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this year as future undergrads try to get into their dream schools they have a new tool LinkedIn the professional social network recently launched university pages which offer online snapshots of colleges you're in the right place that's right LinkedIn it just made sense to work in conjunction with the universities so that they could communicate to say prospective students or help students understand where they could go post graduation or help alumni re-engage back with the University there are 23,000 pages representing universities all over the world of those about 1,500 pages are managed by the school's themselves the university pages can also reveal the types of students the school is seeking I can start to look at the freshmen sophomores of a university look at their profiles how they develop their profile what they put on there it starts to give me an idea of the breadth of experiences they brought in for young self-starters like 17 year old Canadian student Patrick Mont LinkedIn is a virtual career counsellor well it allows me to create people in all honesty it allows me to find people that I think have a really cool job and see where they went to school what their first job was kind of the path that they've taken to get to where they are today but even with limited work experience kids can create strong profiles using LinkedIn's student verticals feature so as you edit your profile you can add things like coursework things that you're learning in the classroom publications that you've been quoted in high schoolers should also emphasize volunteer work and tap their network for endorsements another LinkedIn benefit it could give you a direct connection with someone in admissions Geoff Schiffman of Tulane admissions says he recently received his first LinkedIn request from a prospective student he accepted it unlike the Facebook request sent his way whereas Facebook is going to be pictures of your social life and I think LinkedIn I think it's universally recognized as a different form a form that's much more for advancement in your career or allowing others to see your resume and your skill set and what your she knew about you know in the workforce another reason to give your LinkedIn profile the old college try in San Francisco I'm suma das Cena for CBS News