Cappex and MeritAid.com have been featured in:
Other Cappex White Papers:
6 Trends in Digital and Mobile Communications for College Admissions in 2011
College search social media sites and their impact on recruiting
Benchmarking social media use by college admissions
Founded in 2006 ... Cappex offers college search tools designed to promote easy access to profiles and reviews of more than 3,000 colleges and universities. A key support for the service is MeritAid.com ... Both websites are definitely worth investigating, as they offer an incredible wealth of information in addition to the search tools which form the basis of both services."
Examiner.com
Cappex, a free online higher-ed matchmaking service that links teenagers with colleges, just released a survey that examines what stresses out high school seniors. According to the survey, here is what these stressed teens dread the most about the college search:
CBS MoneyWatch.com
- Getting rejected. (77%)
- Writing the application essay. (50%)
- Keeping up with deadlines. (31%)"
Special-interest websites cater to niche concerns of college-bound students
USA Today
MeritAid: MeritAid.com matches students to more than 75,000 merit scholarships from U.S. colleges. Users can search by institution or plug in personal information to see what's available more generally."
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The video crew from the Associated Press recently visited Cappex to get Chris Long's advice on paying for college.
Quick Fix - The Right College Match
The Wall Street Journal
Problem: Finding colleges compatible with your child's interests and academic performance.
Solution: Create a profile on Cappex, a free Web-based "matchmaking" service that pairs students with colleges looking for specific candidates."
From Q&A interview with Chris Long, President & COO:
Today's Campus
An online service like ours saves the cost of the name, the printing and the postage. That can reduce the same school's cost per prospect from above $20 to less than $5."
'Facebook works really well because that's how kids are communicating these days,' [Lisa] Browning said. Rocky Mountain College also relies on Cappex.com, a social networking site that connects prospective students with colleges and financial aid resources."
BillingsBusiness.com
MeritAid.com is the first website to provide a central and comprehensive resource for matching students to merit scholarships from colleges."
UniversityBusiness
