If you're a high school junior or senior, you're probably working hard to get into college — researching schools online, preparing applications, taking grueling SATs and ACTs and writing the perfect essay. Maybe you have an air-tight application.
But you could still blow it, with something you thought was harmless fun: Your online profile.
But earlier this fall, a University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth study of 453 college admissions departments found that 26 percent of them are actively researching students through search engines such as Google and 21 percent are checking out social networking profiles when reviewing applicants.
How to fix your profile
Have an air-tight online profile for getting into college:
Safety first: Never post personal information such as your address, daily schedule, phone number, etc.
Make your profile private so that strangers can't look at your information, and be cautious about adding new friends who you do not personally know.
Pictures and references of you on your friends' pages can be damaging too. Ask them to take down photos on their profiles in which they've "tagged" you, along with comments.
SOURCE: National Association of College Admissions Counseling
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