Building your list of schools

Updated August 15, 2026

My Schools is your shortlist. Add schools by name, or use AI Match Schools to get suggestions scored against your area of study, the region you want, and whether the program has coaches on file. Every card opens the full program, and you can sort the list to put the programs nobody has contacted yet at the top.

Two ways in

  • Add School — search the directory and add the ones you already have in mind.
  • AI Match Schools — suggestions built from your profile. The scoring happens before the AI sees anything, so a school that fits your stated preferences badly never reaches it to be argued for.

Working the list

The list is alphabetical by default, on purpose: this is something you come back to for months, and an order that rearranges itself moves the same school every visit.

When you want to work rather than browse, switch the sort to "Not contacted" and every program nobody has written to rises to the top. Your choice is remembered.

Writing to several at once

Select multiple for initial outreach prepares an individual first email for each coach you tick — separate messages, each written for that program. They land in Drafts for you to read and send one at a time. Nothing is broadcast and nothing sends itself.

What "messaged N contacts" means

It counts the coaches at that school YOU have contacted. It is not a measure of anyone else's activity, and it is the only first-person count on the screen.

Frequently asked questions

How many schools should be on my list?

More than feels comfortable. A wider list is the single biggest lever on how many real opportunities come back, which is why "add more schools" turns up in your next steps.

Does adding a school tell anyone?

No. Your list is private. Nothing leaves Skoutd until you send an email.

Why does a suggested school keep coming back?

It does not, if you rate it down — schools you have dismissed are excluded from later suggestions, as are ones already on your list.

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