Review of Texas Exes Forty Acres Scholars Program web presence - from prospective student/parent perspective
1. http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/
Search box works great
when searching on
“merit”, “forty”, “40”, “f
ull ride”: FASP shows up
on first page and
sometimes even as first
listing.
When searching on
“scholarships”, however
, first mention of FASP
is on 2nd page.
2. http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/freshmen/scholarships
In general, when Michelle and
Katy applied to UT, I found the
whole scholarship process to
be confusing. There seemed
to be no central “clearing
house” where you could find
a list of all merit scholarships
available for incoming
freshmen.
Actually, maybe there needs to
be a separate section for Texas
Exes. (This is an important but
tricky page!)
7. Help, I’m lost in the woods!
Branding looks different. It’s
.org instead of .edu. This makes
me wonder if it’s really UT.
No mention of FASP at all!
Does mention The Texas Exes in
the About section, but it really
needs to change the link. (See
next slide.)
9. HUGE project to implement and
maintain, but what would be so helpful
to prospective students and parents is
to have a central clearing house for
merit scholarships for incoming
freshmen, ranked by amount of
aid, with active links to where people
can learn more.
It might look something like Rice’s, but
UT’s would be pages and pages
long, I’m sure.
Name, College, Recipients, Amount