WOW: Virtual College Fair!

Technology at its best! An organization called College Week Live is going to have a college fair take place LIVE online. This is truly amazing and even though I am in college already I think I am going to log in to check it out because I have never seen anything like this before. This is really a step toward the future…a brighter.

Click HERE to go to the the site:

Click HERE for a list of participating schools.

Here is what it will entail:

WHAT IS CWL?

CollegeWeekLive (CWL) is a two-day virtual college fair to help prospective students in their college planning by connecting them with colleges in a live, interactive environment. It will take place on November 13th and 14th from 3:00 EST to 11:00 EST. The event will draw thousands of students from the US and abroad and over 50 major US colleges – including such schools as Northeastern, Smith College, UCONN, the University of Buffalo, Ole Miss, Tufts, and many others. Attendance is free.

The event will feature:

Live streaming video keynote presentations from college admission experts, admissions officers, and students like:
- Howard and Matthew Greene (Authors of the Greene College Guides and hosts of the PBS Series Ten Steps to College)
- Penny Hastings (Author of How to Win A Sports Scholarship)
- Elizabeth Wissner-Gross (Author of What Colleges Don’t Tell You and What High Schools Don’t Tell You)
- Katherine Cohen (CEO and Founder of IvyWise)
Real-time, interactive Q&A sessions with admissions officials
Live interactive student panel discussions from schools across the US.
Virtual booths for colleges, featuring electronic brochures, videos, webinars, podcasts and real-time IM and video chat between admissions counselors and students/parents.
Networking capabilities to connect students with other students and service providers.
A resource center for students and parents.
A services center to allow guidance counselors and other providers the ability to market their services and products.
Scheduled school specific presentations by admissions officials.
Scholarship and financial aid resources to help students and parents.

By Blogsdna

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Anonymous

Soooo cool! I wish they had this when I picked schools.

November 6, 2007

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The holders of power and influence in our society are shifting in a way it never has before. We are emerging into a new era where a new medium is playing a prominent role in the successes of young people and changing the blue print of how to achieve greatness and notoriety in our society: the internet. The internet is dominating everything and changing the definition of hustle down to the amount of influential people a person has in their email blast list....read more?

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