How do I create a Suggested College list for a student?

The “Suggested College List” is a list you’ll create for each student client you work with. Your students will view the schools on the Suggested List and they can then elect to move a copy of the school to their own “My List of Colleges.” For more on the “My List of Colleges” see the article, “What is the Student’s 'My List of Colleges'?”. The schools on the Suggested College list are managed by you (the counselor).

While you are in the process of creating the "My Suggested Colleges List", you may choose to have the list not viewable by the student. You may determine "when" the student sees the Suggested List by managing the "Account Settings" on the student profile.  For more information, check out the article, "How do I modify what Students can see in their account?"

Creating a Suggested College List

Suggested college lists are found within each student’s profile. In order to create a Suggested College List, you’ll need to have an active student profile to work with.

1. Navigate to the student’s profile page
2. Click the “My Suggested College List” button from the toolbar
3. The "Manage Suggested List of Colleges" dialog window will open
4. Select colleges  "By Name", "By List", or "By Tag"

5.  Add colleges to your Suggested list by clicking the blue arrow icon listed next to a college

Click on the arrow to move school your my suggested list. Once you have added a school to your My Suggested List, the arrow will turn grey and non-responsive. 

 To remove a college from the list, click the orange “X”

Filter "By List"

• Select the "By List" tab
• Change the source list by selecting the up/down arrows (on the right)
• Select the list you want to be displayed
• Click the green arrow to add to Student's Suggested List
• For more information on Lists, check out the article, "How do I create a Custom College list for my own reference?"

Filter "By Tag"

• Select the "By Tag" tab
• Enter the tag you would like to use
• You may add more tags to filter the list further
• When you have finished entering tags, click the green arrow to add to Student's Suggested List
• For more information on Tags, check out the article, What is a College Tag?

Filter "By Name"

• Select the "By Name" tab
• Enter the name of a school and continue with no. 5 above
• Or select a State and click the arrow to add to Student's Suggested List
• Note you may enter both the name of a school and a State

Next Article: Create a Custom College List