About us
College tours, reimagined
Choosing where to go to college is one of the biggest decisions a student will ever make. It’s a major investment - financially, emotionally, and personally. But the traditional college tour process doesn’t make it any easier. Large group tours are often scripted, promotional, and led by someone you’ll never see again. At SchoolScoops, we’re reimagining college tours to make them personal, private, and student-led. We believe every student deserves an authentic college visit experience that helps them find the school where they’ll truly belong.
What is SchoolScoops?
SchoolScoops is an independent platform that connects prospective students and families with real college students for private college tours and virtual college tours. Each student tour guide hosts personalized, unscripted tours that reveal what campus life is really like - covering academics, traditions, social life, and everything in between. Whether in person or through a live video chat, you’ll get genuine answers from students living the college experience every day.
Our mission
Our mission is to help students make confident, well-informed college choices through personalized campus tours, authentic conversations, and meaningful connections. SchoolScoops empowers future college applicants to go beyond brochures by hearing from real students so they can find the schools where they’ll thrive academically, socially, and personally.
Why SchoolScoops is the better way to tour colleges
Choose your own guide
On a typical college tour, the school assigns you a guide who follows a script. With SchoolScoops, you handpick your student tour guide based on your interests - like your intended major, extracurriculars, or background. Whether you want to talk to a first-gen student, an athlete, or an engineering major, you’ll connect with someone who truly gets you.
Private campus tours, tailored to you
Traditional college campus visits are crowded and generic. With SchoolScoops private college tours, you’ll experience campus your way - personalized, flexible, and focused on what matters most to you.
Unscripted and unfiltered
SchoolScoops guides don’t work for the university, so they’re free to share authentic stories and honest opinions. You’ll hear what students really think - from the best professors to what weekends on campus are actually like. No sales pitch. No admissions spin. Just the truth.
Real answers to real questions
Choosing the right college isn’t just about rankings or reputation - it’s about fit. With SchoolScoops, you can ask about everything from dorm quality and dining options to campus safety, Greek life, and workload balance. It’s the inside scoop you’ll never get from a standard admissions tour.
Confidence and peace of mind for parents
Sending your child to college is both exciting and stressful. College is a major investment, and parents want their child to thrive, find community, explore passions, and grow. But how do you help them make the right college decision? Colleges are not one-size-fits-all, and it’s difficult to know if your child is making the right choice. What combination of location, size, ranking and reputation adds up to happiness for your child?
SchoolScoops campus tours and virtual college visits let your child really see themselves as a college student. Because they choose their own tour guide by their own criteria, they will see each school through the real-life, honest, unfiltered experiences of a current student, someone who is like them.
SchoolScoops gives you and your soon-to-be college student a wealth of information you won’t find in brochures or on an admissions office tour. You’ll see what life is really like beyond the pretty pictures and discover the school that’s the best fit for them.