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When you sign up for Cappex and connect to your college prep program or charter school, you unlock the best there is for free college and scholarship search, with a tailored experience and top tier resources.
Once you've created your Cappex account, here's how to maximize your college or scholarship search:
Tabs on the left-hand side guide you through the platform. ‘Home’ will always take you back to the dashboard. The gear emoticon in the top left of your screen will take you to your account settings. This is where you can change your email and password.
Check out more advice to the right of this video before exploring the other explainer videos:
The dashboard
This will show you if you have any outstanding items on your profile under next steps. i.e., adding your testing scores, indicating preferences, etc. There's also a quick link to see your college list. Click ‘My Student Profile’ to finish your profile and add your personal info or high school academics. Make sure to save what you fill out!
Today’s Matches
Suggested colleges and universities that would best fit you. These can shuffle the more you fill out your profile. ‘My College List’ tab takes you to your college list. When you add additional academic information, the list will be automatically sorted by Likely, Target, and Reach.
‘My Preferences’
This tab takes you to a section where you can tell Cappex what YOU are looking for in a college. You can add preferences for institutions closer to home, with a certain campus size, and much more.
‘Colleges’
This tab takes you to our database of undergraduate institutions. Filters for search are along the top. (The ‘Graduate Schools’ tab takes you to our database of graduate institutions.)
‘Find Scholarships’
Click this tab to see our database of scholarships and opportunities for additional college funding. Filters for search are along the top. At the very top left, you will see a gift box with featured offers for you. These offers can tell you about opportunities from Cappex, like the My Biggest Fan scholarship.
Events
Each February, our annual Scholarship Marathon encourages you to complete more admissions and scholarship applications. You can submit application confirmation(s) during the event for the chance to win a $1,000 scholarship from College Greenlight.
From June to September, our annual Summer Challenge helps you jumpstart your college search. After you have added five schools to your Cappex college list, enter for a chance to win a $500 scholarship from College Greenlight.
Block Parties highlight parts of the college search and admissions process from September through May every year. These events are hosted by admissions staff or College Greenlight staff and frequently include panels of current college students who can tell you what college life is like.