<p>I know college fairs are great places to learn some things about schools and talk to real admin reps. However, would it benefit to take a transcript and resume to possibly impress reps...
Would that help at all or will there be no chance in hell that they remember your name when their looking at the actual applicaions a couple of months later? I'd like to hear some opinions on this or how it really works.</p>
<p>I wouldn't suggest taking your transcript or resume. College fairs are essentially meet and greet sessions where the representative has to make sure to be available to everyone who stops by. Unless things are really slow, they may not appreciate having their time monopolized.</p>
<p>However, it is a good time to meet your area representative, ask a unique question or two, then follow up with email or written correspondence.</p>
<p>Most colleges send their alumni to host the college fairs. Often they don't know too much about the admission stuffs. At least that's the case in our school's college fairs.</p>
<p>My D has been to a couple, and didn't feel they were particularly worthwhile. The ones she went to were the sort where there's 50-100 schools, and most kids wander around aimlessly, and all the booths kinda look the same.</p>
<p>I found a list of the schools that were going to be at the ones she was going to, and she went in planning to try to hit the booths of the ones she was potentially interested in. </p>
<p>This turned into one of those spatial problem tests -
If D wants to visit the following 10 points in the most effecient way possible, plot a course for D. We laughed a lot on how life had turned into a geometry problem.</p>
<p>But it was "Hi", grab a couple of brochures, get the counselor's card, and move one. You'd be better off looking at one of the college search books, or the web site of a school you are interested in.</p>
<p>I represent my college at a huge fair in my city. It has been a great way of introducing the college to some top students and for students to learn more about a wide range of schools. Some schools send admissions counselors while others use local alums. I think the fair has been highly productive.</p>