Frequently Asked Questions

"Score."

Scoir is an Irish Gaelic verb that means to exit, retire, or transition from one phase to another. It was chosen by our founder, an Irishman from Belfast, while watching the 2012 Navy v. Notre Dame football game in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. The Director of Enrollment at Notre Dame asked, “What’s the score?” and Scoir was born.

Many. We want students to better understand their fit with colleges so they are more likely to stay enrolled and earn their degree. We also want students to be able to show their unique skills, achievements and abilities so they are not pigeon-holed by their GPA and their SAT and ACT scores. We want parents and guardians to better understand the real cost of attending certain colleges so they are not scared off by published tuition rates that very few people actually pay. We want to help high school counselors spend less time on paperwork and more time helping students who need their assistance. We want to help admissions officers find students who have a strong interest in their college so they are more likely to be accepted and receive favorable financial aid packages. 

No. Scoir does not enable student-to-student connections, permit unfiltered user-generated content, or allow unsolicited outreach by colleges. It does facilitate direct connections and communications between students and the colleges they are following, as well as between students and their high school counselors. However, our college search experience looks and feel a lot like popular social media sites and includes links to social media pages.

You absolutely can! We have close to 2,000 community colleges and hundreds of international colleges currently in our database.

Yes, the Scoir mobile app is available for iOS. Our website is also mobile-friendly on your device's browser. 

It’s simply better and cheaper than any system or service available. In addition to saving time and money, Scoir helps students make better college selection decisions and get discovered by colleges they want to attend. Scoir also makes life easier for you as the counselor, since all of your students’ application-related documents can be managed in one place.

Through the PrinciplesYou character assessment, a scientifically-validated tool, students can explore careers that would be a good fit for them. You can learn more about Scoir's additional partnership on the Scoir partners page.

Contact us at support@scoir.com, fill out the support ticket form, or visit our support site.

It depends. We integrate with most student information systems via Clever Secure Sync, which is a free systems integration platform used by schools and school systems. For those who don’t use Clever, we’re building direct integration with most student information systems as quickly as we can.

Yes, in almost all instances. Our data management console can process most Naviance exports. If you use a custom application or have a collection of spreadsheets gathered over the years, the data will likely require some manipulation before we can import it. We also support importing historical data for scholarships.

Your school’s Admin Counselor (the primary point of contact) will be asked to review and accept our Client Services Agreement upon initial login. 

Our Client Success Team is available to support you and do most of the heavy lifting. Depending on your plan type and your access to associated data, this process could take a few days, or a couple of weeks. These are things you'll address with your Client Success Manager on your initial call after sign up. We also have a Managed Services package for colleges.

Student data is only accessible by high school counselors and a students' parents or guardians (if the student permits a linked account). Parent or guardian data is accessible only by the parent or guardian. For more information, check out our legal terms and policies.

Scoir's security model is an end-to-end process focused on keeping our users safe and their data secure. The Scoir platform leverages the public cloud infrastructure provided by Google. How our services interact with this secure platform are governed by the following systems, processes and protocols.

Here is a link to our high school terms of service.

Here is a link to our college terms of service.

Here is a link to our general terms and conditions.

Here you can view all procurement resources, including Terms of Service, the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, and information on the Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit.