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    Are there shortcuts for adding schools to my list?

    Yes, you can take advantage of several tags we’ve created to bring up schools with common characteristics. Tags currently available include:

     

    INSTITUTION TYPE

    HBCU: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    PRIVATE: private schools
    PUBLAC: public liberal arts colleges            
    PUBLIC: public schools

    AFFILIATIONS

    5CC: 5 College Consortium schools
    7SISTERS: Seven Sisters schools
    CLAREMONT: the Claremont Colleges    
    CTCL: Colleges That Change Lives schools
    IVY: Ivy League schools
    QB: QuestBridge schools
    WUE: Western Undergraduate Exchange schools

    RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION

    CATHOLIC: Catholic schools
    CHRISTIAN: Christian schools (all denominations)
    JESUIT: Jesuit schools
    JEWISH: for schools with the highest Jewish student populations
    ORTHODOX: schools set up to support Orthodox Jewish students
    PRESBYTERIAN: Presbyterian schools
    PROTESTANT: Protestant schools

    PROGRAMS/MAJORS

    ACM: schools with great applied/computational math programs
    AIML: schools with strong artificial intelligence/machine learning
    BIGDATA: schools with strong data science programs
    BSMD: schools with combined BS/MD programs
    BUSINESS: schools known for their undergraduate business programs
    COOP: schools with great co-op programs
    ENGLAC: liberal arts colleges offering engineering programs
    ENVSCI: schools with strong environmental science/studies programs
    GAME: schools with strong game design programs
    HONORS: schools with great honors programs
    INTRELNS: schools with strong international relations programs
    POLSCI: schools with strong political science departments
    STARTUP: top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs
    STEM: STEM departments and schools known for their STEM programs

    TEST POLICY

    HIGHTO: schools where a high proportion of the class applied test-optional
    TESTCONDITIONAL: schools that are test-conditional
    TESTFLEXIBLE: schools that are test-flexible
    TESTFREE: schools that are test-free
    TESTOPTIONAL: schools that are test-optional

    AFFORDABILITY

    PELL: great colleges for first generation/low income students

    APPLICATION

    ASSURED: schools offering assured/guaranteed admission
    COALITION: schools accepting the Coalition App
    COMMONAPP: schools accepting the Common App
    NOFEE: schools with no application fee

    ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

    ACC: Atlantic Coast Conference schools
    BIG10: Big Ten schools
    BIG12: Big 12 schools
    BIGEAST: Big East schools
    NESCAC: NESCAC schools
    PAC12: Pac 12 schools
    PATRIOT: Patriot League schools
    SEC: Southeast Conference schools

     

    To find schools using tags, simply click on the tag icon Annotation_2019-04-02_145743.jpg to the right of “Your List of Schools” on the Profile page.

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    Once you click on the tag icon, a drop-down menu of shortcuts will appear that will help you add schools to your list.

     

    Or you can type the tag in the search field entitled "Enter your college name here" in the Profile Tab. 

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