College Admissions Made Easy

Do you want to simplify the college admission process? If you are going through it I know I would hear a resounding yes. I had to go through it once, and I can tell you that it is not the easiest or most exciting thing to do. I played sports and high school and wanted to be recruited to play in college. However, I didn't have many opportunities to show the colleges who I really was.

Let me tell you the whole process. A recruiter from a school travels around the United States visiting high school state tournaments. Because my school didn't have the best players around I had to rely on my coach and who she knew so that my name would be the name being discussed amoung college scouts. I was limited to be recruited by only the people who knew my coach. How cool would it have been to take the power from her hands and put it into my own to show every coach around that I was ready and willing to play my heart out for them.

Good athletes who standout have coaches who find them. I had to do my own search to find a college that was best for me. I was able to compare colleges close to home after being contacted by them. Fortunately, my coach knew really well the coach at a junior college that was very noteworthy in the junior college atmosphere.

I lucked out and found a great junior college to play for, but even though I found a team, I still wonder what could have happened if I had a college search tool available to me or even a place on the internet where I could put my academic information and showcase my athletic abilities for coaches and college admissions offices.

My luck didn't end there. After I finished junior college a university in Alaska found me and offered me a full-ride college scholarship to play for them. While I feel truly blessed in how my college sports career turned out, I wondered if there was an easier way to get college scholarships or to even do a college search. I pictured a place where students could go to find a college and where colleges could go to find students or athletes in my case.

I am familiar with the recruiting process that coaches go through. They go out searching the country for players that they can recruit to their team. This costs them time and money. Even when they don't travel, they are at home trying to find players. I remember helping my own coach, the year after I finished playing, fill and address envelopes to every college, university, and junior college in the country asking if they had any players available. What a waste of time, paper, and energy.

Now, after all that here comes the exciting news. Imagine a place where students can post highlight videos of them playing basketball, baseball, golf, or whatever other sport they are involved in to be recruited by the college of their choice. Or imagine a student posting essays that he or she has written in order to impress the college admissions officers. Or if the student is musically inclined, how about imagining him or her posting a breathtaking solo performance for every college in America to hear and see. Can you see the power?!