According to a recent story on the New York Times, most admissions officers discourage students who try to “friend” them on Facebook and other social networking sites.
That advice might be good for most of the applicant pool, but if you have been following our advice on establishing a killer online presence, you might think differently. [...]

Even President Obama knows how important it is to be careful your online presence! As Reuters reports, the president said this during a question and answer session with 14- and 15- year old students:
“Well, let me give you some very practical tips. First of all, I want everybody here to be careful about what you [...]

There is a lot of talk among students and parents about internet tools like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Google, which make it easy for college admissions officers to find out personal details (often scandalous) about candidates. If fact, Regan recently wrote about how to hide yourself on Facebook.
But while you should definitely hide photos and [...]