Facebook to ease college application process
by Tara Anspach | Daily Collegian (Penn State)
Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: News
(U-WIRE) — Along with event planning and sales in the marketplace, Facebook.com may now have a way to make applying to college or graduate school easier with its Embark.com application, launched late last month.
Students must first create an account with Embark.com and can then fill in their information with the application. The Embark.com College Planner application combines the power of Embark college admissions technology and research tools with the reach of the Facebook social utility, according to an October press release from Embark.
Some Penn State freshmen, like Jane Ani, said they are resentful that a tool like this did not surface last year on Facebook.
"Only having to fill in the basics for an application once really would have been helpful," said Ani (freshman-business).
The press release noted that a primary feature of the Facebook application is its ability to take basic student information that is filled into an Embark.com profile and then form hundreds of college applications.
"We do not provide a 'common application.' Instead we allow students to access each school's unique application," Adam Park, president and CEO of Embark, said in a statement.
"We make the process easier by pre-filling common data items from the Embark profile."
Facebook's new Embark application also helps students communicate with other prospective students who have similar academic profiles and are considering applying to the same schools, according to the press release.
"The Embark College Planner application takes the conversations that are happening right now in school cafeterias and home dinner tables and places them online in a way every student knows and is comfortable with," Park said.
According to Embark.com, other features of the application include access to more than 5,000 school profiles, the ability to find where friends are applying with the "My Schools" list.
"This would have been helpful because all of my friends could have then seen where I was applying," said Jessica Ewalt (freshman-biology).
The College Planner application also provides students access to advice from other students, according to the press release. A Penn State University profile, undergraduate application and business school application are all available through the Facebook application.
Students must first create an account with Embark.com and can then fill in their information with the application. The Embark.com College Planner application combines the power of Embark college admissions technology and research tools with the reach of the Facebook social utility, according to an October press release from Embark.
Some Penn State freshmen, like Jane Ani, said they are resentful that a tool like this did not surface last year on Facebook.
"Only having to fill in the basics for an application once really would have been helpful," said Ani (freshman-business).
The press release noted that a primary feature of the Facebook application is its ability to take basic student information that is filled into an Embark.com profile and then form hundreds of college applications.
"We do not provide a 'common application.' Instead we allow students to access each school's unique application," Adam Park, president and CEO of Embark, said in a statement.
"We make the process easier by pre-filling common data items from the Embark profile."
Facebook's new Embark application also helps students communicate with other prospective students who have similar academic profiles and are considering applying to the same schools, according to the press release.
"The Embark College Planner application takes the conversations that are happening right now in school cafeterias and home dinner tables and places them online in a way every student knows and is comfortable with," Park said.
According to Embark.com, other features of the application include access to more than 5,000 school profiles, the ability to find where friends are applying with the "My Schools" list.
"This would have been helpful because all of my friends could have then seen where I was applying," said Jessica Ewalt (freshman-biology).
The College Planner application also provides students access to advice from other students, according to the press release. A Penn State University profile, undergraduate application and business school application are all available through the Facebook application.
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