Not that it’s a popular practice, but if you’re applying to college and you have a Facebook, MySpace, or some other kind of public profile, be careful - your school-to-be could check to make sure you’re the kind of person they want representing their school.  For the most part, these schools don’t have time to be checking every student’s profile, but if they receive a tip about something questionable, they might check it out.  Of course, you can easily prevent this by A) changing your settings to private, where only your friends can access your profile, or B) not putting anything stupid on there in the first place.  But where’s the fun in that?  Read more… continue reading...