Using the Internet for College Searches

Derek Luther, M.Ed. Assistant Director of Admission for eRecruitment

Immaculata University

Steps to a successful search

• Dream Big

• Shorten the list

• Road Trip

• Show me the money

• Pack it up… you’re going to college

DREAM BIG!

University of Guam

Shorten the list & market yourself

Reach out to your short list of schools.

Road Trip

“That picture could be of the state capital building. You have to visit campus.”

Road Trip

Be prepared

Be punctual

Be memorable

“You have to visit campus. So much of finding a college is ‘fit’, and you can’t get that from a website or a viewbook.”

Online Applications

Show me the money

File your FAFSA (Jan-Feb of senior year)Compare awards from various schoolsAppeal, if necessary

fafsa.ed.gov

Pack it up… you’re going to college

• Use Web 2.0 resources to meet people before you go to campus

• Attend Orientation activities

Steps to a successful search

• Dream Big

• Shorten the list

• Road Trip

• Show me the money

• Pack it up… you’re going to college