The College Counseling Office offers these “road maps” to guide you through the college admissions process.

College Counseling Handbook

The College Counseling Handbook (2025-2026), given to families during their child’s sophomore year at Menlo, provides a timeline, roadmap, and lots of helpful information to guide students and their parents through the college process.

 

SCOIR

Menlo uses SCOIR, a web-based service designed especially to aid students and their families in the college search process. You can login and access it at: https://www.scoir.com/

Once you create your SCOIR account, you can immediately begin using SCOIR to search for and start building a list of colleges that interest you. You will be required to use SCOIR to request letters of recommendation from faculty and to request the sending of academic transcripts. Your parents will also have access to SCOIR to assist you in your college selection and to gain more insight about the cost of attendance at different colleges. The College Counseling Office will be using SCOIR to communicate with you during your college planning process and to electronically deliver your application materials to colleges.

How is SCOIR used?

By Students:

• Researching colleges
• Admission analysis
• Preparing a college list
• Requesting teacher recommendations
• Communicating between college counseling, students, and parents
• Reporting college decisions and matriculation

By College Counseling:

• Admission history and analysis
• Electronic submission of forms, transcripts, letters of recommendation, and Menlo School Profiles
• Reports

By Teachers:

• Electronic submission of forms and teacher letters of recommendation