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    Tags: Shortcut For Adding Schools

    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 as reported by Hillel.org
    ORTHODOX: schools set up to support Orthodox Jewish students

    PROGRAMS/MAJORS

    ACM: schools with great applied/computational math programs
    AIML: schools with strong artificial intelligence/machine learning programs
    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
    LEARNDIFF: schools which provide support for students with learning differences in pursuit of a 4-year degree
    NURSE: schools with great BSN 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

    INTAID: schools with great financial aid options for international students
    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 view our list of tags, click on the tag icon to the right of “Your List of Schools”.

     

    Once you click on the tag icon, a drop-down menu of shortcuts will appear.

     

    Once you select a tag, the school dropdown will update to show schools with the selected tag. You can also manually type a tag in the school search bar to update the school dropdown.

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