Understanding the Universities Tool

You can find more information about the Universities or Colleges your students show interest in or have applied for in the Universities tab on the BridgeU dashboard.

Some of the data in this feature can also come from historical data imported for students who already have application outcomes. Take a look at this article for more information on how to Bulk import application data into BridgeU 

On the Universities overview page, you can filter the Universities or Colleges by graduation year or by the destination country. Once you click into a University, an overlay will pop up revealing more details about the University or College and the respective students who have shortlisted or sent an application.

How to use the Universities Tool

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Trends

The Trends feature will allow you to compare how students from your school have performed year over year at a given university and even contextualise the counselling advice provided to future students building a balanced application list.
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The data is presented in two different ways so you can interpret it as needed. We have the table view and also the graph view. You can see from the table (shown above):

  • the number of students that shortlisted this University
  • the number of applications
  • the successful/unsuccessful outcomes received
  • the number of students actually attending the University. 
  • You can also see data from previous years.

Applications

The Applications tab will show you the students and their application deadline, as well as the status of their application.
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Shortlists

Similarly, the Shortlists tab will show you the student's name and links to any research notes they may have started.
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Scattergrams

The Scattergram graph displays the students’ application data points for the selected University or College. It is based on grades and test scores and the colour represents the outcomes of the applications.

  • Green - Accepted
  • Red - Rejected
  • Yellow - Waitlisted
  • Grey - No outcomes

You can change the axis to see different grades and compare that with particular tests. Hovering on each data point will also show more info on each application.

Scattergram is a feature similar to Analytics > University offers tab. We highly recommended using Scattergram in Universities as it displays full application data for all students (current or archived students with BridgeU accounts and students imported from Historical Data without BridgeU accounts). Please also note that Scattergrams require at least 3 data points to be plotted on the chart: at least one advisor-entered grade/score (We only support IB Predicted, 4.0 GPA, Weighted GPA so you might need to convert different scores first) and students need to have added an application to that university.

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Scattergram is a feature similar to Analytics > University offers tab. We highly recommended using Scattergram in Universities as it displays full application data for all students including current or archived students with BridgeU accounts and students imported from Historical Data without BridgeU accounts. Historical data imports are suitable for students who already have application outcomes. You can find more information in this article: Bulk import application data into BridgeU. Please also note: Scattergrams required at least 3 data points to be plotted on the chart: at least one advisor-entered grade/score (We only support IB Predicted, 4.0 GPA, Weighted GPA so you might need to convert different scores first) and students need to have added an application to that university.

University info

The University info tab will show the exact University or College profile that Students can see from Matcher when they are searching for institutions.
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Course

In the Courses tab, you will see all the courses available at this University or College

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Documents

The Documents tab shows all of the document requirements for the selected University or College.
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Deadlines

The Deadlines tab shows all of the deadlines for the selected University or College

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If you have any questions, need further assistance or have some general feedback for us - we’d love to hear from you! Contact our Support team via Live Chat and by emailing hi@bridge-u.com.

You can also ask our BridgeU Community, a space exclusively for our BridgeU counsellors to ask questions, share insights, provide feedback and get help not just from BridgeU, but directly from other BridgeU counsellors.

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