前阵子哈佛大学以发布恶搞表情为由开除了10名新生,引来众人热议,但与此同时,这件事也给即将申请大学的高中生和家长敲响了警钟。为了避免被招生官抓住把柄,许多学生都采取了防范措施,比如删除自己的社交媒体账号,在网上采用假名等。一家公司也不失时机地推出新服务,帮助学生清扫有问题的网上信息和图片。 When Kelsang Dolma began sending in her college applications, the first thing she did was lock down her Twitter account. 格桑•多玛提交大学申请时,她做的第一件事就是锁定自己的推特账户。 "I was applying to about 10 schools and I knew that every bit of information could be crucial," said Dolma, now a junior at Yale University. "My Twitter by no means was offensive, but I worried that any little joke could be a deal breaker. Most of the schools I applied to had razor thin admission rates, so I wanted to be safe rather than sorry." 多玛如今已经是耶鲁大学大三的学生,她说:“我当时申请了大概10个学校,我知道每一点信息都可能很关键。我的推特绝对没有什么冒犯的内容,但我担心任何小玩笑都可能坏事。我申请的大多数学校的录取率都很低,所以我宁愿安全也不要后悔。” |