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For Parents/Guardians: Searching for colleges

If you are not yet linked to your student(s) or their high school(s), follow these steps.

Scoir’s Discover feature allows you to search for colleges within the context of your student.

Searching for colleges

Search for a college by name

To search for a college by name, you can type the name of the college into the search bar at the top of your Dashboard.

Search for colleges using filters

To search for colleges based on different filters, follow these steps.

  1. Go to the Discover tab from the navigation menu.
  2. Use the dropdowns at the top of the page to narrow your search by filters like academic focus, degree type, setting, location, and more. You can apply as many or as few filters as you’d like, and matching colleges will automatically appear below. To see every available filter or to remove all applied filters, select All Filters.
  3. After applying filters, college results are automatically sorted by Relevance. Relevance ranks colleges based on alumni interest, so schools with the most interest appear first. Interest includes alumni who marked a college as following, applying, or applied in Scoir.
    If your student’s high school uses Scoir, this interest is based on alumni from their school. If not, it reflects alumni interest from all Scoir schools.
    You can change the sort to alphabetical, acceptance rate, or size using the options in the upper-right corner of the results page.
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Viewing your Student's Preferences

To view your student's saved College Preferences, follow these steps.

  1. Click on the Profile icon in the top right corner. Select your student's name.
  2. Click on the College Preferences tab in the Overview menu.

Understanding Discover Filters

Scoir’s Discover offers a wide variety of options for narrowing your college search results to find exactly the colleges you’re looking for as a parent. The full list of filters is in the All Filters button.

Each of these filtering options is explained below:

  • Academic Focus: Use this filter to search for general academic focuses or specific majors.
  • Degree: This filter lets you select levels of undergraduate degrees.
  • School Size: This filter lets you select campus population ranges.
  • Campus Setting: This filter lets you select various campus setting designations.
  • Distance: This filter lets you select a distance radius from a location.
  • Location: This filter lets you select domestic/international preferences, as well as regions of the United States. You can also add individual US states by clicking within the Specific US States box and typing the name of a state.
  • Admissions: This filter lets you select from different levels of selectivity (which is calculated by dividing the number of admitted students by the number of applicants). You can also select Test Optional colleges, or adjust the ranges for average SAT and ACT scores.
  • Application Method: This filter lets you select the application methods offered.
  • School Type: This filter lets you select from various school types including Funding Source, Religious Affiliation, and Special-Mission.
  • Athletics: This filter lets you search by athletics and divisions.
  • Student Life: Use this filter to search for and select multiple interests and activities that correlate with colleges across Scoir’s college database.
  • ROTC Programs Offered:This filter allows you to select ROTC program availability.

Explore #Posts

With #Posts, you and your student can explore content related to areas of interest such as #Internships, #StudyAbroad, and more, with content coming directly from colleges themselves.

To explore #Posts, follow these steps.

  1. Navigate to the Discover tab in the main navigation menu.
  2. Click on the #Posts tab at the top of the page.
  3. Select an area of interest from the buttons that appear on your screen, or explore all categories by clicking on the All Categories button.

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