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SchoolScoops is the one-on-one, behind-the-scenes way to visit college
SchoolScoops connects college applicants with current college students for one-on-one, unfiltered, and unscripted campus tours.
Choosing where to go college is a big decision: it's a huge investment and colleges aren't one-size-fits-all. We believe your college search and discovery process shouldn't be either.
With SchoolScoops you can book a private campus tour with a current college student. Choose your own guide and get the inside scoop from a student who you can relate to and who shares your interests and hobbies. A SchoolScoops tour helps you understand what a school is truly like, free from any sales pitch or bias, so you can make the best decision for your future.
Reimagining the college tour
While traditional admissions office campus tours are helpful, they don't tell the full story since they're essentially scripted sales pitches. The tour guide works for the school and their job is to tell you everything that’s great about it. You’re just a number in a big group, you don’t get to pick your guide, and everyone gets the same cookie-cutter tour. You get herded around campus and learn a lot of random facts, but not if the school is really a good fit for you.
Choosing the right college is much easier when you can talk to a real student at that school, someone you can identify with. You can ask them all the big and little questions you really want to know, like what freshman dorm should I avoid? Is this school too big to get to know my professors? Do most students go home on weekends? What are the reputations of the fraternities and sororities? You won’t get these answers on traditional admissions office tours.
Private, personalized and real
With SchoolScoops, you can book a private tour with a real student. Browse profiles of guides and apply filters like class, major, extracurriculars, personality type, and more, to find someone you can really identify with and trust.
SchoolScoops is not affiliated with any particular college, and SchoolScoops guides don't work for their school, so there's no sales pitch. Instead, they'll share their authentic experiences, offer honest insights into the school, and candidly answer your personal questions.
Picking where to go to college is a big, expensive decision. So go ahead and take the admissions office tour to learn the basics. But savvy students (and their parents) also book SchoolScoops tours…it's the best way to learn what the school is really like!
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Parents, SchoolScoops gives you and your child confidence and peace of mind
Sending a 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 decision? There’s no one-size-fits-all college, 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?
A SchoolScoops tour lets your kid really see themselves as a college student. Because they choose their own 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.
A SchoolScoops tour 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.
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