Have you been monitoring your child’s social media presence because you’re worried what he posts will hurt his case for admission to highly selective colleges? If so, we support you! You must assume that anything you can see on your child’s social media profile can also be seen by admissions …
Oh nuts. We hate picking on “CNN.” We love Anderson Cooper! And “CNN” has been taking too many unwarranted hits these days with all the erroneous “fake news” claims. But there is a misleading headline we feel the need to correct for our readers. A piece by Kelly Wallace is …
There are a number of interesting studies out there on the use of social media by college admissions offices as a means to recruit potential applicants. In one particular study, two researchers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Nora Ganim Barnes and Eric Mattson, have found that since 2007, there …
Social media is a hot topic in college admissions. The question so many students and parents often pose is: Do college admissions officers check the Facebook pages of their applicants? The short answer is…no. College admissions officers don’t have the time to peruse every applicant’s Facebook page. In a word, …
Social networking websites have recently been a hot topic of conversation in college admissions. Thanks to Google, anything you write can be read by anyone! All a college admissions counselor has to do is Google your name. That’s not to say that college admissions counselors routinely Google every applicant’s name, …
