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How Are Colleges Using Social Media to Reach Out to Prospective Students?


What happens when colleges enter the world of Facebook and Twitter? Roby Blust, Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Planning at Marquette University, reveals how social media help students get to know the colleges that interest them.
 
 
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WSJ On Campus presents a rebroadcast of our interactive webcast, Inside the Admissions Office. Join admissions deans from Bryn Mawr, Grinnell, Marquette, Princeton, Penn, UVM, Wesleyan and Williams as they take you behind the curtain and reveal what you need to know to get into your top-choice schools. Topics include:

  1. Can What You Post on Facebook Prevent You From Getting Into College?
  2. Does It Help To Include Supplemental Materials With Your Application?
  3. How Has Technology Changed the Admissions Process?
  4. Do You Have a Better Chance of Getting in If Your Relative Is an Alum?
  5. What Makes a Great College Essay?
See all of our Inside the Admissions Office videos.
Watch the complete Inside the Admissions Office webcast.

Thanks to our presentation partner, Alloy Education, and to the following college counselors and organizations: ApplyWise, College Focus, the Independent Educational Consultants Association, the Ivy Coach, Jane Klemmer, Making Conversation, MyUSearch and Road To College. Thanks also to UStream, the crew from Aligned Creative, David Pesci, Michael Pernick and Wesleyan University.
 

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