Saturday, February 19, 2011

ACT - Now "There's an app for that!"


This week, ACT released a new application for iPhone users. The FREE app, labeled "ACT's College Search," is in its first version with one slight update (1.0.1) and is now available to download from iTunes.


The ACT app is currently compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, requiring iOS 4.1 or later. 

ACT's College Search contains profiles of almost every two-year and four-year higher education campus in the United States and is designed to allow users to begin discovering colleges and universities that may match their individual post-secondary wants and needs.
App users may search by school names or by selecting specific preferences, such as location, size of student body, type of institution, cost, etc. Similar to most web-based search programs, a list of potential matches is generated and then app users have the option to more carefully research those particular colleges and universities. The opportunity to save "favorites" is also available, as are links to all of the campus websites.


Only two consumer reviews have been posted so far, both favorable in nature (5 stars and 3 stars), suggesting a positive first effort by ACT, yet noting the absence of more advanced search options.


Will YOU be downloading this app to your smart phone? If so, please post a comment to this article to share your impressions.


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