Niche: College Search

I use Niche to look at colleges. I think if you’re looking for colleges offering a more popular major, it’s awesome. However, if you are looking at less popular majors, you might be better off somewhere else. For example, I was looking at colleges with school psychology, and not a lot of schools were showing up, so instead I looked at NASP, the association for school psychologists, which showed every school they approved for school psychology. However, Niche is great for mechanical engineering, since it shows everything you’d want to know about the college without much bias vs. if you looked at the college’s website.

Niche is an incredible resource, and I’ve used it extensively in my college search. The information it provides has truly been indispensable. I began using the website, and recently downloaded the app, and as soon as I began using it, I found an incredibly frustrating and disappointing flaw in the apps design. Every time a user moves out of the app, whether by checking notifications in the top of the screen, or going to the home screen, the app logs the user out. This not only forces you to sign in again, but also makes it hard to read the great information provided on the app, as any break you take removed you from any article or college profile you were viewing. I would really like to see this feature changed, and until it is, I’ll be sticking to the web page. Other than that, Niche is an incredible resource, which I recommend to everyone interested in colleges.

I love Niche, I actually found it by accident through an Academic Success class I was taking. It was recommended, and I looked into it, and was happily surprised! There are tons of opportunities here that I would never have had access to before, and I am so glad that Niche makes them so easily available! I’ve had this app for two days and I’ve already applied to three scholarships. Totally free, easy to use, and a great way to score some cash for college. My only suggestion would be a way to tag scholarships. For example, I can’t apply to some now, but I would love to keep tabs on them for a few years from now. Maybe I could bookmark them or something so that when I’m ready, I know where to find them? Overall, a great app! Thanks, Niche!