Almost all (91%) of U.S. employers have visited a job-hunter's profile on social networks and more than 69percentt of employers have rejected some applicants on the basis of what they found.
They complain that it is the preferential treatment afforded some applicants because of their parents' wealth or college affiliation that is unfair.
After the normal dropout of some applicants, the number of those matriculating in the fall will be about 38,000, the lowest since 1977, when there were two dozen fewer law schools, according to Brian Z. Tamanaha of Washington University Law School, the author of "Failing Law Schools".
It also robs some deserving applicants of the opportunity to attend their school of choice and sometimes of the chance to attend college at all.
Application fee waivers are available for some applicants including members of the U.S. Military and veterans, members of Forté and more.
The project aims to give more young people the confidence and skills to work in the arts, with some applicants receiving bursaries of £30,000 and being featured in short films on Sky Arts.
On Jan . 15 President Bush criticized Michigan's polices, which he said gave preference to some applicants "not because of any academic achievement or life experience, but solely because they are African-American, Hispanic or Native American".
For some applicants, the size of the paycheck may not be as important as vacation time.
Some applicants, says John L. Mahoney, director of undergraduate admissions, "probably weren't very serious about us all along".
When Princeton officials gained access to a Web site for students who had applied to Yale, they did more than violate the privacy of some applicants.
