I've written a few times in the past about the importance of being careful with what you publish on the web, be it on a blog or a Facebook or MySpace page. With two kids applying to college, this article in today's Wall Street Journal was well-timed: College Applicants, Beware: Your Facebook Page Is Showing
A new survey of 500 top colleges found that 10% of admissions officers acknowledged looking at social-networking sites to evaluate applicants. Of those colleges making use of the online information, 38% said that what they saw "negatively affected" their views of the applicant. Only a quarter of the schools checking the sites said their views were improved, according to the survey by education company Kaplan, a unit of Washington Post Co [WPO].
I've made sure each of my kids has "friended" me, so I can keep tabs on what's on their Facebook pages.
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