CollegeWeekLiveHigh School Connect

2

High School ConnectRevolutionizes the way colleges & high schools meet

Enables colleges and high schools to set up live, online meetings with one another

8,700 high schools available

700 international schools

8000 domestic schools

13,000 registered counselors

• Extend & respond to invitations• Track invitations & highlight upcoming meetings• Search dynamically for schools & students• Schedule live chats

Challenges For Overseas Counselors & Advisers

Page 3

High caseloads • Prevent personalized conversations

about college • Average caseload is 460 students to 1

counselor Numerous administrative tasks • Takes away from college planning

with studentsMaintaining relationships with admissions reps • Many transition institutions regularly

Manual scheduling • Numerous meetings with colleges

and high school students hard to track, time prohibitive

Limited reach• Counselors may miss out on scores of

colleges with whom they do not have relationships

Budget & resource limitations• Hamper college visits or other forms

of engagement

Challenges For Students

Page 4

Awareness• Students are only directly exposed to

and can engage with colleges who can physically visit the School or Advising Center

Engagement• Students might not feel comfortable

asking questions aloud in front of their peers at college fairs or campus visits

Budget & resource constraints• Most overseas students and families

do not have the budget or the time to visit all of the colleges on their wish list

Information to make college decisions• Average student applies to 11 colleges

- makes the process of narrowing down options more complicated

Limited opportunity to interact• Students have questions throughout

the year.. not just the one time they meet the admissions rep in person

Colleges Reps can access an active network of thousands of high schools globally and extend invitations to meet their students online

Overseas Counselors & Advisers can share colleges’ online events and resources with their students – and engage them directly

• Strengthens existing relationships • Expands reach & builds new relationships• Saves time and cost, while yielding results

5

The Solution:High School Connect

Honduran High School Students & Counselor engaging with colleges

using High School Connect

Enables colleges and high schools to set up live, online meetings with one another

High School Connect: Benefits

• Easy, direct contact & scheduling with high schools

• Recruit where you can’t be physically

• Approachable, online way for students to engage with colleges

• Expands recruiting reach• More cost effective, less

time consuming than traditional HS recruiting

• Direct contact with colleges and admissions officers

• Easy scheduling & tracking, lessens administrative burden

• Greatly expands reach - offers students more colleges to explore

• Brings college experts into the classroom

• Enables closer relationships with college reps, online

Builds lasting relationships between college reps, high school counselors & their students to help drive successful student recruitment

For Colleges For Counselors For Students• Exposure to more colleges

than in-person methods • Approachable, online way

to personally engage with colleges

• Easily and cost-effectively enables multiple interactions with target colleges

• Provides valuable information about making the right college decision

High School Connect:Database Composition

8,700 high schools available

700 international schools

8000 domestic schools

13,000 registered counselors

GEAR Up

Dynamically Search for SchoolsIncrease High School Reach

State Country

HS Student Population

School Type

HS Religious Affiliation

HS Setting % Minority

% Free/Reduced Lunch

Advanced Placement Courses

International Baccalaureate

AVID

Dual Credit

Average SAT Score

Average ACT Score

High School Graduation Rate

College Going Rate

STEM

Search Features

College search for counselors & advisers

High school search for colleges

Based on geography, AP courses, ethnicity, etc.

Based on majors, region, type of school, etc.

Search filters find specific school types

Extend & Respond to Invitations

Invite colleges through their CollegeWeekLive College Page

List view based on dynamic search

Dashboards, Chat features

Dashboards track invitations & highlight upcoming meetings Schedule live chats

“High School Connect gives the university a way to connect with students at their feeder schools as well as high schools that they don’t visit in person.”

- Jeff Fuller, Director of Student Recruitment

Expanding Reach & Engaging Prospective Students

57% of international students report that no colleges or universities from other countries have visited their high school

• The University of Houston is overcoming this challenge by participating in online meetings with high schools

• They use CWL’s High School Connect, which connects universities with high school counselors

• U of Houston regularly receives requests from high school counselors to host an online meeting for their students

Helping Students Find the Right College Match

AVID teacher Alfie Wheeler, Manteo High School, Manteo, NC

Challenge • Helping students to prepare for college –

and understand how much responsibility they'll have once they get there

Solution • Using High School Connect, Wheeler

invites public and private universities to meet online with his students

• Wheeler shares the High School Connect’s free lesson plans with his students, giving them helpful tips on how to research colleges

Results Wheeler’s students adopted High School Connect as a trusted resource & use it to:• Engage with universities through chat• Learn about schools they hadn't

considered• Hear firsthand accounts about schools• Take their first independent steps toward

college success

Click to play video

High School Connect:Counselor Quotes

“Our students are only able to interview in person with the handful of colleges that choose to visit our school. With High School Connect, my students will be able to chat online with admissions representatives from a much broader range of colleges and universities than ever before.

Terry Henry, Ben Davis High School

“The issue of our Families not being able to travel back to the USA for college visits has been long standing and this (CollegeWeekLive) can be a viable option for all our students to receive important information on colleges, requirements, scholarships and valuable resources.”

—DoD liaison working on a base in Germany

Adele HorwitzThe British School of Boston

"I use the free webinars all the time, and love that I can bookmark things to watch or read later. What a great resource! I am now sharing it with all the counselors I know. Thank you for current, accurate, easy, and free information, and for making connections with admissions reps so readily available!"