YOUR MYSPACE COULD RUIN YOUR CHANCE AT COLLEGE

ONE IN TEN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS OFFICERS LOOK AT SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO EVALUATE APPLICANTS:

By now, you should know that employers use Facebook and MySpace to gather information about you when you're applying for a job. But it turns out they're not the ONLY ones using social networking sites to do research on applicants.

A new survey found that ONE in TEN college admissions officers look at social networking sites to evaluate applicants . . . and 38% say that what they've seen has, "negatively affected" an applicant's chances of getting accepted. In fact, some admissions officers say they've rejected applications based SOLELY on what they've seen on Facebook or MySpace profiles. (Wall Street Journal)

Now, if you're applying to a large state school, you might think it doesn't matter what's on your MySpace profile . . . because no admissions officer is going to spend hundreds of hours scouring thousands of profile pages, right? WRONG! Admissions officers at competitive schools say they receive anonymous tips about inappropriate content on social networking profiles . . . from OTHER APPLICANTS who are hoping to improve their own chances of getting accepted. In other words, an admissions officer might not check your profile on his own . . . but he will check it if the nosy girl in your Physics class who ALSO wants to go to that school tells him to check out the pictures of you on Facebook!