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Applying to university can be a long process, and a new social media application is here to help .  The Facebook application Admission Splash allows students to see their chances of being accepted to a university, based on certain details they provide.  Students enter their address, test results, major selection and other such information into the application, which then predicts the likelihood of the students’ acceptance, on a scale from very poor to very good.  The questions are based on the admissions data that each particular school uses.

While the application is not designed to be the determining factor in the choice for higher education, it´s definitely a fun way to see how your data possibly rates at different schools.  Co-creator of the application 19-year-old student Allen Gannett, says that for now the app is free, but that eventually he wants it to be a channel between students and universities. If someone ends up with a good chance of getting into say, the University of Southern California, they could choose to receive a brochure from them, and the school would get the connection with a potential student.

Two interesting things about the app: it doesn´t take into account extra-curricular activites, essays or special abilites, and of the 75 students tested who were admitted to ULCA and New York University, it accurately predicted admissions chances in 90 to 97 percent of the cases.

Source: http://blogs.edweek.org and http://mashable.com

Tags: Admission Splash, Facebook, Facebook Application, University of Southern California