New College Contact List

Frater Taciturnus · Post by **Frater Taciturnus** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:11 pm

It is my understanding that the NAQT Entering Freshman Contact List is basically no more. As such I have taken the liberty of creating a means to maintain contact between teams and to make it easy to get people in touch with teams at their schools. If you have a team, please fill in this spreadsheet.

The Entering Freshman Contact List still very much exists; 2017 edition here. --JTH

Adventure Temple Trail · Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:27 pm

It would probably be wise to either merge this list with Eliza Grames' earlier project or otherwise make sure there aren't discrepancies between the two by beginning with the large amount of data found there.

It would be a cool thing if hsquizbowl could keep a publicly-updatable, always-available list like this in a more permanent place outside the forums, such as the main page. Given that the leadership of many college clubs turns over once a year, it's important to make sure that it gets updated at minimum every summer.

Frater Taciturnus · Post by **Frater Taciturnus** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:30 pm

RyuAqua wrote:It would probably be wise to either merge this list with Eliza Grames' earlier project or otherwise make sure there aren't discrepancies between the two by beginning with the large amount of data found there.

It would be a cool thing if hsquizbowl could keep a publicly-updatable, always-available list like this in a more permanent place outside the forums, such as the main page. Given that the leadership of many college clubs turns over once a year, it's important to make sure that it gets updated at minimum every summer.

I am adding the relevant data from Eliza's list now and hope that once I have this filled in teams can update/add their own information. This is publicly editable, so any member of the community can add their information if they take over an existing team, or create their own.

The Goffman Prophecies · Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:56 pm

Ultimately the goal of the Quizbowl Resource Center Database is to maintain a listing of something like this, but 1) there's nothing wrong with starting a project in the interim and 2) I don't want to speak for Jeffrey Hill when it comes to putting together that phase of the project.

ScoBo · Post by **ScoBo** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:44 pm

The Motley Eye wrote:Ultimately the goal of the Quizbowl Resource Center Database is to maintain a listing of something like this, but 1) there's nothing wrong with starting a project in the interim and 2) I don't want to speak for Jeffrey Hill when it comes to putting together that phase of the project.

Yes, the database should eventually have an "organizations" component to it, but it may be a while before I get to it. With my full time job during the week and quizbowl tournaments on most weekends, my ability to make progress on the database is effectively limited to the summer. Given how relatively simple this would be to add, there's a good chance the database will be able to collect this information by the end of the summer.

Adventure Temple Trail · Tue May 01, 2012 9:11 pm

As the school year turns over and people graduate, people should be careful to update this.

Cody · Post by **Cody** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:44 pm

It's been a year and there's been some turnover, so I just want to remind everyone that they should update this appropriately. It's a good idea to incorporate contact information for colleges you have contact information for, but that aren't likely to see this.

njsbling · Post by **njsbling** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 4:22 pm

What's the problem with the NAQT Entering Freshman Contact List? It's been helpful for me in terms of getting in contact with people at other schools.

Post by **Important Bird Area** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:45 pm

The 2013 entering freshman contact list is here.

Cody · Post by **Cody** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:21 pm

The Entering Freshman list does exist, yes. This contact information spreadsheet is still extremely useful and should be updated, though.

Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:30 pm

I had some trouble finding this when I went to start gathering email addresses to invite people to Regionals, so I've stickied it. Please keep your team's info up-to-date and fix anything that may be incorrect so that we can reach out to those who may not check hsqb often.

Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:11 pm

I used this yesterday to put a friend of a friend in contact with the team at her school, which reminds me to remind you all to please update your information as people graduate this spring. This can be a very useful tool, but only if it's reasonably current.

evilmonkey · Post by **evilmonkey** » Tue May 27, 2014 6:52 pm

Is there any meaning behind the bolded and/or italicized schools in the document?

tiwonge · Post by **tiwonge** » Wed May 28, 2014 9:15 pm

In the past, there was also a list that could be sent to seniors to enter their contact information and schools that would be forwarded to the respective collegiate contacts.

Does something like this still exist? I'd like to forward it to my list of area seniors. I think they'd respond to this slightly better than having to look up a contact.

Adventure Temple Trail · Wed May 28, 2014 9:46 pm

tiwonge wrote:In the past, there was also a list that could be sent to seniors to enter their contact information and schools that would be forwarded to the respective collegiate contacts.

Does something like this still exist? I'd like to forward it to my list of area seniors. I think they'd respond to this slightly better than having to look up a contact.

Are you referring to the Entering Freshmen Contact List from NAQT? From what I can tell, this is still done every year. Jeff Hoppes could tell you more.

Post by **Important Bird Area** » Wed May 28, 2014 9:53 pm

If so, drop us a line ([email protected]) next week and we'll add that to the contact information collected at HSNCT.

Mnemosyne · Post by **Mnemosyne** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:28 pm

How is the information for the entering freshman contact list collected? I know I got two people last year from this list, and both were thoroughly shocked that I found them. I also see that I was on the list two years ago, and I don't really see how.

Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:59 pm

The primary source for the entering freshmen contact list is the data collected from HSNCT registrations.

Shashmaqam · Post by **Shashmaqam** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:14 pm

I was wondering if there was going to be a new list for the seniors that graduated last semester? I've been meaning to see if I can find people with whom to start a team.

njsbling · Post by **njsbling** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:34 am

Disappointment Islands wrote:I was wondering if there was going to be a new list for the seniors that graduated last semester? I've been meaning to see if I can find people with whom to start a team.

Yes, pretty sure NAQT will be posting it in the near future.

Post by **Important Bird Area** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:35 am

We're working on compiling this year's data now; it should be available to teams soon.

Post by **Important Bird Area** » Wed Sep 03, 2014 6:49 pm

Disappointment Islands wrote:I was wondering if there was going to be a new list for the seniors that graduated last semester? I've been meaning to see if I can find people with whom to start a team.

The 2014 contact list results are now posted.

Gautam · Post by **Gautam** » Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:18 pm

Hi Folks-

I've been reaching out to many connected people in the circuit to update some of the contacts on this list. But I'm sure there are many more changes to team contacts that are not yet reflected in this database. Please take a moment to look through this database to identify any updates, then reach out to those teams.

This list is very useful to get in touch with teams if you are hosting tournaments, etc. Thanks to Eliza and George for their initiative in getting this setup.

-Gautam

Papa's in the House · Post by **Papa's in the House** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:19 am

People should update the college aspect of the contact list again. I would post this in Eliza's forum, but it is now locked.

ProfessorIanDuncan · Post by **ProfessorIanDuncan** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:07 pm

Is this still a thing? If so, am I just not finding it?

njsbling · Post by **njsbling** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:34 pm

ProfessorIanDuncan wrote:Is this still a thing? If so, am I just not finding it?

According to Jeff the 2015 Entering College Freshmen list will be up soon.

ProfessorIanDuncan · Post by **ProfessorIanDuncan** » Fri Sep 04, 2015 12:21 am

Awesome. Thanks for the verification.

njsbling · Post by **njsbling** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:57 pm

2015 Entering College Freshmen list can be found here: http://www.fraughtmachine.com/efcontact/2015EF.html

bmcke · Post by **bmcke** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:42 pm

How secure is the college contact list (in the top post), and what is it normally used for? I collected contact info for some Ontario clubs, but I'm not sure about posting people's email addresses in the open.

njsbling · Post by **njsbling** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:37 pm

bmcke wrote:How secure is the college contact list (in the top post), and what is it normally used for? I collected contact info for some Ontario clubs, but I'm not sure about posting people's email addresses in the open.

I'm not sure who owns the google doc but I haven't heard any problems with it being insecure.

Majin Buu Roi · Post by **Majin Buu Roi** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 4:32 pm

Out of curiosity, has a 2016 edition been compiled?

1.82 · Post by **1.82** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:03 pm

jasongg17 wrote:Out of curiosity, has a 2016 edition been compiled?

http://www.fraughtmachine.com/efcontact/2016EF.html

njsbling · Post by **njsbling** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 11:00 pm

Also, a reminder for people to update the "college contact list" with the new club contact info for this year.

1992 in spaceflight · Post by **1992 in spaceflight** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:42 am

As someone who is using this list to email teams about hosting a tournament using the set I'm a part of, I would like to remind teams to make sure that their contact info is up-to-date. Thanks!

kitakule · Post by **kitakule** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 4:37 pm

Any word on when this year's college contact list is going to go up?

Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:39 pm

The 2017 edition of the Entering Freshmen Contact List is here.

Post by **Important Bird Area** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:15 pm

The complete archive of contact list data is now available on naqt.com.

jonah · Post by **jonah** » Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:46 pm

Important Bird Area wrote:The complete archive of contact list data is now available on naqt.com.

Future editions will also be on naqt.com. Anyone with information for future lists should submit it (free account required); we welcome submissions by people about themselves, but also submissions from coaches about their players, tournament directors about information they collect at their events, and so on. NAQT will be expanding its efforts to encourage such data collection at late-season tournaments.

Mon May 21, 2018 9:40 am

Hey, friends and neighbors! It's that time of year again to take a second and make sure your team's contact information is correct. Happy recruiting season!

Post by **Important Bird Area** » Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:38 pm

Our 2018 contact list has now been posted.

Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:34 pm

The 2019 edition of the Entering Freshmen Contact List is now available here.