<p>I am familiar with three college match search engines.
Which one does everyone think is the most accurate or has the
best information?</p>
<p>CollegeBoard.com - College search match maker
Princetonreview.com - counselor-o-matic
Collegedata.com - college match search engine</p>
<p>So far I like Collegedata.com the best, I like how you can see
if you are on track with each schools requirements and how you compare to the incoming freshman class. I do I see that all three have major flaws though. For me the big issue is that I haven't been able to take any foreign language and that is a requirement for a lot of schools.</p>
<p>I haven't tried Collegedata.com, but I definitely hate the PrincetonReview one. It's so inaccurate. CollegeBoard is pretty good, but there are a lot of mistakes with them, definitely, but fewer mistakes than PrincetonReview. </p>
<p>Yeah, there's no option in either one of those that gives you a list of colleges that don't require another language. </p>
<p>I would use the College MatchMaker, get a broad range of schools, and then find the ones that don't require foreign language. Make sure you have a lot of schools at first.</p>
<p>princetonreview gives you good college choices, it just puts them in the wrong category. also, collegeboard just updated their site and now you can see if youre on track and look at schools test and class requirements.</p>
<p>Collegeboard's new features are awesome! My favorite. </p>
<p>I like reading the student reviews and lists on PR, but I wouldn't trust the search engine. My friend (who has a 3.4 GPA), tried it and got Brown as a match. It's not very accurate.</p>
<p>PR seems kind of a waste of time to me. I like CollegeBoard much better, but I can't comment on the other one. PR didn't give me any reaches, although I don't know if it was supposed to. That could be because my GPA is a 4.0, but that doesn't mean I don't have reaches. It's just way too objective. CollegeBoard gives you a much better view of the complete package a college offers.</p>
<p>It is CollegeBoard's new features that I like. The ones that tell if you are on track and where you stack up with the current incoming freshman. What I like about CollegeData is that it calculates the cost of attending for you. I know CollegeBoard has a FAC though. I guess the best idea is to use all the tools available to help you find the best fit for you.</p>
<p>I don't like Princetonreview, because it isn't accurate at all! They said that Yale was a "match" for me. I don't think that Yale should be a match for anyone! I do like the collegeboard college match though. :)</p>
<p>PR's Counselor-O-Matic - where nothing can go wrong where nothing can go wrong where nothing can go wrong where nothing can go wrong where nothing can go wrong</p>
<p>remember "Westworld"? How about "CollegeCounselorWorld"</p>
<p>I definitely recommend college Match at College Board over any other search engine (like Counselor-o-matic at PR, which is not really accurate); they are the most reliable and have the most specific information.</p>
<p>For my older S, PR told him MIT was a match - with a 610 SAT Math. Not too likely! (In his defense, he was sick as a dog that day and got a 740 on the retake. Nothing like a little strep to throw off your score!)</p>
<p>Collegedata.com does seem to be relatively accurate. CollegeBoard's new info really improves it as a tool.</p>
<p>Of course, CC has services too which we should not neglect since they kindly provide this forum for us! :)</p>