The Hawkeye: Facebook: Friend or Foe?
September 7, 2011 by admin
Filed under Lingerie Events
Everyone knows Facebook, the famous networking site that came from the mind of college graduate Mark Zuckerberg. With 200 million plus users, Facebook remains the top social networking site in today’s world. But the question that many people don’t think about is how Facebook can be used against you; and it’s important to know how real that possibility is. Many colleges hire individuals to specifically search through applicants Facebook pages to see what they are actually like. So lookout everybody! Your scandalous photos may be the end of your college application…
A survey of 500 colleges from last year showed that 10% of admissions admitted to looking at social sites such as Facebook and MySpace when evaluating college. Out of that percent, 38% of admissions officers said that applicant’s social networking site pages influenced their decision negatively. It is a scary truth we as students need to come to realize.
Many companies are stating that this will be something to worry about in the future, and one that is being tailored to the right degree. Think of this process as a new frontier; know to have a true value to the world, but it has yet to be perfected. Even though only 10% of colleges now use this in their application process, if it is proven to be effective; it will surely be implicated by the rest of the school across America.
Many of you might ask however, what do we have to worry about? Honestly, it is just the basics. The administrators do not search any and every post you have ever made: but they do take notice of pictures and posts with R rated material. For example, if a Facebook or MySpace page is covered in status and pictures of parties showcasing complete irresponsibility, you are likely to be getting a denial letter back from their application.
So students beware! If you looking into applying for college, or even a job to start your future career, make sure you’re Facebook and other social networking sites are free of anything that might upset your administrator.
