CTK College Coach

MARCH 8, 2023

Should I Attend College Fairs? One of my favorite college fairs is coming up in NYC this weekend, featuring a consortium of colleges known as the Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL). FREE DOWNLOAD : Create a Spreadsheet for Your College List. You can still register here. Why do I love the CTCL?

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Emerging College Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2024

Approach your next college fair with confidence! Learn how to target top schools, ask thoughtful questions, and make strong impressions.

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Emerging College Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2024

Approach your next college fair with confidence! Learn how to target top schools, ask thoughtful questions, and make strong impressions.

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Estrela Consulting Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

I recently worked seven days in a row with six of those days boasting some very large college fairs. I see so many of you navigate college fairs, and I receive your calls and emails filled with “what” questions, all hoping that my answer will help you engineer the perfect application. That was a new one for me.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 20, 2024

Make a list of the attributes important to you and what colleges pique your interest. This is the building block of what will eventually become your college list, which will get refined over the course of the next year. Also, use the first semester of your junior year to attend college fairs in the area.

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Solomon Admissions

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

College admissions offices usually offer information sessions and campus tours on a regular basis. Be sure to visit the admissions website of your college of interest to schedule a visit. Be on the lookout for college fairs in your area. The college planning process can be difficult to navigate.

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Niche

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Travel activities, high school visits, and college fairs were cited as less influential and weren’t used as often to discover and learn about new colleges. They are typically left out of college fairs and obviously wouldn’t be included in high school visits or transfer fairs.

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Solomon Admissions

MAY 4, 2023

Ultimately, it's up to you to decide whether taking these tests is the right choice for your college application.

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Humbach Education Consulting

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Have 5 questions to ask the college representative. College Fairs Check for college fairs in your area. Some college fairs have hundreds of college representatives attending. It’s a great chance to explore lots of colleges in one place. Colleges That Change Lives. .

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Top Tier Admissions

JULY 28, 2023

colleges rely on data (did they visit our website, take a tour, stop by our table at a college fair?) Just like you might gather data (did they smile at you, laugh at your joke, ask a friend about you?), to assess your interest before they make that final decision on your application.

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The Koppelman Group

JANUARY 13, 2024

In fact, despite the fact that Dartmouth’s common data set lists “level of applicant’s interest” as considered, they’ve also gone on record to say they don’t track “visits, communications, college fairs, or web events” and “your completed application is all the demonstrated interest we need.” So… Should You Demonstrate Interest?

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If they invite you to meet them someplace—at your school, at a Starbucks when they visit your town, at a college fair —put on your dancing shoes and show up. In these cases, just let them know you’re interested, fill out the (dance) cards, attend the college fairs, and pay a visit. Third, accept their invitations.

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ACM College Consulting

AUGUST 20, 2020

Virtual College Fair – Virtual college fairs allow you to attend several information sessions from various colleges all in one day. It’s also a possibility someone you know already has a connection to grads or current students from your schools of interest, you just need to ask.

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BestColleges

AUGUST 16, 2023

If you can arrive early, take advantage of the free HBCU college fair at the nearby Wingate Houston Hotel. Dates and Location The 2023 HBCU Battle of the Bands will take place at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on August 26. The event begins at 6 p.m.

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Solomon Admissions

MAY 11, 2023

You can start with searches online, but many high schools and some city/county organizations also host college fairs where you meet with college admission reps who can share more information with you about their school. Doing this first will help you in narrowing down and deciding on your preferred field of study.

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EAB

DECEMBER 13, 2022

College fairs. Overview of college fairs. This brief guide from WACAC covers the basics of representing your college at a fair. Represent your college. EAB Enrollment Blog. Subscribe to stay up-to-date on the latest research and recommendations from EAB. Resources for specific job responsibilities.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 15, 2024

But they also provide you an opportunity to learn more about the college–and to earn some demonstrated interest brownie points. Whether the event is online (a “virtual information session”) or in person at a college fair, take the time to attend. Your registration is a signal of your interest.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 17, 2023

She will at least know that you met her colleague at a college fair or filled out a form on the college’s website requesting more information. Finally, an admissions officer will have a pretty good knowledge about the college. If you have not submitted the application.

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Georgia Tech Admissions Blog

AUGUST 9, 2024

For that reason, we feel a deep commitment to be transparent, to empower the student and counseling community, and to anchor all the interested players in comforting common sense, tough love reality checks and much needed moments of lightheartedness and humor (come back for my next blog on College Fairs: A View from the Trashcan).

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PrepScholar

JANUARY 3, 2023

Given its purpose, it’s no wonder that colleges and universities have been requiring the SAT for decades. But as you peruse school websites and the brochures you collected at college fairs, you might also notice a term pop up when it comes to SAT scores: test optional. But what does test optional mean?

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 3, 2023

They stand at college fairs, conduct interviews in hotel lobbies and coffee shops and visit four to five high schools a day, all to promote their school and spread the word to potential applicants. But do you know what to expect at a college reception? What is a college reception?

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Humbach Education Consulting

AUGUST 10, 2015

There are College Fairs and then there is the Colleges That Change Lives Event I’m thrilled to announce that once again, Denver has been chosen as one of only twenty stops CTCL is making in 2015! Here, you’ll find reps from a quaint 275 or so schools to chat with. Put it on your calendar, review the attending schools and GO!

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ACM College Consulting

MARCH 3, 2021

You can use the various forms of social media to find them ( LinkedIn is great to find recent grads) or reach out to the college and ask if they would connect you with someone. Virtual College Fair – Virtual college fairs allow you to attend several information sessions from various colleges all in one day.

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BestColleges

APRIL 15, 2024

At college fairs, students aren't as much intrigued as they are confused, Baum noted. John's that set it apart from other colleges. Roughly 1,000 students — spread across two campuses, in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico — accept this intellectual challenge. "I I like talking. I like reading."

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StandOut College Prep

MARCH 31, 2023

Meet with Admissions Officers or Current Students Meeting with admissions officers or current students can help you make a personal connection with the college and show that you are genuinely interested in attending. This can be done through scheduled visits or by attending college fairs.

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CampusESP

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For our friends in enrollment and admissions, the most clicked resources are: 2024 Prospective Family Engagement Report Our annual research on the expectations of 11,000 parents, helping you strategize how to recruit the entire family CampusESP Asks: How involved are parents, really?

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CTK College Coach

MARCH 20, 2023

Learn which colleges track demonstrated interest - Back to yield protection: if a college tracks a student’s demonstrated interest (and not all do), play the game, and play it smart. Engage, engage, engage, and keep doing so all the way until you have an acceptance in hand.

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DC College Counseling

AUGUST 24, 2023

During the spring of your junior year, set aside some time to talk with your college counselor (if you haven’t already) and attend any college fairs or information sessions in your area. This is also a great time to tour colleges and see what campuses look like while school is in session!

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the college spy

JANUARY 23, 2020

A college visit is a key indicator of demonstrated interest. Colleges are tracking this data.

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AHM Advising

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Many colleges and universities divide their admissions offices into states or territories, designating specific staff members to be responsible for the recruiting and/or admissions of students from these areas. If they are coming to town, make an effort to go to the college fair or event they are attending/hosting to meet them.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 28, 2024

anyone can go to a college fair and sign their name on the email newsletter registration, which means no one looks special for doing the little things). Second, demonstrated interest doesn’t significantly indicate whether a student will attend a school or not, so it wasn’t a helpful metric for acceptance rate and yield (i.e.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 19, 2024

This is good news for everyone ; you don’t need to waste a ton of time memorizing the tour guide’s setlist of dad jokes or stalking admissions reps who you’d casually introduce yourself to if you happened to, I don’t know, bump into them at a coffee shop two blocks from the college fair you definitely didn’t know about.

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The Koppelman Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

Imagine losing your spot to someone who actually wants to go to Yale just because they signed up for further information at a college fair. It means you can’t get edged out by superficial displays of interest that require the bare minimum. Anyone can do that! Demonstrating interest ultimately WILL help you, though.

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Parry College Counseling: College Admissions Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

They are big on demonstrated interest (in-person visits, virtual visits, saying hello to admission reps at college fairs and events, solid “why American U?” ” essay, etc.) and want to make sure students are intentional in their application to AU.

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Parry College Counseling: College Admissions Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

They are big on demonstrated interest (in-person visits, virtual visits, saying hello to admission reps at college fairs and events, solid “why American U?” ” essay, etc.) and want to make sure students are intentional in their application to AU.

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BestColleges

JULY 3, 2023

And just 47% said they are considering attending a four-year college. Unsurprisingly, these students also reported having fewer opportunities at their high school to access career exploration resources like college fairs, questionnaires, and career discovery programs.

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