College Tour Videos For Purchase!

Applying to College
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<a href=“http://www.collegiatechoice.com/index.htm[/url]”>http://www.collegiatechoice.com/index.htm</a>

Seems like a good way to save some time and money, especially if you can’t visit a particular college for some reason.

They have hundreds of colleges on their list.

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<p>I have several of these - be warned, though, they are definitely not slick, professional videos. It's just the man with his camcorder on an admissions tour. However, they do ask good questions and if you can't make it to campus it can help you get a feel for the campus. After you've watched a few of these, you can figure out which campuses they liked, were neutral about, or were surprised by.</p>

<p>Someday I'd like to meet the guy from Jersey who does these.</p>

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<p>do you think they are worth it overall though?</p>

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<p>With some schools, you can simply request a DVD/CD-ROM/VHS of their official admissions video. I've actually been putting together a list of schools that offer these materials for a while, and was thinking of asking people here on CC for additions. Here's what I have so far:</p>

<p>DVDs</p>

<ul>
<li>Rhodes College (loans)</li>
<li>Swarthmore College</li>
<li>University of Hartford</li>
<li>University of Pittsburgh</li>
</ul>

<p>CD-ROMs</p>

<ul>
<li>Albion College</li>
<li>Bemidji State University</li>
<li>Case Western Reserve University</li>
<li>Edinboro University of Pennsylvania</li>
<li>Haverford College</li>
<li>Kent State University</li>
<li>National University of Ireland-Maynooth</li>
<li>North Carolina State University</li>
<li>Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee</li>
<li>Old Dominion University</li>
<li>Radford University</li>
<li>Simmons College</li>
<li>South Dakota School of Mines and Technology</li>
<li>Stirling University (Scotland)</li>
<li>Sweet Briar College</li>
<li>United States Naval Academy</li>
<li>University of Massachusetts-Amherst</li>
<li>University of Massachusetts-Boston</li>
<li>University of Southern California</li>
<li>University of Southern Florida</li>
<li>University of Texas-San Antonio</li>
</ul>

<p>VHS</p>

<ul>
<li>Green Mountain College</li>
<li>Rhodes College (loans)</li>
</ul>

<p>There are so, so many more than that, but I got sidetracked with the list. I guess my point is, just try contacting admissions first. Let them know you can't visit the school, and would like to know if they have any DVDs/CD-ROMs/cassettes they can send you to help you "see" the campus for yourself.</p>

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<p>DVD's...i had one for Tulane and Emory; Rhodes, too, i think</p>

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<p>Check <a href="http://www"&gt;www&lt;/a>. videc.com for some available video/DVDs.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.videc.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.videc.com&lt;/a> makes videos for the colleges. If you ask for a video directly from the school, that is what they send you. The ones I have seen were mainly students saying generic nice things about the college. If you order a video, they will inform the college that you did. This is a good thing for the colleges that care about the level of interest in the college that you have shown.</p>

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<p>VIDEC pays all of the postage?! Sign me up!</p>