North America

NACAC 2007 Montgomery County

The National Association for College Admissions Counselling (NACAC) fairs is a series of fairs located in over 40 US cities. The Montgomery County NACAC fair was held on 18 – 19 April 2007.

The fairs are targeted at secondary students considering a tertiary education. Fairs typically average 350-400 institutions which are predominantly US universities. However, Canadian, British, Irish, Australian, and Italian universities also attended.

Education New Zealand commissioned NZTE Washington DC to host a booth. This was the first year New Zealand has been involved with the NACAC fairs and combined with a presence at the Boston fair a week earlier, served as an exploratory exercise.

Approximately 8,000 students attended as well as many parents.

There were prohibitive rules around the use of promotional giveaways, but 3 boxes of the 2007 University Directory 2007 and 1 box of the 2007 Handbook were distributed.