Could social media affect your chances of getting into collage?

     I recently read the article "They loved your GPA, then they saw your Tweets" by Natasha Singer. This article is a study of how collages look at your social media post when considering your application. 381 collages that answered their questionnaire 315 of them said they had visited applicants face book or other social media to learn more about them. 30% of them said they found something that negatively impacted their applicants prospects.

     There are many stories of people getting turned down from collage because of social media. Last year, an undergraduate at Pitzer Collage in Claremont Calif., who had befriended a prospect on Facebook notified the administration office because of offensive comments posted about a high school teacher. That student was not admitted.

     These numbers surprised me, I didn't think that many collages actually viewed applicants social media. In fact I didn't think they did it at all. For some people this can be a scary thing, think about your post. Do you have anything that could be a red flag to collages?

     This article made me stop and think what i put on social media. now that i know this i will try to filter my post and be careful what i put on the internet.