Question 1

How does ScholarSynch help me find the right college?

Accepted Answer

Tell us what you're looking for — academic programs, location, size, culture, budget — and we'll surface schools that fit, drawing on 80+ data points per college from verified sources like the College Scorecard and IPEDS. Behind the scenes, language models translate your preferences into a structured search; every recommendation is grounded in real institutional data, not generated guesses.

Question 2

Can I contact admissions officers and coaches through ScholarSynch?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Outreach Center keeps every email to admissions officers, athletic coaches, scholarship committees, financial aid offices, and recommenders organized as threaded conversations. Save reusable templates, attach transcripts, essays, athletic highlight videos, and portfolio reels from your document library, and track which messages were sent, replied to, or need follow-up.

Question 3

How does the multi-day campus visit planner work?

Accepted Answer

Pick the schools you want to visit, set how many hours per day you're willing to drive, and the planner builds an optimized multi-day route — including automatic overnight stops with hotel-search links and a day-by-day itinerary. Especially useful when you're cramming five or six campus visits into spring break or a long weekend.

Question 4

What data do you have on each school, and how current is it?

Accepted Answer

Around 80 data points per college: admissions funnel (applicants/admits/enrolled, EA/ED, waitlist, SAT/ACT 25th–75th), cost (in/out tuition, net price, room and board, average grant aid, % receiving Pell), outcomes (completion, retention, 10-year median earnings, cohort default rate), demographics, athletics budgets, climate, and more. Data refreshes weekly from official sources including the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, IPEDS, NCAA, BLS, and the Common Data Set.

Question 5

How do you find scholarships and financial aid?

Accepted Answer

We match your profile (GPA, test scores, major, location, extracurriculars) against thousands of national and institutional scholarships, including merit awards, with eligibility criteria, deadlines, and award amounts tracked. On the aid side, the platform also calculates your Student Aid Index (SAI), compares aid packages side by side, and estimates true cost of attendance per school.

Question 6

Is ScholarSynch free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes — ScholarSynch is free for all students, parents, and counselors. No credit card required.

Question 7

Can I manage more than one profile? Can parents and counselors use it too?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can run multiple profiles under a single account — handy if you're undecided on a major and want to track separate searches for, say, an engineering track and a liberal-arts track. Parents can manage searches for multiple children from one login, and counselors can be invited as collaborators with view or edit access per profile.

Question 8

Do you offer accounts for schools or counseling practices?

Accepted Answer

Yes — schools, districts, and counseling practices can run an organization account that gives counselors a shared roster, assigned-student workflows, and team-level permissions. Organization accounts are set up by our team — reach out at support@scholarsyn.ch or use the contact form on this page and we'll get you started.

Question 9

Can I use this if I'm under 18?

Accepted Answer

Yes — students must be 13 or older to create an account. We take special care to protect student data with encryption and strict access controls.

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