ScoopU’s Primary competitor
I would say that my primary competitor is the Baruch International student service center, and the Baruch transfer student center. Here is a list of 3-4 questions I would like to ask and the purpose behind these questions. What I hope to accomplish is to find out the effort and resources that a CUNY academic institution like Baruch provides for incoming students so that I may find out if the incoming student feels it is sufficient, or more than sufficient, enough to acclimate them quickly and efficiently.
Questions
- What is the purpose of the international student service center
- What is the protocol/process when an incoming student gets admitted into Baruch
- What resources are international students given when by the international students center
- What are some of the biggest challenges the international student center faces?
- What are some of the biggest challenges that international students face?
I also wanted to get in contact with the transfer student center, but to my knowledge, there is no formal center just for transfer students, just the Baruch admissions department. I am also keen on interviewing them to get more information. The questions are the same as the questions given to the ISSC at Baruch.
Questions
- What is the purpose/objective of the Admission center at Baruch
- What is the protocol/process when an incoming student gets admitted into Baruch
- What resources are incoming students given when by the admission center
- What are some of the biggest challenges the incoming student center faces?
- What are some of the biggest challenges that incoming students face?
Hopefully by the end of the interview, I can receive a more well rounded perspective on the experience that an incoming student would go through when they arrive at a academic institution like Baruch College. This in turn will help me see if ScoopU still holds the amount of value I envision it having for incoming students, or If I must modify. Both departments have been emailed, and so I continue to wait patiently by the computer for a response. If they don’t respond in a timely manner, I’m afraid more drastic measures will have to be taken.
I think these will help you focus on the problem-solution dynamic. And this problem exists at most universities so “big market” is not a concern, just scalability.