Virtual On-Line College Fair Draws Over 700 Students
The Sacred Heart University virtual on-line college fair, Co-hosted by MoreThanGrades.com on September 16, 2010, draws over 700 students to this first of its kind event.
- (1888PressRelease) September 20, 2010 - "We are thrilled that we were able to draw such a large number of students in just a few weeks. What is really exciting is that of the 700+ students who registered, over 600 were interested in learning more about Sacred Heart University," said Mike, Co-Founder of MoreThanGrades.com
Unlike other on-line events, the MoreThanGrades.com platform allows colleges and students to interact live while viewing each other's profiles, documents, and even videos. What's more, the profiles are viewable 24 hours a day. This allows admission representatives to follow up with the students who registered at their leisure. There is even a mechanism for each college representative to create their own personal list of students for their specific territory.
"We will definitely do it again for November. We set up missions control in our lobby and had 5 of us here with our laptops and pizza. It was a great bonding experience for our team," said Mike Tarantino, Undergraduate Admissions Counselor at Sacred Heart University. "This definitely is a great idea and we plan on using it for other events such as our cohort information session. Having 600 new students from around the country who want to learn more about Sacred Heart University is incredible. "
The MoreThanGrades.com's platform is available to any college or university that registers on the site. During the month of October, MoreThanGrades.com will make the virtual on-line service available at no cost to any two or four year college wishing to host its own on-line chat. For those attending the NACAC conference in St. Louis, a voucher for a second on-line conference will be given just for stopping by booth 1228.
"We are pleased to be able to offer our technology to those colleges and universities who understand that the old way of interacting with students is gone. Students spend the majority of their time on line and gravitate toward those who do likewise. Social media plays an important part in the life of a high school student so it is only natural that on-line is where they will seek information and interaction. I think having over 600 students specifically interested in learning more about Sacred Heart University confirms this," said Mike.
About MoreThanGrades.com
MoreThanGrades.com not only offers colleges/universities the opportunity to find students who are a good fit for their institution, it offers assistance with setting up, integrating, and maintaining social media into their recruitment strategies. Their goal is to provide an easy to use and well-integrated system of student recruitment at a low cost.
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