Recruitment and Admissions

Landscape

Landscape® provides consistent high school and neighborhood information for all applicants to help admissions officers fully consider every student, no matter where they live.

Get More Info

What is Landscape?

Landscape provides consistent information about a student’s neighborhood and high school, helping colleges consider context in the application review process. The free resource gives admissions officers deeper insight into the environments where students live and learn, relying on a range of data sources.

Landscape Development

College Board has worked with admissions officers across the country to develop a resource grounded in research that helps colleges better understand a student's accomplishments in the context of the opportunities available to them.

Person in blue sweater sitting at desk and smiling.

Tool for Undergraduate Admissions

Colleges consider many things when reviewing an applicant, including their GPA, personal essay, letters of recommendation, test scores, and more. They also consider what students achieved in the context of where they’ve learned and lived. Review frequently asked questions about Landscape to help you better understand how this tool is used for undergraduate admissions.

How Landscape Works

Participating colleges are able to provide de-identified applicant information to generate contextual information in their Landscape instances.

Scores in Context

Landscape does not supply individual-level student data or information. Participating colleges who use test scores in admissions review are able to provide this information and see it alongside the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of SAT takers at that high school.

Learn About the Future Admissions Tools and Models Initiative
Video about Landscape

What is in Landscape?

The information in Landscape is not student-specific, it is general information about where a student lives and learns.

What We Provide

The College Board provides aggregate neighborhood and high school information in Landscape. No student-level data from the College Board are ever provided.

What's Included

Landscape provides three categories of information: basic high school information, test scores in context, and high school and neighborhood indicators.

“Landscape helped us consider context at a deeper level, and remains the best (if not only) way for us to recognize students whose home neighborhood context presents significant challenges that would not be visible.”

Vice President of Enrollment at a small private university

“As an institution with an access and opportunity mission, Landscape provides helpful insight and information to help us say yes to students and better identify students who have a likelihood for success at our institution.”

Director of Admissions at a regional public university

“With over 40,000 applications we have to move quickly when reviewing applications. When looking into individual applications for admissions decision, offers to bridge programs and more - we find landscape to be particularly meaningful.”

Director of Admissions at a medium private university

Additional Resources

Use these resources to get more detailed information about Landscape and how to use it effectively.

Download

Landscape® Data and Methodology Summary

This document provides a brief summary of the data and methodology behind Landscape.

  • PDF
  • 157.18 KB

Download

Landscape® Comprehensive Data and Methodology Overview

This document provides detailed, comprehensive information on the data and methodology behind Landscape.

  • PDF
  • 197.2 KB

Download

Landscape® Appropriate Usage Guidelines

All colleges using Landscape agree to adhere to these appropriate use principles. Review them carefully.

  • PDF
  • 116.67 KB

Download

Landscape® Infographic

An infographic providing a snapshot of how Landscape can help admissions officers consider every student within the context of where they live.

  • PDF
  • 64.48 MB

Current Landscape Users

If you're a current Landscape user, use your sign in credentials to access the following resources.

Link

Landscape

Sign in to Landscape for current higher education professional users.

  • Go to Landscape

Link

College Board Professional Dashboard

Sign in to your College Board Professional Account to view your tools and services, manage partner applications, and more.

  • Go to College Board Professional Account

Contact Us

Have questions about Landscape?