She applied early and found out Dec. 16 that she had been accepted. It's helping thousands of others, too. The World Wide Web is a burgeoning industry. More and more institutions have home pages and Web sites. Students are using it more and more.
Some colleges already allow students to apply via the Web.
But Shaw said he doesn't think virtual tours of campus will ever replace the real thing. I like walking into a real campus, seeing the student union, the residential facilities and talking to students. She thinks that it is also important to visit the campus and look at books and other reference materials. He's taken a virtual tour through the Stanford campus without leaving his bedroom. He said students can click on a compass to see pictures of what can be found in any direction on the campus.