Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 17, 2014 - CollegeWeekLive, the popular online destination where more than a million students connect with colleges and admissions experts live online each year, today invited high school students to CollegeWeekLive All Access on Thursday March 20th between 10:00 am to 10:00 pm EDT. The event provides a superb opportunity for students to browse information on 190 higher education institutions and chat live with admissions representatives. What's more, students who log in can watch video presentations, streamed live, on such topics as how to prepare for the SAT or ACT standardized tests, how to craft a compelling college application essay, how admissions officer weed through thousands of applicants, and even how you can better manage your online reputation.
CollegeWeekLive is rapidly becoming the go-to resource for teens to research and connect to colleges, with daily live events that showcase higher education institutions and a rich repository of admissions and financial aid information on several hundred colleges. This virtual event offers presentations that will appeal both to students just beginning the college search process and to seniors who may already be considering their lives as future freshman.
The agenda includes:
10:00 AM EDT How Colleges Weed out the Uninteresting
10:00 AM EDT Video Chat with Johnson and Wales University
11:00 AM EDT College Admissions Officers are Googling You: How to Get in Anyway
12:00 PM EDT Path to the Student-Athlete Experience
1:00 PM EDT 10 Tips for Planning a Gold Medal Worthy Senior Year
2:00 PM EDT The College Essay: How to Win or Lose in 500 Words
3:00 PM EDT Starting Strong In College: Insider Tips for College Success
3:00 PM EDT Video Chat with Lawrence Tech University
4:00 PM EDT Seven Trends in College Admissions and Five Key Principles for Navigating Them
4:00 PM EDT Video Chat with Syracuse University
4:00 PM EDT Video Chat with University of Tampa
5:00 PM EDT Whose Line is it Anyway? Understanding Financial Aid Award Letters with American Student Assistance (ASA)
6:00 PM EDT Thinking Your Way to Great SAT/ACT scores
7:00 PM EDT College Advice For High School Seniors
7:00 PM EDT Video Chat with the University of Vermont
8:00 PM EDT Paying for College
8:00 PM EDT Video Chat with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
PARTICIPATING COLLEGES INCLUDE:
Alderson Broaddus University
Alliant International University
American College of Greece
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Ave Maria University
Bath Spa University
Bentley University
Boston Architectural College
Boston University
Bowling Green State University
Bucknell University
California State University - Long Beach
California State University, Channel Islands
Carleton University
Castleton State College
Central State University
Champlain College
Christ College
Clayton State University
College of DuPage
College of Saint Rose
Columbia College
CUNY, College of Staten Island
Dakota College at Bottineau
Dalhousie University
Design Institute of San Diego
DominIcan College
Drake University
East Tennessee State University
Edison State College
EDMC - The Art Institutes
Ferris State University
Fisher College
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida International University
Frostburg State University
Georgia Southern University
Grand View University
Grove City College
Hamilton College
Heidelberg University
Hellenic American University
Hofstra University
Holy Names University
Hunter College
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology - Graduate Programs
Indiana Tech
James Cook University
John Cabot University
Johnson & Wales University
Johnson C. Smith University
Keiser University
Kent State University
King's College London
La Roche College
Lawrence Tech University
Leeds Metropolitan University
Lenoir-Rhyne University
LIM College
Malone University
Manhattan College
Manhattanville College
Marshall University
McGill University
Mercy College
Meredith College
Miami Dade College
Michigan Technological University
Middle Georgia State College
Middlesex University
Midway College
Mills College
Mississippi State University
Moravian College
Mount Saint Mary College
Mount St. Mary's University
New England School of Photography
Niagara County Community College
North Carolina State University
Northumbria University
Norwich University
Norwich University of the Arts
Nova Southeastern University
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
Pace University
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Park University
Penn State Greater Allegheny
Philadelphia University
Platt College San Diego Digital Media Design
Post University
Purdue University
Regis College
Richmond -The American University in London
Roger Williams University
Rowan University
Rutgers Newark
Saint Joseph's College (Brooklyn)
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Saint Louis University
Sam Houston State University
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Fe College
Savannah College of Art & Design
Schenectady County Community College
Sheridan College
Simpson University
St. Cloud State University
St. Thomas University
Stony Brook University
Suffolk University
Suffolk University Madrid
SUNY, Alfred State College
SUNY, College at Brockport
SUNY, College at Old Westbury
SUNY, Cortland
SUNY, Finger Lakes Community College
SUNY, Potsdam
SUNY, University at Albany
Syracuse University
Temple School of Pharmacy
Texas Tech University
The American University in Rome
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
UMass Dartmouth
Union University
United States Coast Guard Academy
University of Advancing Technology
University of Akron
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
University of Arizona
University of Bridgeport
University of British Columbia
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Merced
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Florida
University of Houston
University of Idaho
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
University of Louisville
University of Melbourne
University of Memphis
University of New England
University of New Haven
University of North Carolina School of The Arts
University of North Texas
University of Notre Dame
University of Oklahoma
University of Oregon
University of Queensland
University of Reading
University of Rochester
University of San Diego
University of South Wales
University of Southampton
University of St. Thomas
University of Surrey
University of Tampa
University of Technology, Sydney
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
University of Texas, Arlington
University of Texas, Pan American
University of Texas, Tyler
University of Texas, San Antonio
University of Tulsa
University of Vermont
University of Washington, Seattle
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Stout
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
USMA West Point
Utah Valley University
Western Connecticut State University
Western Michigan University
Western Oregon University
Western Wyoming Community College
William Peace University
Winthrop University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Youngstown State University
Any student who logs in to CollegeWeekLive and virtually visits with three or more colleges is automatically eligible for a special drawing for a $5,000 scholarship. If you are a student, parent or counselor you can register for CollegeWeekLive at no cost. To learn how your college or university can participate in CollegeWeekLive, contact 800.828.8222 or colleges(at)collegeweeklive.com.
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