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I know someone's major and university, for example on the left side of their homepage it will say:
Studied Blah Blah at xyz University
I can't really recall their full name and would like to find them, so how can I filter it to just search based on their major and school?
You can try just searching.
people who studied political science at george washington university
Gives me a whole bunch of people. Probably too many. If you remember a first name that should narrow your search.
people who studied political science at george washington university named mary
Facebook will probably re-phrase your search, but it does a pretty good job sussing out what you're looking for.
Of course, this all pre-supposes that the person you're looking for has their privacy settings configured so that they can be found this way.
This doesn't work anymore! Facebook only searches for people's names then you have to specify the school or location etc.. Which is painfully frustrating.
