The following is an interview with Jerry Slavonia, founder and CEO of Campus Explorer, a Web site that helps students locate the right post-secondary school based on location, school size, major course of study, etc.

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1. How much of a role does each college or university play in your efforts to provide students with the best, most current information?

Jerry
CampusExplorer.com encourages each school in our database to keep their information current on our site. Each school has the opportunity to contribute, adjust and update their school profile page information. We also have an outreach team that frequently collects information and data directly from the schools to make sure our information is useful and up to date.

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2. What advice would you give to students who choose colleges that have waiting lists?

Jerry
Go for it! You never know, but remember that in most cases, you have more options than you may think. There are a lot of good schools out there that do not have waiting lists. CampusExplorer.com helps you find them.

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3. What sort of feedback have you received about Campus Explorer so far?

Jerry
We get a lot of positive feedback from students and admissions offices about how clean and easy to navigate our site is. We receive a lot of positive feedback from students about how comprehensive our site is, how complete the school listings are and how thorough our search results are. We don't receive much negative feedback but we do get a lot of suggestions from our customers regarding tools we should add or ways to make certain features work even better for students.

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4. How would you compare Campus Explorer to a site like Princeton Review?

Jerry
CampusExplorer.com was designed to service every type of student, not just a traditional four year college student that Princeton Review thinks they can up sell test preparation services too. They are a test prep company. We are a consumer Internet company. There's a big difference. In addition to four year colleges, CampusExplorer.com has the information and tools available for students looking for very specialized programs, online schools, community colleges and certificate programs.

From our team's personal experiences alone, we know that there are many paths available to higher education. We believe in supporting the pursuit for higher education no matter the school. We definitely promote educating yourself on the school, be sure it's accredited if necessary, that you are a good fit with the culture and so on, but we're not promoting elitism whatsoever. There are many good schools out there. Find one that's right for you, not one with high rankings necessarily. The experience of learning, no matter where you decide to study, is what counts. We want it to be a positive one.

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5. Do you think you'll expand your services to include financial aid information pertaining to each school in the future?

Jerry
Yes, definitely.

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6. Where do you see Campus Explorer in five years? How will the site look and what else will be included that isn't there now - besides more schools?

Jerry
We have big plans for the site. We will add even more information about the schools and make that information accessible in additional ways via search and our individualized student profiles. We'll add details about specific classes, programs, on-campus life, and even off-campus life. We will also have a lot more testimonials, first hand reviews and tips from current and past students.

There will be a lot more ways to interact with other students who may have similar questions to you and may also have the answers you are looking for. We want to build a community platform with the most comprehensive, accurate data available and we want it to remain easy to use.

There are endless possibilities. We will listen to what our students need and keep building until we've satisfied them and ourselves.