<p>Our sister operation, Naviance, is trying to learn more about the college planning process. They have posted a survey (link below), and as a thank you will enter you in a drawing for a chance to win one of 25 Amazon gift cards ($10 value).</p>
<p>The survey should take between 5-10 minutes. The first part of the survey is demographic (to help get to know you better) and the second part is about how people like you go about the college planning process. Both students and parents can participate.</p>
<p>This survey is anonymous. We don't capture any respondent identifying information without your permission. Any information provided will be kept strictly confidential and will not be shared with any third parties. It is used strictly for the purpose of building better products to help college-bound students.</p>
<p>You really should beta test these surveys before you submit them to the public. Had you done so, you might have found that some respondents could not truthfully answer the question of the type of school their children attend, because there is only one choice. I have two children in the same age range; one attends public, the other private, but I’m forced to choose one or the other. Also, the question about what type of device you use for various activities, there is no option to check “do not do this” for any of the activities.</p>
<p>I was VERY willing to do the survey…but it is ONLY for folks who have children who live at home with them…apparently. When I answered NO to that question, I was told I didn’t qualify.</p>
<p>I did the survey (boring day), but yes, as a pp mentioned, since we have two children in the same age range I couldn’t accurately answer school type. One is homeschooled and the other is in public school.</p>
<p>I didn’t see options for dual enrolled classes either, but I put them under “other” once.</p>
<p>I just tried it. It let me skip making choices at the end for the “gadget for this task” question. I only clicked on the one that was pertinent to me.</p>
<p>My complaint? No option for “in college now and preparing to transfer”. I’ve got all the annoyances of the HS parent except the ACT/SAT prep because none of the places on Happykid’s list require any test scores from junior transfers.</p>
<p>Not the worst online survey I’ve ever taken, not the best, but at least it was reasonably painless.</p>
<p>Likewise- should have told us needed kids to be younger- post #3. Survey directed at those with future college kids, not those in the know who could tell you how they did things.</p>
<p>Agree with other posters. Assumes one child just applying to colleges, not recent grads. I didn’t realize that when answering the question about what kind of school son was “attending”. I was thinking private college but he attended a public HS.</p>
<p>Very funny 3bm-- I’m with you on wasting my time. </p>
<p>Good catch Mary13! I once found an error on a very high end $130 hr tutoring website and another on a exculsive private high school website. I was really surprised since I’m a terible spellar. </p>
<p>I did notify both & they corrected the errors.</p>
<p>I noticed on my D’s math & science school website: “We offer five world languages: French, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese.” That also got corrected about 10 minutes after I called it to their attention. </p>
<p>I do surveys for research purposes (not for profit). NORMALLY we give our respondents $5-10 a survey. 1 in 25 chance to win a stupid gift card? Are you kidding me?</p>
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