College Week Live High School Connect High School

College. Week. Live High School Connect

High School Connect Revolutionizes the way colleges & high schools meet Enables colleges and high schools to set up live, online meetings with one another • • Extend & respond to invitations Track invitations & highlight upcoming meetings Search dynamically for schools & students Schedule live chats 8, 700 high schools available 700 international schools 8000 domestic schools 13, 000 registered counselors 2

Challenges For Overseas Counselors & Advisers High caseloads • Prevent personalized conversations about college • Average caseload is 460 students to 1 counselor Numerous administrative tasks • Takes away from college planning with students Maintaining relationships with admissions reps • Many transition institutions regularly Page 3 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 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 Page 4 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

The Solution: High School Connect Enables colleges and high schools to set up live, online meetings with one another 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 Honduran High School Students & Counselor engaging with colleges using High School Connect 5

High School Connect: Benefits Builds lasting relationships between college reps, high school counselors & their students to help drive successful student recruitment For Colleges • 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 For Counselors • 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 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 Increase High School Reach Dynamically Search for Schools 8, 700 high schools available 700 international schools International Baccalaureate High School Graduation Rate % Minority State 8000 domestic schools 13, 000 registered counselors AVID Dual Credit HS Student Population HS Setting Country STEM School Type College GEAR Up Going Rate Average ACT Score SAT Score % Free/ Advanced Reduced HS Religious Placement Lunch Affiliation Courses

Search Features College search for counselors & advisers High school search for colleges Based on geography, AP courses, ethnicity, etc. Search filters find specific school types Based on majors, region, type of school, etc.

Extend & Respond to Invitations List view based on dynamic search Invite colleges through their College. Week. Live College Page

Dashboards, Chat features Dashboards track invitations & highlight upcoming meetings Schedule live chats

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 “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

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. “The issue of our Families not being able to travel back to the USA for college visits has been long standing and this (College. Week. Live) can be a viable option for all our students to receive important information on colleges, requirements, scholarships and valuable resources. ” Terry Henry, Ben Davis High School —Do. D liaison working on a base in Germany "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!" Adele Horwitz The British School of Boston