Best Sites For College Videos
Some students strive to attend college far from home. Sometimes it’s because you want to see other places, meet new people… and sometimes it’s just because you want to get as faraway from your parents as possible. Either way, it can be difficult to get a feel for a college campus if you don’t get the opportunity to visit the school before starting classes. There are some great college video sites that let students learn more about a campus and its degree programs without actually visiting the campus.
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- College Click TV is one of the biggest and best websites out there that offers quality videos about college campuses and courses. The extensive website boasts millions of student members, thousands of interviews with students (about their campus and/or program) and hundreds of schools in the U.S. It’s a great way of finding a school that suits your interests (see their “Top Five Lists“) and it even includes a section for Adult Learning.
- Unigo is a newer website in the arena of college videos, but it’s quickly growing in popularity. Just type in the name of the school you’re considering and you’re off to the races. Includes videos, reviews and photos.
- eCampusTours.com is a great site for college video, too. Members can take 360 degree virtual campus tours. This site also offers and scholarship contests.
- College Review is a blog that includes interview videos with students from different campuses and helpful articles on college life. It doesn’t offer as many videos as the others, but it offers several videos for each university they feature.
- myUsearch (of course we had to mention it) now displays college videos for some of its college matches. Not all of their matching colleges have videos yet, but they’re working on it.
Besides these links, most university websites also have campus videos and interviews with students about the college or many programs.
Do you have any more suggestions? Add to the list.
December 19th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Awesome list and such a useful idea! I’d also like to throw in theU.com (which has more interviews than tours) and YouniversityTV.com (a pretty new one but looks promising).
December 21st, 2008 at 6:04 pm
This is a very useful blog entry - I think people will really use these sites to find out more about colleges and universities they are interested in.
There is nothing like a real person to help others decide between schools.
Thank you for posting these!
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Another site with college information (and videos posted by the college) is http://www.morethangrades.com. Here, students and college create profiles that are searchable. Colleges and students can find each other and learn about what the other is all about. There is even scholarship money available. Check it out. Hey, you never know what you might find
January 1st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
You might want to consider Collegiate Choice Walking Tours Videos at http://www.collegiatechoice.com . They videotaped the student guided campus tour at over 350 colleges across the U.S. and abroad. These videos are long averaging one hour per college. Cost $15.
April 24th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I love YOUniversityTV.com, not only for the college tours but also the student videos and the social networking aspects of the site.