 They urge students who are pressured to give up their account information to tell the administrators to contact a parent or lawyer before they take the matter any further.Although they are students, they still have the right to keep their password-protected information private.Before social media, admissions officials in the United States used SAT and other standardized test scores, extra-curricular activities, letters of recommendation, and high school report cards to determine whether to accept or deny an applicant.