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Is usage of Facebook for college admissions justified?

Created by : sumitra dutta, Consultant, XYZ  | 03 01 2011 08:43:39 +0000
Industry : Human Resources (HR) ConsultingFunctional Area : Talent Management(People Management)
Keywords : facebook social networking social media college admission
Activity:  220 views;  last activity : 03 08 2011 18:02:00 +0000

Perfect score is not the only criteria for getting admission into a reputed college in US now, off late, Facebook too has become an important selection tool. How cool is that!! But well, if there is anything on your profile that does not fit well, you are in deep trouble!! Also there is a lot of personal information on such sites, is it safe,secure and correct way to select a student?

  
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I think NO a Big No. Its a social site and i dont prefer it to be educational site.
By Anand Sharma, Monitoring the research funded by DIT, Department of Information Technology  03 01 2011 11:40:58 +0000
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it is not useful in college admission
By sampat dahiya, B.Tech/B.E. student, MECRC,Jodhpur  | 03 02 2011 11:07:25 +0000
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YES
By RAKESH KUMAR, EXECUTIVE INTERNAL AUDIT, ICFAI  | 03 02 2011 04:41:59 +0000
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No facebook is for networking and fun not something as serious as college admissions
By Priyanka Agarwal, Cerificate student, Indian Institute Of Management (IIM), Indore  | 03 01 2011 12:56:12 +0000
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You are right Mr.Virag Shah.

 
By NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, GM-Projects, Bentec Electricals & Electronics Pvt. Ltd  | 03 08 2011 18:02:00 +0000
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NO IS OBVIOSUS.........
By K.R. Manish, Mechanical Engineer [Mainetenance], NTPC  | 03 07 2011 10:12:56 +0000
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No.i dont Prefer it to be educatioal site for various purpose
By Trsenthil Kumar, Programmer(TDL and other language), RS  | 03 04 2011 04:17:01 +0000
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No. Using facebook for each and everything is not good. There are many other ways to promote things not just Facebook.
By anuradha , Education Coordinator, A to Z Technologies  | 03 02 2011 08:32:16 +0000
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Nope. Facebook is a social networking site,and should not be used for college admissions. There are other sites for education purposes. Both should not be mixed.
By Vijaya P, Internal Sales, Endress + Hauser  | 03 01 2011 14:47:03 +0000
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no a big no! Facebook is for entertainment...what a purpose of taking it for college admissions??
By Jasmin Pawar, HR Manager, HR GLOBE CONSULTING  | 03 01 2011 14:12:57 +0000
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No. Facebook is for an entertainment, if many sbusiness services are executed in facebook, it will create trouble, people will avoid it. So, leave facebook for entertainment, do not make it too much business
By Virag Shah, Confidential  | 03 01 2011 13:10:26 +0000
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I think it hampers privacy, it is bad because a person can be different than what he looks on the site because there he shows what he wants to more than what he is..
By sumitra dutta, Consultant, XYZ  | 03 01 2011 12:28:51 +0000
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No, it is not justified. Use of Facebook for college admission should not be given permission.
By SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd  | 03 01 2011 11:38:01 +0000
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