Social Networking Comes to College Admissions  − 19 September, 2007

Admish is a new social website aimed at everyone involved in the college admissions process.

Student - The ability to search for information about different schools and connect with admissions officers, guidance counselors, and other students at member institutions.

Parent - Play a more active role in the college admissions process by helping their child shape their online profile and keeping in closer contact with their child’s guidance counselor.

Admissions Officer -  Get a better picture of the students applying to their school by letting them check out their profiles, blog entries, and communicating with them directly.

Educator - Connect with a community of peers to share resources to help guide students through the admissions process.

I think the idea of connecting all the pieces of the admission process together is a step in the right direction. What I don't see a real paradigm shift in the way the process is being done. The profile pages just look like extended resumes. This is good because it gives the other players more data to work with, but it is annoying and counterproductive to have students fill out yet another profile online. I think more aggregation is the key.