While sites like LinkedIn and Facebook allow college bound students to input information about their academic standing and activities, I think a social media site that allows high schools and colleges to view students' achievements would be a great supplement or alternative to the traditional college application process.
On such a social media platform, secondary schools, advisors, counselors, mentors could submit or verify the information that the students post. Examples of relevant information would be high school grades, SAT/ACT scores, extracurricular activities: sports, clubs, volunteer work, and work experience. Students would then subscribe to the accounts run by the colleges as a means of applying to the schools. The college accounts would then base their admission status on the student profiles.
The student profiles could also feature photos, short video introductions, and more opportunities for applicants to display their personality and elaborate on their capabilities while also resolving any misunderstandings in their data.
This new media could make college applications be up to speed with the technology and social media driven world that we live in, and the world that technology and social media has progressed in certain ways. It would also make the applications look more interactive and interesting, forcing both the students and admissions persons to be more active in their respective processes.
