Systems and Methods for College Application and Offer Management

A method of matching applicants to institutions, comprising:

• (a) receiving at a server device a plurality of profile creation inputs for an institution;
• (b) defining a plurality of institutional attributes for the institution from the plurality of profile creation inputs for the institution;
• (c) storing the plurality of institutional attributes as an institutional profile in an institutional database;
• (d) repeating steps (a), (b), and (c), thereby storing a plurality of institutional profiles in the institutional database;
• (e) receiving at the server device a plurality of profile creation inputs for an applicant;
• (f) defining a plurality of applicant attributes for the applicant from the plurality of profile creation inputs for the applicant;
• (g) storing the plurality of applicant attributes as an applicant profile in an applicant database;
• (h) repeating steps (e), (f), and (g), thereby storing a plurality of applicant profiles in the applicant database;
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• (i) outputting from the server device a match between an applicant profile in the applicant database and an institutional profile in the institutional database.

A system for matching applicants to institutions, comprising:

• an institutional database comprising a plurality of institutional profiles;
• an applicant database comprising a plurality of applicant profiles;
• an institutional profiling processor that receives a plurality of profile creation inputs for an institution, defines therefrom a plurality of institutional attributes, and stores the plurality of institutional attributes as an institutional profile in the institutional database;
• an applicant profiling processor that receives a plurality of profile creation inputs for an applicant, defines therefrom a plurality of applicant attributes, and stores the plurality of applicant attributes as an applicant profile in the applicant database;
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• a matching processor that outputs a match between an applicant profile in the applicant database and an institutional profile in the institutional database.