<p>Jr son is going to a college fair and someone suggested putting the info that they typically ask on a label to save time from one booth to the next.</p>
<p>Name
Mailing Address (if you prefer paper mail)
Email Address (if you prefer e-mail)
Possible Major in college (so the info is more likely to get to the right department/admissions officer)
Sport/Musical Instrument/Other potentially valuable information for admissions or a particular department
High School and Year of expected graduation</p>
<p>If your son has a very specific interest, take the time to quickly work through the list of institutions that will be attending the college fair. That way he can focus his stops rather than trying to hit every single table. For example, Happykid wants Theater Tech. In about an hour, I was able to pick out the institutions with that major (rather than Theater in general, or English with a Drama emphasis), and she walked in the door of the fair with her own personalized list in hand.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t try to put all the information happymom suggested on an address label sticker. What we have included in the past for a first-contact situation like this is just the essentials:</p>
<p>Name
Address
phone
e-mail
High school and school code
Graduation year</p>
<p>If there’s a particular reason for providing your intended major or EC information to some school, that can always be hand-written.</p>
<p>Your six-digit high school code can be found at [SAT</a> Code Search - Find College Codes, High School, Country, Major - CEEB](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board). Change the first search box from “Countries” to “High Schools” and go from there.</p>
<p>^I agree, keep it simple and have your S add any specific information a school wants on his own.</p>
<p>Patience is needed.
Get there early to beat to the stampede and get the handouts-the desirable schools run out early.
Leave as soon as it gets too crowded, 4 people deep around popular tables is crazy.
Don’t expect to have any meaning conversations or get questions answers by the recruiters because it is too chaotic, ask for their email address and contact them later.</p>
<p>Many times these fairs are set up with the booths in alphabetical order - if this is the case - go to the end of the alphabet and work your way backwards - less crowded. Labels are ideal - we always recommend them to our students.</p>
<p>thanks, all</p>