Online Tool Turns Admissions Interviews Into Virtual Events
A
new virtual meeting tool will make it possible for prospective students
to
schedule interviews with college admissions officers online.
CollegeWeekLive's High School Connect will give high school counselors an intuitive online
platform to
schedule video meetings for students and parents directly with college
admissions departments.
At
the
same time, the tool will give colleges more latitude to identify,
schedule
and conduct live online events with high schools they may be interested
in
recruiting students from.
By
reducing
the need for expensive travel, high school students and their parents
can interview with more colleges than if they had to depend on live,
face-to-face meetings.
"My
students
are able to meet and chat online with admissions representatives from
a much broader range of colleges and universities than ever before,"
said Ben
Davis High School Counselor Terry Henry in Indianapolis.
At
the
same time, college admissions officers with tight travel budgets can
interact with more potential qualified applicants than before.
"This
gives
us a way to connect with students at our feeder schools as well as high
schools we do not visit in person," said Jeff Fuller, director of
student
recruiting at the University of Houston.
In
fact,
colleges can use High School Connect at almost every stage of the
admissions process, from staging information sessions to conducting
interviews
to holding online orientation sessions for accepted students.
CollegeWeekLive,
an
online channel that helps students navigate the college admissions
process,
already holds online college fairs similar to one
held October 2 for several
branches of the University of California.
To learn more about how a high school can
participate in the UC virtual college fair or any of the other virtual
fairs
CollegeWeekLive presents, e-mail [email protected] or call
888-697-0050.
Registration for CollegeWeekLive online
events is always offered to students and parents at no cost.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.