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• All your social media can be taken into account
• Admissions officers like to see: healthy social life, academic interest
• Application process is still inefficient
As students in high school, the college admissions process serves as the daunting finale of our K12 experience. We dread denial, but dream of acceptance into our dream college. We hear borderline horror stories about the work that goes into a good college application, and it stresses us out. Rightfully so, as well, because college admissions officers closely analyze every strand of information that students send in about themselves, and then some.
You can't expect to get into a college just on the merit of a 4.0+ GPA anymore. Colleges nowadays expect students to have active engagements in clubs, teams and sports, as well as state recognized rewards, and an educational field of interest. College admission officers look carefully into your personality, work ethics and personality, and you may think that it ends there. And most of the time, that’s all colleges expect. But admissions officers now look even closer.
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Reckless tweeters beware! Watch out for colleges lurking on your social media pages. Colleges now look at your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and beyond! What does this mean? Should you be changing your content output to suit colleges? Short answer is, if you’re sensible, then no. College admissions do like to see that you have a healthy social life, as well as academic interests. If you have a focused blog with returning readers, then that’s all the better! Colleges love to see initiative like personal blogs on a hobby. On the other hand, if you are a reckless user of social networks, you should probably try to limit yourself on posting anything illegal or offensive. (Or doing anything illegal)
The admissions process may be more modern, but it's still as slow as it ever was. Applications are passed from officer to officer every day, pending approval, and physical copies can easily get lost. Common apps and online applications do help things move a little faster, but don't expect it to be 'Amazon Prime shipping times' fast. Well, at least we can rest easy knowing that an "A" doesn’t stand for Accepted anymore.
- Kevin Xie, AlpacasWithHats
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- Kevin Xie, AlpacasWithHats
It is scary how we think social media is private yet it is extremely far from that.
ReplyDeleteSocial media has become the majority of people's lives, so it only makes sense for colleges to look at them. Anything posted on the internet stays on the internet, so keeping a good reputation is key. Kevin has done a phenomenal job explaining the aspects of the college admission process and how it gets more competitive each year.
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