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
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: 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.