Welcome to college.gov. By registering on this site, you signify that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use as well as the college.gov privacy policy.

Account Creation: As part of the registration process, you will be asked to provide a user name and password. college.gov provides guidance on creating your user name and password.

User Name: We reserve the right, in our sole discretion to require you to change your user name if it is determined to be offensive or violate the rights of any person or entity, or harm or threaten the safety of any person or entity.

Creating a Billboard: Once you register with college.gov, you will be able to create a "billboard" with a personal image and "I'm Going" statement.

Photo Size: If you upload a photo for your billboard, it must be no bigger than 2.5 megabytes (MB) and in one of the following file formats: JPG, GIF, PNG.

Photo Content: Before a photo and "I'm Going" statement can be used as your billboard, it must be reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education for approval. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion to reject and refuse to post any content that violates this agreement or college.gov's policy on user-generated content. You may not upload or post any material that is determined to be inappropriate by the college.gov team or infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other propriety rights of any person or entity.

Billboard Approval Process: college.gov will notify you via e-mail when your billboard is approved. You will then have the option to add the billboard to the college.gov homepage and college.gov's fan page on Facebook, send a link to your personalized billboard to others, and/or post the billboard to your page on Facebook or other personal Web site. If your billboard violates college.gov's policy on user-generated content, you will be notified via e-mail that your billboard has been rejected, and you will have the opportunity to submit another billboard.

Display Your Billboard: You should note that if you choose the option of having your billboard displayed on the college.gov homepage and college.gov's fan page on Facebook, then the public would be able to see your billboard.

Reporting Billboards: You have the ability to report other users' billboards that are offensive or violate college.gov's policy on user-generated content, by emailing college@ed.gov. Reported billboards will be removed from college.gov's home page pending further investigation.

Guidance on Creating Your User Name and Password

Your user name must be appropriate for all audiences and adhere to college.gov's policy on user-generated content. Avoid using words or numbers that may identify you to others, such as: your last name, telephone number, email address or home address. You user name can be publicly accessible if you choose to have your billboard displayed on the college.gov home page and college.gov's fan page on Facebook.

You will need your user name and password every time you wish to access or modify any of your information. Please choose something you can easily remember. Your username and password can be 6 to 16 letters long and cannot contain any spaces. Enter the same password in both password boxes to make sure you typed it correctly. We recommend that you do not share your password with others.

Policy on User-generated Content

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion to reject and refuse to post any content that violates this policy or the terms of use you agreed to before registering on college.gov and creating a billboard. You are solely responsible for the content you submit and the consequences of submitting this content. Please note: "content" refers to your username, photograph and "I'm going" statement.

WARNING: If you submit content which suggests or depicts any criminal activity or violates any local, state or federal law, you may be reported to the proper law enforcement authorities. You will be held responsible for any unlawful acts or conduct, and your submission may be used as evidence.

All user-generated content will be reviewed by college.gov for approval. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion to reject any content, including, but not limited to, content that is determined to be inappropriate by the following criteria:

• Copyright
  To be approved, your billboard may not include copyrighted images and/or writing, unless you hold the copyright or have written consent from the copyright holder. Content must not infringe any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other propriety rights of any person or entity.
  
  
• Misrepresentation
  To be approved, you must correctly represent your age, yourself and affiliations with other people and organizations in your photo. By using a photo which includes more than one person, you are indicating that everyone in your photo consents to your posting the photo.
  
  
• Nudity
  To be approved, the image in your billboard may not contain nudity of any kind, nor may it contain sexually explicit content.
  
  
• Profanity
  To be approved, the statement in your billboard must use appropriate language. Statements containing profanity will be rejected.
  
  
• Harassment/offensive
  To be approved, the image and statement in your billboard must be suitable for all ages and may not insult or demean any individual or group.
  
  
• Drug/Alcohol Reference
  To be approved, the image in your billboard may not include drugs, alcohol, or related paraphernalia of any kind. Your statement must also be free from drug or alcohol references.