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Take College Visits from Your House

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Take College Visits from Your House

Published: Fri, 6 Nov 2009

Description: PlatformQ CEO Robert Rosenbloom on CollegeWeek Live, a four-day virtual college tour.

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" Would admission season in full swing the pressure is on for high school students planning for college and their parents of course for one company is using the latest technology. To host the world's largest college fair. Here to tell us about college week alive dot com is Robert Rosenblum CEO platform. Q so Robert you figure out a way to do the college tour without leaving your living room right."

" That's exactly -- basically. Students and parents for freeing hall they've got to do is log into college we -- dot com. And once -- there they -- chat with representatives in admissions officers from hundreds of universities. All on the line with the click of a mouse without ever having to leave their home. Bomb in addition we have live video chats with students at colleges. Bomb from here all the darkness the University of Vermont. I UCLA. Georgian attack all across the country and in fact from universities around the world we have schools from Canada the UK -- for Elian. Bomb and so with the click of a modest students and parents for free without having to leave -- house can actually connect with representatives. From the easy and universities and colleges Robert you had me at the word free I mean that's what it's like perk up. How'd you manage to do it for free what do you get it from all lists. Hi great question the business model it in essence the schools and universities pay us to participate in college we glide. Like any institution die universities. And colleges. There budgets are tight and they're looking for alternative ways to be able to find and recruit students. And so we give them the opportunity to meet any dangerous students from around the world. Without really ever having to leave their camp this idea until -- really good track record wisdom is that why they're willing to -- Yes so we started called -- in November 2007. So this is now coming up on our second year anniversary. And our very first program we had about 15000 students that registered to the program. And our first full year we have a 150000. Students register. Will we expect that the program that's happening today and tomorrow. That that by the time we're through this of that -- have close to 50000 students and -- participated. So clearly yes we do have a track record. And you know as -- as I mentioned before. Given the economic times universities and colleges are like no other institutions. They earn their travel budgets -- cut and so they're looking for all everybody has their rights -- bottom line -- the bottom line is where do we go in the Internet what's that what's decide quickly. Go to college -- dot com and again -- registered today when they log in today and tomorrow we'll be able to connect with thousands of schools well I got a senior -- slime going to be doing it Robert Rosenblum thank you."

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