The tours go to a variety of different countries in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Once overseas, Drake participates in the same types of recruitment activities that are traditionally used to recruit U.S. students, which include visiting high schools and attending college fairs. Unlike recruitment in the United States, the Drake international admissions counselors participating in the overseas trips receive briefings from the country's consulate about social, political and economic situations in the countries they're visiting. In addition to participating in these overseas trips, Drake international admissions counselors attend an international conference where they can contact high school counselors and educational advisers from overseas. For those students who miss out on hearing about Drake through their high school counselors or Drake's overseas recruitment trips, information is available on the Internet.
Some international students find out about Drake on their own, simply by surfing the Internet.
A lot of it is just word of mouth. Her high school, an American school in Thailand, was one of the schools visited the Drake admissions counselors. I was looking for a school with health sciences, and I found out that Drake had pre-med and pharmacy programs. International students, are often at a disadvantage because they are unable to visit the Drake campus before deciding to enroll. Yousufani said it was difficult in the beginning, learning to adjust to Drake and the United States.