Survey about College Search & Applications - Page 2

Sugar Magnolia · 06-05-2009, 01:54 PM

It never asked if I applied ED anywhere, or if I applied for financial aid... without specifying those two things, I feel like a lot of the questions will have results that are skewed and difficult to interpret. (For instance, all the fin. aid stuff was "not important at all" and I applied to two schools, didn't use tools when deciding where to attend after applying, etc.) And I also caught the typo that buffalowizard pointed out. And some of the questions seem like grey areas... for instance, rate the credibility of Youtube. Just random videos from whoever? Or videos that the school itself put onto its Youtube account? Etc. I haven't finished it yet but I'm already not a fan of a lot of the questions and am pretty unimpressed. I guess it's honorable/interesting what they are trying to accomplish with this survey, though.

dunbar · 06-05-2009, 03:26 PM

At the beginning it accommodated people who hadn't applied yet, but then it wouldn't let you go any further unless you filled out the section on how you made your decision after being accepted. I closed it right there.

rachael525 · 06-05-2009, 06:31 PM

It was an irritating survey, but I've got my eyes on that cash prize.

hilsa · 06-05-2009, 11:40 PM

Wow. That too way too much time.

Time2 · 06-06-2009, 07:24 PM

Was curious to see what the questions looked like, but if you don't indicate on the first page that you are currently applying the survey ends so you never get to see the questions. Sites like CC cost money to run (software to write/maintain, storage charges, servers, etc.) so if they choose to help pay those costs with voluntary surveys and/or advertising that is fine with me. No one HAS to take the survey. However, any survey that asks for your email address (they say to inform you if you win that prize) should raise a red flag, since now your email will probably be filled with all kinds of other advertising and/or solicitations.

psych_ · 06-08-2009, 12:06 PM

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any survey that asks for your email address (they say to inform you if you win that prize) should raise a red flag, since now your email will probably be filled with all kinds of other advertising and/or solicitations.

Actually, plenty of leginimate surveys do this as a way to meet ethical requirements regarding participant compensation.

endlessrecession · 06-08-2009, 01:14 PM

Caveat Emptor

Tetraoxygen · 06-08-2009, 05:46 PM

Eh... I thought "Choosing where to apply" just meant the final phase of narrowing down where to apply, as in the colleges for which I actually filled out all the stuff.

LasMa · 06-12-2009, 02:25 AM

I seem to remember learning in college that self-selecting surveys have very little validity...

blakebengals · 06-15-2009, 10:10 PM

Why is everyone being so negative about this survey it only takes up 15 min of your time...