Printable worksheets to help your family choose schools together, no counselor required. They are free to download, print, and share. Pair them with the school profiles on this site: each profile PDF has the numbers these worksheets ask for.
What Matters to Us
3 pages · Student sheet, parent sheet, shared page
Before you search, the student and the parent or guardian each fill out their own private sheet, marking what they must have, would like, or can skip across 12 things like cost, distance, size and support. Then a shared page helps you compare, talk through where you differ, and pick your top 5.
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Campus Visit Scorecard
2 pages · Print one per school
Score every tour in minutes, jot down the cost numbers you were given, and tick off the questions worth asking, including the ones about financial aid and support that tours skip.
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College Comparison Grid
1 page · Landscape · 4 schools
Put up to four schools side by side on cost, outcomes and fit. Fill it from the numbers on each school's profile page.
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- Start with What Matters to Us and agree on your top 5.
- Search and save schools on Search Schools, then check Build My List for a balanced mix.
- Take a Campus Visit Scorecard to each school you tour, in person or online.
- Finish with the College Comparison Grid for your top four, then track applications in My Tracker Free Worksheets.