Self-promotion: The new trend in scholarships?

High school seniors who play a sport and want to earn a scholarship for college can run into some problems: Getting the recognition and recruitment from colleges and universities without spending an arm and a leg.

There has been a trend towards parents paying up to $5,000 for recruitment coaches or private athletic-counselors to help promote student athletes. With some many schools out there and some many student athletes, there are ones that benefit from a little more exposure.

The good news is there’s a new way to attract coaches for athletic scholarships: Do-It-Yourself websites are popping up all over the internet. beRecruited.com is one of the leading websites for students to promote themselves for fractions of the cost it would take to hire a counselor.

For about $40, parents can post athletic resumes and videos of their child playing a sport in hopes of attracting coaches for a scholarship. This is a great way for students who don’t have the chances of getting into a top-level school but still want to earn a scholarship for college.

In addition to beRecruited.com, there are several different websites that offer the same or similar services, like:

• Prepchamps.com
• TRUpreps.com
• ActiveRecruiting.com
• Collegecoaches.net
• SportsWorx.com

Gone are the days of waiting for recruiters to come to your school and see your skills. Now, athletes can post their highlight reel along with their academic information in hopes to score a scholarship.

These types of websites are taking a page out of the online marketing strategy book. Will this be the future for self-promotion? Tell Search4careercolleges.com your thoughts about using the Internet to your full educational advantage.