| OCTOBER 10, 2012 Wednesday, |
| College Admissions Officers Do Look at Facebook |
| 35% of U.S. college admissions officers who went online to investigate candidates found evidence that hurt an applicant's chances of acceptance, according to a survey by Kaplan Test Prep. Offenses included plagiarism, illegal activities, and obscenities in blog posts. About one-quarter of admissions officers say they sometimes check Google or Facebook to find out more about applicants. |
| Source: Kaplan Test Prep Survey Finds That College Admissions Officers' Discovery of Online Material Damaging to Applicants Nearly Triples in a Year |
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