How Encourage is Different
It can be difficult to know whether a new college and career program is right for you when they sound similar. Here are four ways myOptions Encourage supports you and your students differently.
1. Free
Budgets are tight and we believe all students—regardless of background, income, or zip code—should have access to free and robust college and career planning tools. That’s why we offer our program free to educators and students. Our network of 2,000 colleges and universities allows us to offer the program for free and provides previously unknown or out-of-reach opportunities to students through optional recruitment, making college more accessible.
2. No Testing Required
While myOptions Encourage is part of the ACT family, the test is not required to use our student app, Encourage. Students can benefit from matching with colleges and scholarships and exploring careers and majors on the web and on mobile no matter what test they take – PreACT, ACT, PSAT, SAT or no test at all. If a student does take the ACT, their score is automatically connected, and they have one login for both myACT and Encourage.
3. Educator Reports
When you log into your myOptions Encourage educator account, you will automatically see the students connected to you. You’re just two clicks away from their college and scholarship matches to guide your 1:1 conversations with students. Programmatic opportunities can be quickly identified by seeing your school’s aggregated results in comparison with state and national results by clicking the right navigation. myOptions Encourage gets you the information you need quickly and easily so you can spend more time supporting students.
4. Guide Exploration and Planning
myOptions Encourage and our student app, Encourage, are designed to give students and educators a safe and easy way to explore and plan for the future - colleges (2 years, 4 years, and trade schools), careers, and the military. We offer resources, like lesson plans and a family guide, to help educators empower students and their families with information (alongside the Encourage app) as they plan for life after high school.
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