What You Publish On-Line Can Be Taken Into College Admissions Decisions

Education Weekly recently published an interesting article about the importance of web-reputation in college admissions decisions. In the company’s 2011 survey of admissions officers from the top 500 colleges and universities, 24 percent said they have viewed publicly available pages to get a clearer picture of an applicant, while 20 percent turned to Google. Twelve percent reported that their discoveries, including photos showing underage drinking, vulgarities in blogs, and plagiarism in essays, negatively affected the chance of admission.  Here is the complete article: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/12/08/14collegeadmit.h31.html?tkn=NNNFHFUFKe3nAlfzZYlxmmT25SvnEfbLQ185&cmp=ENL-DD-NEWS1