World’s Largest Admissions Meet and Greet Brings 40,000 College-Bound Teens, Representatives From More Than 200 Colleges Together at CollegeWeek

Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 10, 2010 -- CollegeWeekLive (http://www.collegeweeklive.com/en_ca/guest/refcode=Press), the leading web destination which brings high school students and colleges together live online, announced today the largest online admissions event yet: CollegeWeekLive SPRING, Mach 24th and 25th from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM Eastern. An estimated 40,000 teens will login to CollegeWeekLive over two days with one goal in mind - to connect with thousands of admissions representatives from more than 200 higher education institutions from the convenience of a computer.Spring is historically the season when juniors kick off the college search in earnest.

Academic institutions participating in CollegeWeekLive SPRING range from Ivy League institutions to public and private universities and regional leaders in higher education. A complete list of participating schools (http://www.collegeweeklive.com/en_CA/guest/app-colleges/refcode=Press) is available at CollegeWeekLive and below. In addition, organizations such as the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid, HP Academy, Sallie Mae, Knewton, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MEFA), the American Association of Landscape Architects, the Shell Eco-marathon, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and The ACT are supporting partners of the two-day event. These student services organizations provide a variety of resources to CollegeWeekLive participants helping them to achieve their dreams of a college education.

CollegeWeekLive offers high school students and their families the opportunity to browse information on hundreds of colleges conveniently at one website and chat live with admissions representatives from participating colleges. Teens can attend informal Q&A video webcasts featuring current college students on campuses across the U.S. and around the world, garnering a sense for student life at schools of interest. Attendees can also watch leading experts present live on admissions topics such as the college application process, school fit, and uncovering scholarships and financial aid.

Increasingly, CollegeWeekLive online admission events represent the way teens prefer to research colleges and universities. Based on a March 2010 survey of more than two hundred thousand CollegeWeekLive registrants, the first step 79.7% high school students take when researching higher education is to “go online to college websites and online college fairs”. “Reading through brochures” came in a distant second at 10.9% and “visiting individual college campuses” was cited by just 6.3% of respondents as the first step in college research. For budget-conscious families, CollegeWeekLive represents a way to explore colleges before getting in the car or on a plane to visit a school in person.

If you are a student or a parent interested in attending CollegeWeekLive SPRING, visit www.CollegeWeekLive.com to sign-up for free (http://www.collegeweeklive.com/en_ca/guest/app-registration/refcode=Press). If you are an admissions representative interested in participating in CollegeWeekLive, contact 617.938.6000 or Exhibit(at)CollegeWeekLive(dot)com.

PARTICIPATING HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Academy of Art University

Adelphi University

Agnes Scott College

Air Guard

Alabama State University

Alaska Pacific University

Alderson Broaddus College

American Intercontinental University - London

American Society of Landscape Architects

Anna Maria College

Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus

Arkansas Tech University

Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

ASA Institute

Assumption College

Augsburg College

AustraLearn

Bangor University

Baylor University

Bay Path College

Becker College

Bennett College

Bentley University

Berkeley College

Bethany College-KS

Boise State University

Boston University

Bowling Green State University

Butler University

Clark Atlanta University

College for Creative Studies

Colorado Christian University

Dartmouth College

Department of Education

Dowling College

Drexel University

EDMC - Brown MacKie College

EDMC - South University

EDMC - The Art Institute

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Emerson College

Emory University

Fairmont State University

FIDM

Florida Atlantic University

Florida International University

Florida Southern College

Florida State University

Geneva College

Georgia Institute of Technology

Global College of LIU

Grand Canyon University

Green Mountain College

Guilford College

Harrison College

Hawai'i Pacific University

Hofstra University

Hult International Business School

Iowa State University

Jamestown College

John Cabot University

Johnson C. Smith University

Juniata College

Kendall College

Keuka College

Lake Erie College

Landmark College

Laramie County Community College

Lasell College

Lesley University

Le Tourneau University

Long Island University Brooklyn Campus

Lynn University

Marist College

Marymount University

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health

Mercy College

Meredith College

Merrimack College

Mesa State College

Miami Dade College

Miami University

Middle Tennessee State University

Mississippi State University

MIT

Mount Ida College

Mount Mercy College

Mount St. Mary's University

New Mexico Tech

New York Institute of Technology

Northeastern

North Park University

Nova Southeastern

Ohio Northern University

Oklahoma Baptist University

Oklahoma City University

Old Dominion

Oregon Institute of Technology

Ouachita Baptist

Pace University

Palmer College of Chiropractic

Purchase College, SUNY

Purdue University

Quinnipiac University

Regis College

Robert Morris University (IL)

Rollins College

Rowan University

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Rutgers University

Saint Louis University

Saint Thomas University (FL)

Sam Houston State University

San Diego State University

Schreiner University

Semester at Sea

Seton Hall University

Southern Polytechnic State University

St. Leo University

Stanford University

Stetson University

St. Johns University – New York

Stonehill College

Stony Brook Southampton

Stony Brook University

Suffolk University

SUNY College at Oneonta

SUNY - Cortland

SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome

Susquehanna University

Syracuse University

Texas Chiropractic College

Texas Christian University

Texas Tech University

The College of St. Scholastica

Thomas College

Transylvania University

Trinity College

United States Air Force Academy

United States Coast Guard Academy

United States Merchant Marine Academy

University of Aberdeen

University of Advancing Technology

University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama Huntsville

University of Alaska Anchorage

University of Alaska Fairbanks

University of Alaska Southeast

University of Bridgeport

University of California, Davis

University of California, San Diego

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California-Berkeley

University of California - Irvine

University of California – Los Angeles ( UCLA )

University of California - Riverside

University of California - Santa Barbara

University of Canterbury

University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado at Denver

University of Connecticut

University of Dayton

University of Florida

University of Glamorgan

University of Houston-University Park

University of Houston - Victoria

University of Illinois at Springfield

University of Iowa

University of Kentucky

University of Maine

University of Mary

University of Melbourne

University of Miami

University of Minnesota Morris

University of Mobile

University of Nevada - Reno

University of New England

University of New Haven

University of New Mexico

University of Northern Iowa

University of North Texas

University of Oklahoma

University of Otago

University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown

University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

University of South Florida

University of Tampa

University of Tennessee

University of Texas

University of Utah

University of Vermont

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Utah Valley University

Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology

Villanova University

Virginia Military Institute (VMI)

Wartburg College

Washington State University

Webster University Vienna

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Western Kentucky University

Western New England College

Western State College of Colorado

West Point

West Point

West Virginia University

Wilkes University

Winthrop University

Wittenberg University

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wright State University

Yale University

About CollegeWeekLive

CollegeWeekLive (http://www.collegeweeklive.com/en_ca/guest/refcode=Press) is the premier online college fair and admissions event destination. With hundreds of colleges and universities exhibiting and more than 200,000 registrants, CollegeWeekLive revolutionizes college admissions, making the process easier and more cost-effective by bringing students, parents, counselors and colleges together online, transcending time and distance. If you are interested in attending CollegeWeekLive, visit www.CollegeWeekLive.com to sign-up for free.

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