<p>I agree that it is in bad taste and insensitive. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with letting people know where you will be attending college, or joining an accepted students page after reaching a decision, but posting acceptance letters is a different story. </p>
<p>My D doesn’t even have a twitter account and she rarely frequents FB. Last night, she said that she cannot understand why people feel compelled to share their every thought and action with the world. Granted, she’s not a typical teen. I know social media is all the rage, but I am inclined to agree with her. </p>
<p>She can ignore that request. I think that it is good when our kids (and we, ourselves) realize that we don’t have to do something just because someone ELSE thinks it is a good idea. </p>
<p>I think it is a bad idea to put the personal info part on there. For one thing, people have posted on here that at a couple of schools someone took the ID number off the letter and hacked the student account, sending in a rejection of the admission. </p>
<p>I don’t think you have to be an exhibitionist on demand. High spirits and wanting to do it yourself is one thing, being told to is kind of odd, to me. “Fake it that you are excited!!”</p>
<p>Several schools that accepted S2 sent signs in the big envelopes suggesting he have a photo taken holding the “I was accepted at…” sign and post that on FB. He didn’t do it. But, I guess it’s common for colleges to request this.</p>
<p>wow! My answer is a definite, “bad form”, but the wow part is how fast things have changed. This was unheard of just a few years ago. (My 2 boys were applying to college 8 and 10 years ago)</p>