College and Social Media

      Being accepted into college is a hard task to complete in general. But imagine being accepted into a college only to later be declined because they saw a tweet you posted. In sounds pretty bad to me, to have good grades and a nice GPA only to not be accepted because of one photo or snapchat. Recently all of the e-communication members of my hour have read an article talking about the issue about social media affecting whether some kids get into college or not. I've already heard that it's common of colleges to do so, checking your scale media, but I didn't think that it affected your entrance into the school so severely. Apparently about 30 percent of admission officers found information online about students attempting to enter the school that had negatively affected their prospects, at least so the article says.

      Personally I think it's a good idea, checking students social media, but at the same time it seems a bit unfair to the students since they most likely were just joking or maybe even in the heat of the moment made a post. I thought of this as very surprising since you'd think that more people would be more wary about what they post online, especially since it could drastically affect their chance of entering college.