Harvard rescinded the admission offers after discovering the students had traded offensive images and messages on a private Facebook group, student newspaper The Harvard Crimson reported. Its decision may have been rare, but the situation it addressed was not: young applicants crossing lines in their social media posts. Still, social media content being used to oust a student is uncommon. The University of Wisconsin, for instance, doesn't check applicants' social media accounts and doesn't have plans to start. Harvey Mudd College in California has never rescinded an offer because of a social media profile, said Peter Osgood, its admissions director.

Source: ABC News June 19, 2017 07:52 UTC