High school students are in the process of preparing for college. College applications, essays, and resumes are being prepared to gain acceptance or to land a scholarship.  Only a select few  number of students will be auditing their social media profiles. Social Media pages can be a potential landmine for aspiring college students. More attention from universities is being placed on student's social media sites.

A survey by Kaplan covered 381 college admissions officers . Over 31% of the admission officers surveyed said that they have visited an applicant Facebook or social media page to learn more about them. 30% of those same officers stated that they discovered negative and damaging information that negatively impacted the applicant’s chance to enroll in college.

Cornerstone Reputation, and educational company committed to students helping to protect their digital foot print, conducted a college athletics survey in 2015 revealed college coaches and recruiters heavily monitor social media. The survey polled 600 coaches at more than 300 colleges across Division I, II , and II and discovers the following:

• 83% of coaches and athletic recruiters performed online searches of athletes during the 2013-2014 recruitment season
• 97% of coaches believe that a negative online presence could harm a recruit’s prospects
• 17% of college coaches have receded an offer to an athlete based upon content posted on line throughs social media

Here are the top 3 Apps that will kill your chance of obtaining or retaining a scholarship if you use them inappropriately.

 

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