Be careful of what you post on social media! Of 381 college admissions officers who answered a Kaplan telephone questionnaire this year, 31 percent said they had visited an applicants Facebook or other personal social media page to learn more about them -- a five-percentage-point increase from last year. More crucially for those trying to get into college, 30 percent of the admissions officers said they had discovered information online that had negatively affected an applicants prospects. - They loved your G.P.A. Then They Saw Your Tweets (New York Times)
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:10:08 +0000