For Students: Setting your college preferences

Customer Support Team Updated by Customer Support Team

Scoir helps you explore colleges that match your interests and priorities. To get the most helpful results, you can set your College Preferences. This tells Scoir what kind of colleges you're most interested in.

There are two ways to manage your College Preferences in Scoir:

  1. Start from your Profile (required the first time)
  2. Update them from the Discover page after that

What Are College Preferences?

College Preferences let you tell Scoir what matters most to you in a college. This could include things like:

  • Degree type (4-year, 2-year, etc.)
  • School size
  • Campus setting (city, rural, etc.)
  • Location
  • Majors you're interested in
  • Sports, activities, or special programs

Once you set your preferences, Scoir uses them to show you colleges that match what you want.

Step 1: Setting Preferences from your Profile

Before you can manage your preferences anywhere else in Scoir, you'll need to add them through your Profile.

  1. Click the Me drop-down in the top navigation bar and select View Profile.
  2. On the left of your profile, click on College Preferences.
  3. If you're setting preferences for the first time, click + Add/Edit Preferences to get started. If you've already added some, just click Edit Preferences to make changes or add more.
  4. Choose the categories you want to set, then search and select specific criteria.
  5. Click Done to record your preferences.
You can update your preferences anytime by returning to this section in your profile.

Step 2: Update Your Preferences from Discover

Once you’ve added your preferences through your profile, you can also view and update them from the Discover page.

If you haven’t added any preferences yet, you won’t see options to edit them in Discover. Be sure to complete Step 1 above first.

Any changes you make to your College Preferences in your profile will automatically update in Discover as well.
  1. Click Discover from the main navigation menu at the top of your account.
  2. Click the My Matches card.
  3. From here, you can:
    • Adjust or add new preferences by clicking Edit Preferences.
    • Take a short quiz to help Scoir suggest colleges that match your interests.
      • Click Start Quiz to begin.
      • You can click Retake Quiz anytime to update your answers.
  4. You can then sort the college results based as shown below:

After taking the quiz and saving your preferences, Scoir will update your college matches based on your latest preferences.

Changes made in either place will automatically sync across Scoir.

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