"They loved your GPA, then they saw your Tweets" by Natasha Singer
This article is about the effects your posts on social media have on your future. Colleges and employers look at your profiles, and surprisingly your posts have a big impact on colleges or jobs that will accept you.
The fact that colleges can deny you for your social media posts shocked me a lot. I never would have thought that my Tweets and Instagrams could keep me from getting into certain colleges. Also, I didn't know that future colleges and employers will not notify you if they are looking at your posts. Personally, I think that would be very creepy and I would prefer that they tell me when the they will "stalk" my profiles.
Something that confused me is that only certain colleges take a look at your profiles. Why aren't all colleges looking at them? I believe that all colleges should peek at our profiles just to make it equal so some students won't get out of their profiles being ignored.
I now think that we should start to consider the impact that each post we make could determine our future. We should also think before we post, because once you post something, it can never be deleted off the internet. Also, we should start clearing off posts that we don't want college officials or future employers to see. Being careful on the internet will greatly help us in the near future.
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