't assume that any of it is 100% private, but don't open it up to all and sundry either.

[Benzgirl]

Ditto on the yes.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

To clarify all the yes's, some might disagree with me, but I don't think there's any reason to make your page public. Clean it up, don't assume that any of it is 100% private, but don't open it up to all and sundry either.

Agreed. You'll find many PNMs with successful recruitments who do not make their pages completely public. Accept friend requests if appropriate. Don't have anything inappropriate on your page.

[katydidKD]

Originally Posted by Brande23

I happened to stumble across that blog where the sorority girl gives PNMs advice about rushing and being a part of the Greek system. I've already read a forum on here saying that what she says is false or inaccurate, but she said that we should clean up our facebook pages and make them open to the public during rush so that the sororities can look us up. I don't feel very comfortable with having my facebook open to everyone even if it is just for a week, so I'm wondering if this is true? Do sororities really take the time to look at your facebook page?

I would make all your pictures (maybe besides profile pictures) private, your entire wall (statuses and posts, etc) private. Only make it public enough so that everyone can search and find you, and see your hometown and a few pictures (maybe activities and interests.) Just my .02, not a rush expert, and someone else may very well know better/I may be wrong.

[Lady Pi]

You can open it up more to people in your school's network. That way total strangers won't be able to look at it, but sororities will still be able to find out what they are looking for. You don't have to open everything, but pictures where you look pretty and are having fun in a good(not trashy) way, hobbies, hometown and what high school you went to would be enough.

[DubaiSis]

This is all WAY after my time, but I can really see how it could help. You can pick and choose what is public, even down to individual pictures. That picture of you winning national cheerleading championships? Yeah, make it public. The one of you vomiting at the football game? Delete completely.

The thing is when you think you are completely anonymous, you're not, so you want to clean up even the pictures that are private. But you can make a sorority member's life easier by giving her a few details about you without having to dig. And by the way, I'd be doing that NOW. They won't be doing this (or I can't imagine anyway) during recruitment, but probably before.

Good luck!

/edit. Yes, as Lady Pi said, you can expand your network without making it utterly public.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

To clarify all the yes's, some might disagree with me, but I don't think there's any reason to make your page public. Clean it up, don't assume that any of it is 100% private, but don't open it up to all and sundry either.

Completely agree. If you were smart enough to have a private page previously, why would you want to be dumb and make it open to everyone now? If anything, I think that just makes you look like you're trying too hard.

Be very careful with friend requests, as the minute you have your college on your profile, you'll get creepers who say they are students but who are really dirty old men who want to leer at college girls. If you don't know a person in real life, don't accept their friend request.

[WCsweet<3]

Just as a request: please put a picture up where your face can clearly be seen.

Faces tend to blur. So we might remember "OH I liked Susie PNM, but what does she look like? Was she the blonde?"

It was always nice when I could see the face again.

[ellebud]

Yes. And so do future employers...look at your facebook.

[AnchorAlumna]

I want to see a picture of you. By yourself, not with your honey or a bunch of buddies.