You've seen the rankings. Rankings by this category and that category, on and on and on. Even the Peace Corps ranks colleges, for crying out loud.
What does all this mean to you? Unfortunately, not much. Every college has a unique profile, with different demographics and a mixture of strengths and weaknesses in academics, extracurriculars, financial aid, and housing. Some will come a lot closer to fulfilling your personal wish list than others.
But with so many possibilities, where do you start? Our College Console was designed to narrow things down. To help you find the schools that come closest to matching your personal preferences, we rate colleges in not just one category, but forty-four!
The result? You can find out which colleges come closest to matching a combination of factors--weighted according to your personal preferences. Are you
...Looking for a small liberal arts school with a great program in accounting, architecture, or engineering?
...Thinking about a career in the arts, yet also interested in political science, club sports, and outdoor adventure?
...Planning to study psychology and write for the newspaper in your spare time?
...Wondering which schools have great business programs and opportunities to pursue music or vocals on the side?
Our College Console will help you find the schools that match any combination of criteria--north, south, east, and west!
The result? Your own Top 20 ranking--chosen from the 46 trillion possibilities. It's a listing you can save and update as you refine the factors that are important to you in a college.
If you save more than one ranking, you can display them side by side--
color-coded to show which colleges show up multiple times.
You can keep your rankings to yourself--or publish them on our web site, where friends, family, and others in your Crew can view it and leave brief comments. You can hide or delete any comments you don't like.
How do you get a Crew? It's easy! Just list the e-mail addresses in your Account Manager.
Relevant information, instantly at your fingertips. It's a whole new concept in college search.
Give it a try.