Santa Barbara Startup Targets Education

RECRUITEDFORCOLLEGE.COM

Building a Network for Students, Educators, and Universities

RecruitedForCollege.com is a website designed to change the process of college admissions. 17 year old Santa Barbara entrepreneur Brian Wheeler believes that students are more than just a grade point average and an SAT score. “We believe that students can use the tools we’ve built to extend their college application beyond its numerical limits. There are approximately 16 million high school students in the U.S., and there are only so many SAT-score GPA combinations. We want students to stand out because of who they are”.

Students can use the site for many valuable profile-building features, including uploading work history, community services, experiences, and other notable accolades. Built in to the network is also an interface for students to share course related material and endorse each other’s profile.

Teachers can sign up, create online classrooms, and upload course related material. Teachers can also interact with students and cultivate an efficient learning environment. “By creating software where teachers can interact with students in an effective manner, we can increase AP Exam pass rates, increase college acceptances, decrease college attrition rates, and improve the overall quality of education.”

RecruitedForCollege.com is completely free for students and teachers, and it always will be. For more information, contact founder and chief developer Brian Wheeler brian@recruitedforcollege.com, 805.452.6222