Virtual On-Line College Fair brings in 700+ Students

As you may or may not know, Sacred Heart University and MoreThanGrades held our first virtual on-line college fair this past week (September 16, 2010) and wow!

Our on line fair attracted over 700 students (600 who directly expressed learning more about Sacred Heart University) with only three weeks worth of preparation. Students from around the country signed up for our three-hour chat session that ran from 7pm to 10pm. During the live chat, students were able to chat with the admission office, financial aid officers, and current students. In all, it was a great event for both students and Sacred Heart University.

“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. ”

What many colleges and universities don't know is that this platform is available to them. All they need to do is register on the site and send us an email with the information requested. During the month of October, we 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 fair will be given just for stopping by booth 1228 so don't be shy.

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.

MoreThanGrades.com not only offers colleges/universities the opportunity to find students who are a good fit for their institution, our goal is to provide an easy to use and well-integrated system of student recruitment at a low cost.

Our next information session with Sacred Heart University will be in November -so take note high school seniors. For more information, please contact us. Hope to chat soon.

Mike, Co-Founder of MoreThanGrades.com

Rosich@morethangrades.com