Find a connected college

Students find connected colleges while exploring their options. They'll be able to view a college's Communities posts where they'll see real-time updates and insights posted by the college. When they see a post, they can interact with an emoji to show their interest or excitement.

One way students find colleges with posts is by opening Explore and clicking Communities. This opens the full list of active colleges with recommendations at the top.

The Communities page with recommended posts and college communities

Students can also check for the Communities section while browsing college profiles. They'll see it in the left navigation menu.

A college profile open to the Community section.

Once a college has posted something, that post will also appear in the dashboard feed for students who have shown interest in that college by saving it or requesting information.

Tell a college they're interested

To let college partners know they're interested in the school, students can share a snapshot of their profile.

There are two locations where a student can indicate they're interested: when they save a school while exploring colleges, or while they're on a school's profile.

In either case, they click the heart to save the school. As they do, a pop-up will open asking if they want to tell the school they're interested. Clicking Learn more will let them know they'll be sharing the following information:

• Name
• Email
• High school name
• Birthdate
• Saved careers
• Saved colleges
• Saved majors

Clicking Yes will share the profile information with the college partner. Clicking Not now means the data is not shared with the college. After 30 days, the pop-up will return so students can opt in later. This way they don't miss out on any opportunities with the schools they've saved.

Students can quickly see that they've shared their information with a school by the green checkmark on the heart icon.

Request info from a college

Students can reach out to a connected college partner while exploring colleges in Xello. They may want to ask specific questions, or get on the college mailing list, or just show that they're interested in the college.

When they send a request for info, the student is required to add an email address and can opt to add a message. The college partner will receive an email from Xello which contains the student's email address and message (if applicable). The college partner can then continue communication with the student via email.

How students request information from a college:

1. They open a college profile with Xello Connect enabled.
2. They click Request info.
   

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3. In the modal that opens, they enter their email. If they'd like, they can add a short message. They can also opt to share their profile.
   

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4. They click Send.
   • The request will send to the email address added by the college partner.

Manage their shared information

Students can view the list of colleges they've shared their information with. Because students remain in control of their data, if they no longer want a college to see their information, they can remove the college's access.

Note: Removing the college stops them from viewing future updates in Xello. If the college has downloaded or saved the information previously provided, removing access in Xello does not remove the info from their internal database.

How students view and manage their shared profile with colleges:

1. From any page in Xello, from the top right corner, students click their avatar and select Account.
   

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2. They scroll down to the Contacted schools section. This is where they can view the full list of schools they've shared their profile with.
   

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3. To remove a school's ability to view their information, they click Remove next to the school name.
4. They confirm they understand that the school will no longer be able to see their profile information and click Remove.
   

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