Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
Show Your Hand: a five-pile college card sort
A free card sort helps high school students identify what they want from a college before building a list.
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- High school students and college counselors
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- Counselors can compare student and parent sorts and see what changed after college visits.
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The sort asks students to weigh named features such as small classes, co-op programs, and campus setting, then decide what belongs among their must-haves. Counselors can create links, open reports, compare student and parent results, and review what changed after college visits. The page describes the tool as free, with no accounts, and identifies its builder as Mark Moody of m² College Counseling.
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