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April 11, 2008

Notes From an Online College Fair

Check out a recent New York Times essay on a parent’s experience with CollegeWeekLive.com, a virtual college fair where students and parents chat live with admissions officers from 200 institutions.

One thing Michelle Slatalla, the essay’s author, seemed to miss about going to a real (offline) college fair was the ability to follow the crowd to the “most selective” institutions: “here there was no way to gauge whether more attendees were flocking to Bryn Mawr College or Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.”

The next CollegeWeekLive fair, which is free, is scheduled for the fall.—Catherine Rampell

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1. Our family went to CollegeWeekLive and found it a great experience—lots of great presentations and a way to text chat with students a number of colleges.

   — sheila rafter    Apr 15, 09:50 PM    #

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