Over the holiday break I created, with an anxious accepted student, an official Emerson College Class of 2013 group and we currently have 161 members — the deleted 2013 group had 200 members when it was removed). This is with only messaging the members of the old group. I’ve yet to actively promote the FB group to our 900 accepted students.

Brad – thanks for posting your stats from the 2012 group. It gave me some ideas on tracking our 2013 group, since this is the first year Emerson is tracking our presence in online social communities. I’m combining those stats with stats about the students from our SIS for a fuller view – continuing through deposits and enrollment.

One thing I found surprising in our Class of 2013 group is the eagerness of current Emerson students to assist with questions about majors, classes, life at Emerson, student organizations, etc (things accepted students want to hear from other students – not admission counselors). At their request, I’ve been assigning them as Officers in the group, with their major, year of graduation and where they’re originally from listed. It’s had a huge impact on our group in the discussion posts and the amount of positive feedback from accepted students – they can easily connect with a current student in their major or from their home state.