Applying to graduate school can be an ordeal for recent undergraduates. Naiomi Bisram and Erik Eliason decided to address this tedious process. Their company, uTead, is an online service that provides an academic platform connecting students to application resources.
"We found [applying to grad school] was a time-consuming and frustrating process," says Bisram. "We were taking a business-planning class, and while most of the ideas in those classes are hypothetical, we thought, why not make it real?"
On the uTead site, universities will be able to post videos, photos, and podcasts about their programs. Meanwhile, students can access the resources that universities provide, as well as such application resources as online test banks, storage space for essays, online study courses, and academic networking resources.
"We thought about the trends that will be shaping people's lives in the future-higher education, Internet technology, and globalization," says Bisram. "By giving uTead an international reach, we hope to find a place within all of those mega-trends."
The company's database currently contains information on more than 4,000 graduate school programs from around the world.
"We think this service could be valuable for undergrads as well," says Bisram. "Selecting a college is a big job no matter where you are in the process."
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