Tools We've Unearthed to Help Your Search
U Sphere just returned from the annual NACAC convention. This group brings together two sides of the college admissions equation: college and university admissions directors, and guidance counselors who work at high schools.
(This creates an interesting exchange -- especially at the "Counselors' College Fair," where the universities and colleges set up booths and conduct a college fair for the counselors. It's the same thing you would see at a college fair if you were a high school student, except there are no students.)
Lots of companies were there; we found a few that have pretty nifty things that can help you with the process. Here are three:
Bar Z Adventures. Show up at a college campus on a random afternoon and ask for a tour. No one available in the admissions office, or you're unscheduled, or whatever. So the college hands you a rugged device that is about the size of a PSP. As you walk the campus, the GPS-enabled thingy tells you where you are. Who designed this building? Click on a button. How many people study engineering? Click here. School gets their message out and you get to play with a neat toy. Rarely have we seen so much "why didn't I think of that?" buzz.
British Council USA. Forgotten in the kids-meet-colleges exchange is the role of schools from the United Kingdom. Great schools, and many of them are winning battles for high-performing students.
College Prowler. Witty guidebooks that feature unfiltered comments from students about what schools are really like. Great if you're looking for any of the mainstream schools. 237 different guides written "by students for students." And everyone at their booth wore some shade of orange. (Note: it appeared that they had 15 people working their booth at all times. Semi-intimidating.)
More on the schools themselves in the coming days.
(This creates an interesting exchange -- especially at the "Counselors' College Fair," where the universities and colleges set up booths and conduct a college fair for the counselors. It's the same thing you would see at a college fair if you were a high school student, except there are no students.)
Lots of companies were there; we found a few that have pretty nifty things that can help you with the process. Here are three:
Bar Z Adventures. Show up at a college campus on a random afternoon and ask for a tour. No one available in the admissions office, or you're unscheduled, or whatever. So the college hands you a rugged device that is about the size of a PSP. As you walk the campus, the GPS-enabled thingy tells you where you are. Who designed this building? Click on a button. How many people study engineering? Click here. School gets their message out and you get to play with a neat toy. Rarely have we seen so much "why didn't I think of that?" buzz.
British Council USA. Forgotten in the kids-meet-colleges exchange is the role of schools from the United Kingdom. Great schools, and many of them are winning battles for high-performing students.
College Prowler. Witty guidebooks that feature unfiltered comments from students about what schools are really like. Great if you're looking for any of the mainstream schools. 237 different guides written "by students for students." And everyone at their booth wore some shade of orange. (Note: it appeared that they had 15 people working their booth at all times. Semi-intimidating.)
More on the schools themselves in the coming days.
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