Scoir Guide

Getting Started as a Student

Table of Contents

Register Your Account

Watch the Overview Video

Build Your Profile

Discover Colleges

Build Your List

Understand Applying

Explore YouScience

Download the Mobile App

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Register Your Account

If you have been invited to join Scoir by your high school, the firstthing you will need to do is register your account.

You can register your account either via an email invitation fromScoir or a unique URL posted by your high school.

If you are registering from an email invitation, watch this video.

If you are registering from a URL link, watch this video.

Before jumping ahead, we suggest taking 10 minutes to watch thisoverview video. After familiarizing yourself with Scoir's key tools andresources, you should feel confident moving along with the rest ofyour set up.

Watch the Overview Video

The more information you enter intoScoir, the better your Counselor willbe able to support you throughoutthe college search process.

This may help you establish anapproach to your collegeapplications, remind you what setsyou apart from others, and make iteasier to transfer information overto your college application.

Go to "My Profile" from the top menu

Make sure your personal details and academic overview areaccurate. All of your personal details can be edited by clickingon the blue pencil icon to the right of each category

Add your activities, achievements, and a personal bio

Build Your Profile

To build out your profile, follow these steps:

Why is this important?

Keep this information up-to-date soyou can use the Scoir resumetemplate when needed!

Export as a resume!

Explore College Profiles, searchingfor virtual tours, visits to yourschool, and other events. Find aschool you like? Give it a Follow tosave it to My Colleges.

My MatchesYou May Also LikeSearching for colleges directly via the search bar

Go to the "Discover" page and add a few preferences

Searching for colleges can be done in three ways:

To begin searching for colleges, follow these steps:

Don’t forget to use Scoir’s CollegeCompare tool to compare up to 4colleges side-by-side.

Discover Colleges

Make the most of Discover

TIP:By selecting "AllColleges" you willbe able to completean AdvancedSearch.

Compare colleges side-by-side

To Receive College OutreachColleges on your Following list cansend you messages so you canlearn more about them. Not toworry, we do not share any personalinformation about you, colleges justknow you are interested.

To Receive College VisitNotificationsEvery time a college you areFollowing schedules a visit withyour school via Scoir, you will get anotification. That way, you won'tever miss a visit with the collegesyou are interested in!

There's no bad time to startFollowing colleges in Scoir! Weencourage you to update this listregularly as your preferencesevolve through high school!

To keep track of colleges that interest you, make sure to followthem and add them to your My Colleges list.

You can access this list at any time and also keep track of andreview Counselor and Parent college suggestions

Build Your List

When to start Followingcolleges?

Why Follow colleges on Scoir?

If your Counselor is using Scoir to send application-relateddocuments to colleges, it’s important to review this video whichshows how to request teacher recommendations and how to notifyyour Counselors to send required application documents such asyour transcripts to the colleges you are applying to.

Understand Applying

Learn about the application process on Scoir:

Ask your Counselor about YouScience and when/if they recommendyou take YouScience to learn about your top aptitudes and careerpaths.

Explore YouScience

Learn about your top aptitudes and suggested career paths.

Download Scoir’s mobile app for iOS

Once downloaded, sign in using the email address and passwordof your registered student account.

Enable Push Notifications to receive important messages fromyour Counselor and Colleges, and other alerts.

Download the iOS App