99% of Amherst Freshmen Connected on Facebook Before Classes Started
While most people familiar with Facebook have known stats like this to be anecdotally true for at least the last couple of years, a new report from Peter Schilling, the Director of IT at Amherst College, confirms the case:
Out of 438 students who enrolled at Amherst this fall, 432 had joined the Amherst College Class of 2012 Facebook group by the end of August (classes started the first week of September). Additionally, Schilling says 3,225 posts were made in the group by that time.
Clearly, Facebook is becoming a predominant communication platform for a lot of folks. Or as one student told me recently, “Email is for old people.”
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October 13th, 2008 at 9:04 am
[...] I ran across a fascinating article saying that 99% of Amherst College freshman had already connected on Facebook via an “Amherst College Class of 2012” Group. Out of the 438 registered freshman, 432 [...]
October 16th, 2008 at 6:55 am
I spent two years teaching at a local college and think you’re spot on here. Most students coming into class on day one had already “met” online.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
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January 4th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
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