#Kaplan in the News

October 10, 2012

About.com: Parenting Teens: “Kaplan Test Prep Study Says: Don’t Let Your Teen Air Their Dirty Laundry Online”

The Daily Stat (Harvard Business Review): “College Admissions Officers Do Look at Facebook”

Black Enterprise: “‘Like’ It or Not, Study Shows College Applicants’ Social Presence Affects Acceptance”

The Daily Tar Heel (University of North Carolina): “Social media profiles could affect admissions”

The Duke Chronicle (Duke University): “Duke admissions does not scrutinize Internet presence”

The Golden Gate Xpress (San Francisco State University): “Gov. Jerry Brown bars college officers from demanding applicants’ social media information”

Firstpost: “Applying to a US college? Keep your Facebook image clean”

October 9, 2012

USA Today College: “Study: Admissions officer don’t ‘Like” your beaerstagram”

eCampus News: “Number of college applications affected by social media triples”

The Maneater (University of Missouri): “Report: Social media can negatively impact admission chances”

The Arizona Daily Wildcat (University of Arizona): “Trending Up”

Admit This!: “Exposing Yourself Online”

The Daily Cougar (University of Houston): “Pre-law students say ranking is most important”

October 8, 2012

U.S. News University Directory: “Watch What You Post: More College Officials Look at Applicants’ Social Media Pages”

The Central Florida Future (University of Central Florida): “Facebook used for admissions”

The Loyola Phoenix (Loyola University Chicago): “College Admissions Look at SAT Scores and Facebook?

October 5, 2012

Washington Monthly: “How College Use Social Media”

Inside Higher Ed: “Facebook Posts and Lost Chances of Admission”

Midlife Mom: “Be Careful What You Post”

Online MBA: “College Admissions Increasingly Checking Your Status”

October 4, 2012

The Wall Street Journal: “Web Profiles Haunt Students”

Jezebel: “Future Undergrads: Colleges are Cyber-Stalking You and There’s Nothing You Can Do About It”

Examiner.com: “Facebook and Twitter posts can impact teen’s future”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Students shouldn’t air their “digital dirty laundry” as more college admissions officers are looking”

The Oregonian: “College applicants’ online reputations can hurt their admission chances”

All Facebook: “Questionable Facebook Content Hurting Chances At College Admission”

The Chronicle of Higher Education: “More Admissions Officers Find Damaging Material in Applicants’ Online Profiles”

Ubergizmo: “Yes, college admissions officers are looking through your Facebook”

The Deseret News: “Some social media use can keep students out of college”

The Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota): “Daily Digest: Alcohol pics hurt college applicants”

Top MBA Connect: “How to Pay for Business School Now That Subsidized Graduate Stafford Loans Are Gone”

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October 3, 2012

Online MBA: “GMAT Diagnostic Wake-Up Call: Time to Train”

Online MBA: “GMAT Tip: Understanding Data Sufficiency’s Yes’s and No’s”

October 2, 2012

The Miami Student (Miami University): “Miami seniors look for outside GRE preparation” 

Mom.me: “Last-Minute SAT Prep”

The Severna Park Voice: “For Local Students, College Prep Can Be a Full-Time Job”

October 1, 2012

The Heights (Boston College): “New Data On Law Opportunities May Serve As A Reality Check”

September 28, 2012

U.S. News University Directory: “The Advantage of Taking Both the SAT and ACT”

The Emory Wheel (Emory University): “Survey Explores Value of Law Rankings”

September 27, 2012

The Daily Helmsman (University of Memphis): “Social media history could haunt students”