Searching for College Made Easier

In the Article States Simplify College Search Via Web talks about the ease the internet has made for searching for colleges and financial aid. It is incredible how much the internet has helped people on a very usual task of looking into colleges and trying to figure out which one is the best fit for the student. There are 35 states right now that have a website that helps people to look into colleges that are in the state and the colleges that are not included in that listing can always be found at www.princetonreview.com.

The more I thought about these individual state websites with the colleges, the more I thought about how much just the internet as a whole as helped with college enrollment. The ease of going online and finding a school and seeing pictures and information about the school allows for everything to be done right at home. Along with the individual state college searches a person can fill out an electronic application which increases the ease of sending in an application, without mailing. On top of that it gets to its destination a lot faster, which makes there be faster acceptances or denials.

With the ease comes the increase of college enrollment. In the article it is stated, "North Carolina's cfnc.org, which launched in 2000, has been credited with helping increase the state's college-enrollment rate from 57 percent to 68 percent of high school graduate." This is a great percentage increase for students to go from high school to college. The internet has become a staple in the lives of human beings and has allowed for transitions that are usually stressful into fun times on the internet.