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It is not big news that college admissions officers sometimes look at facebook or myspace to check out an applicant. However, before now most of the stories have involved only a small number of admissions officers. The Wall Street Journal has surveyed 500 colleges with the most selective admissions and found that 10% of admissions [...]

We sure live in interesting times. Valleywag points us to a Chicago Tribune story that illustrates a very different use of social networking sites. College admissions officers are reportedly checking up on potential applicants via their Facebook and Myspace pages. Obviously this could cause some problems. Most people probably are not expecting a visit from [...]

From Kaplan… A word of caution to college applicants: be careful what you post online. A Kaplan survey of 320 admissions officers from the nation's top colleges and universities revealed that one out of ten admissions officers has visited an applicant's social networking Web site as part of the admissions decision-making process. The good news: a quarter of [...]

While applying to college it is important to ensure that your admissions essay is well written and edited, your application is neat and completely filled out and your SAT or ACT scores are included. But how about your online social profiles - Are those ready to be reviewed? Most college advisors will tell you to clean [...]

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