History
The first such online college fair was organized by the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and held on October 9th, 2001. Approximately 200 institutions participated; the number of participating students is unknown. This first online college fair was widely considered a failure as the number of students trying to log on overloaded the system. NACAC, which planned on conducting online college fairs on a regular basis, discontinued the program after the initial event.
Additional online college fair providers have come and gone. Gradschools.com hosted an online college fair in conjunction with a live fair. This event also ran into technical difficulties; namely firewall problems and recruiters that were not prepared to use the online chat features. In November 2002, the Big Apple College Fair also had an online college fair in conjunction with a live fair.
In October 2007, BusinessWeek, which produces annual rankings of United States business school MBA programs, held a MBA Expo 2007 with the tagline “Find the B-School that fits you best.” A total of 8 US and international business schools attended.
CollegeWeekLive entered the market in November 13, 2007 and continues as the leading provider of online college fairs today. CollegeWeekLive grew 67% in 2012
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