High School Students Use Instagram to Filter College Choices

High School Students Use Instagram to Filter College Choices

Apr 10, 2015

ANOTHER WAY TO FILTER COLLEGE CHOICES: Among the factors that high school seniors consider when deciding which college to attend: academics, location, geography and...Instagram? TIME reports that students are turning to the photo-sharing tool to get a glimpse of campus atmosphere through geotagged photos shared by current college students. "It's like you're getting a tiny slice of that college and it's real and raw," one student said. Just don't be fooled by those 23 photo filters.

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