Applicants - here is the TRUTH about college admissions

College admissions today are getting so competitive that colleges are looking for new and innovative ways to discover great candidates.

But with sooo many candidates out there, colleges tend to shy away from actively pursuing potential applicants. Lets look at some numbers:

If a college gets about 10,000 applications (which is not out of the normal today), you can imagine that at least 30,000 people must have been considered applying to it at some point. Now, if each of these people express interest in the college or send their information, you can begin to see the problems that result. No one is going to look at their "supplementary" information regardless of what anyone else says....

Colleges will wait till they receive applications and will then evaluate them as they always have. This method won’t allow you to show colleges that you are a good match for them before applications are in.

However, don’t give up hope. You can still show colleges what a great candidate you are. Rather you need to have other people - college students at colleges your interested in- tell their admissions officers what a good candidate you are. Your answer is Networking!

In today’s world, people have realized the value of networking in the job market with over 70% of jobs (yeah 70% of jobs) being found today via networking. But what people don’t yet realize is the power of networking can play in college admissions.

Don’t get me wrong though. By saying this, I don’t mean that knowing the right people will get you into the school you want. Rather I mean that sharing the right information, asking the right questions and building the right associations with the right people can help you show how you are the perfect match for schools you are considering - This is just as in the job market where knowing the right people is good, but you have to show them your value before they help you get a job...

Websites like Linkedin and Doostang exist to help in job networking, but until now nothing has helped college applicants leverage the power of their networks in finding their ideal homes for 4 years.

That’s where we come in to help! We at tMC believe that we have developed the right interaction to help you network with the right people who can make a difference to your applications.

We believe its time to make college decisions easier and more realistic, just as they should be. Check out our cool features and Welcome to the world of tMC. We launch April 16th