Site offers resources on college admissions

More people in the United States are using the Internet to process their school admission procedures, according to a survey by Nielsen/NetRatings.

The company recently found that traffic to CollegeBoard.org, an education site, soared more than 77 per cent before the registration deadline of next month's SAT examinations. The site has attracted 252,000 registrations.

Teenagers in the 12-17 age group accounted for 44 per cent of the total traffic while women comprised 61 per cent of the total unique audience and men made up 39 per cent. The site was redesigned and launched earlier this month as a resource on the college admissions process.