Hey guys!
I applied to a lot of colleges (20) and in the next few weeks, I think the decisions are really going to be rolling in. Hopefully, I will have a lot of acceptances, and this leads to the age old question - do you announce on Facebook, and how many and which ones do you announce on Facebook? Just the first one? Just the “big” ones? Just the one you’re going to? Do you get annoyed by people posting lots of college decisions on Facebook?
Curious what everyone’s opinion is on this.
I think it’s fine. Try not to come off as excessively braggy though.
If I get an acceptance from one of my top 5 choices (Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Amherst, Middlebury), I’ll post a picture or screenshot of my acceptance letter, tag my parents thanking them for the support and add heartfelt words of resentment towards my country’s backwards government and education system.
Not many people apply to US colleges in my country. In fact I believe a total of 4 people are applying from my province of 1 million this year(and I’m the only one applying to Ivies), so an acceptance alone would likely get my face on a newspaper or two. My father has a few friends from the local media on facebook; hopefully tagging him will ensure that my criticism gets picked up by the press and published.
Just maybe it’ll be read by someone important and make a slight difference.
I’d just post the one you’re going to–not everybody’s going to care about a long list of acceptances/rejections/waitlists.
I read other people’s results so I’d like as much as possible but I guess I’m in the minority.
My friends only post “[Insert College] Class of 2019” as a status update. I haven’t seen anyone continually post acceptance letters. I just posted a picture of the first one I got, and saying that I was happy to be going somewhere next year. The next post will be me announcing where I will officially be attending next year.
If I were you, I’d post the biggest ones (Ivies) either in a group, or only if you’d actually consider going there not only because its an Ivy. And lastly, just where you’re going next year. Don’t brag, even about safeties because some people might hurt because a) you’ve gotten so many (if you post them all) and b) because your safety could be their reach.
I don’t mind when my friends do it. This year, I haven’t spoken to a lot of my friends very much, so I think it’s nice to see where they may be going to college. I’m assuming that most will be writing posts about where they decide to go to college.
I personally don’t do it b/c of my own personal issues, lol. If I were to do it, I’d feel like I’m bragging. Also, about 2 months ago, I received my acceptance letter from a school that about 150 students from my school also applied to. However, a lot of my friends were rejected from this school and were upset. I felt like writing “Got accepted to X!” would be like rubbing salt in the wound. HOWEVER, as I said, this is just my mentality about why I personally don’t do it.
I also saw one incident where posting an acceptance on Facebook completely backfired. One of my friends recently got into a state school that her sister also goes to, and it’s a pretty good one, too. She wrote on Facebook that she got in. I was pretty shocked to see her relatives (yes, RELATIVES) pounce on her and start bashing the school - they wanted her to attend a different school that… is more in line with their religion, I’ll say (don’t know how to phrase that better) 
my friend didn’t make any further comments on that post, but still, yikes. Under normal circumstances, people usually just congratulate the person, regardless of their opinion of the school, right? 
Out of your three options (post all decisions, only the ones they care about, only the one they’re going to), I’ve seen all three. Some people are posting several of their acceptances, then a few months later, they’ll post which one they actually chose.
I haven’t seen anyone being like, “Got deferred from MIT! #yay!” or “Rejected from Harvard! #hatersgonnahate”… so yeah, just do the acceptances 
I would only post the ones that you’re really excited about, like the first acceptance, your higher up choices, etc. A girl I know applied to like 11 schools and the only one she really talked about was her top choice, which she also got a full ride to. A close friend of mine applied to many as well, but only posted about the first one and is waiting on her top choice to avoid seeming braggy.
Personally, I posted about my first because 1) it was my first, 2) I’m probably going to go there, and 3) it was really exciting because it meant I didn’t have to go to the safety that everyone knew I disliked (aka it meant I didn’t have to stay in state, which was a really huge deal for me). As far as the others I applied to, I intend to tell people that I’m close to about my acceptances as I get them and only post on Facebook after I’ve gotten all my decisions and can make a final choice.
It’s up to you, but 20 posts about acceptances will probably get annoying lol. People get on social media to see the big events in your life, not every event in your life.
My friends and I have a group message where we post all of our college acceptances. For social media posts: I’m tweeting about my top choices and making only one fb post about where I’m going to be officially going.
Only post the college that you plan on attending next year. The rest of the colleges that you applied to are meaningless, tbh.
I think it’s a little tacky usually. And repetitive when people post every time they get into a school. That, and it’s really not that interesting unless it’s the one you’re going. Otherwise, you’re just bragging, which I think is in such poor taste, especially with those that didn’t get into those schools.
I don’t know if it’s just me but I want my friends to post their acceptances because I want to hear where they got in. I’ve loved how Facebook has allowed me to see where the Seniors at my school have been accepted and where some of my friends (ones that I may talk with less) were accepted as well.
I personally love hearing about friends’ (both actual friends and acquaintances who I’m FB friends with) acceptances, but I do think that posting a Facebook status for each of your (what will hopefully be many!) acceptances would tick some people off. I have a Twitter account and tweet about acceptances, but in terms of FB plan on only joining a few class of 2019 groups for schools I’m most seriously considering and then posting my final choice on Facebook. But I think depending on how often you post on FB normally, it shouldn’t be a huge deal 
best of luck!!