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Kaplan: More College Admissions Officers See Applicants’ Social Posts as ‘Fair Game’

However, fewer are pursuing this option

Just 6% of those who said they have examined applicants’ profiles said they so do 'often'sshepard/iStock

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More college admissions officers believe applicants’ social media posts are “fair game” for use in determining who gets into their schools, but fewer of them are perusing those posts, according to the latest annual survey from Kaplan.

Kaplan found that 66% of admissions officers who responded to its survey see that content as fair game, up from 65% in the 2020 survey, 59% in 2019 and 57% in 2018, but falling short of the record of 68%, set in 2017.

Conversely,