Attending A Cyber College Fair
HERE is how I helped my oldest daughter apply to colleges last year. I turned the dining room into a command center and deployed a multipronged battle plan as ruthless as the one General Patton used in Europe. I put color-coded labels on folders. I devised a secret formula to calculate my daughter’s likelihood of being admitted to any four-year college in America. I learned the other day about an unusual kind of online college fair where students — and parents! — can chat with admissions officers in real time and attend live question-and-answer sessions on topics like financial aid, I rushed over to CollegeWeekLive.com to register. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/fashion/10Cyber.html?ex=1208491200&en=7a726dd9e9f8d44e&ei=5070&emc=eta1

CollegeWeekLive was a lot of fun. Amazing what they did-- running a massive online fair. Thousands of students and parents went to the fair--and got to chat with college experts and 300 admissions people from universities around the world.
www.collegeweeklive.com
Posted by: PatrickR | April 11, 2008 at 10:21 AM