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By: Ivycollegeprep.net News and Information » College Research on the Web

Ivycollegeprep.net News and Information » College Research on the Web — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:40:50 +0000

[...] called it a “college-information resource built for the age of You Tube and Facebook.” (http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20.....e-picks/ 23 February 2009). Besides a lot of videos, Unigo.com contains forums for general questions you [...]

By: Edward Spalding

Edward Spalding — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:55:22 +0000

In my experience this type of information is not very helpful. Students can tell prospective student where to buy beer but not what is required to be a successful candidate.

Reading a catalog to find out what is required in the field of interest is boring hard work. It is however the only way I know of learning how many course are offered and which courses are required.

This site would be useful for comparing schools after the hard work is completed. Certainly successful students must be happy at their college.

By: Ken Okel

Ken Okel — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:26:25 +0000

This is a valuable tool in that it can help students get a feel for a school. Of course, it can’t replace making a visit, but it can help narrow down the options. At a time when travel is expensive, that’s not a bad thing.

By: Paul St. Amant

Paul St. Amant — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:38:49 +0000

The age of transparency is here. I can only imagine what university admins would think after combing the site. On the institutional side, this site is probably viewed as more of a liability than a recruiting tool–do schools have any editorial influence over content?

For prospective students I would hope that no one makes any kind of decision based on the content they read or see, whether for or against, since it would be impossible to get a fair representation of the student body based on the views of a tiny fraction of the attendees.

Anyway, it’s a great Web 2.0/social networking site in action.

P.S. Not to be overly cautious, but college campuses are not the safest places around and I would worry about young students divulging a little too much information about themselves for anyone in the world to see.

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Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:03:15 +0000

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By: Dave Barnes

Dave Barnes — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:40:57 +0000

As a parent whose daughter entered university in 2000 and who bought a big green book, I can say that after a short perusal of Unigo that print is dead.

I can not imagine buying a hard copy version of the Fiske Guide today. Nor, can I imagine paying money for such a guide.