[bennyhirsch]

A Yelp like review app for colleges. Currently the best way for prospective students to get the best idea of what a school will be like before attending, is to head to the schools cafeteria or quad and ask a student how they like the school. The current students and/or alumni are most honest about their experience with the school. Make an application that requires some proof of enrollment to rate and review a given college, and allow for the most honest reviews of the school.

[avalaunch]

If you google "review your college" a number of sites come up that seem to be offering what you're looking for.

[spaboleo]

Who actually uses them?

I still can't wrap my head around why people are willing to rate products on pages like amazon or leave restaurant ratings on yelp and write detailed reports on tripadvisor or holidaycheck, but are not willing to do the same for their workplace and schools attended.

The obstacle seems to high for most of the users to write honestly. Only a fraction of the potential people that could be rating (all of the students for example) actually do it.

Facebook would have had the chance in the early days. But I guess that card is drawn...

[nandreev]

Ah, glassdoor.com for higher education. Cool idea. Would make sense to break it down by department/faculty, too.

[karangoeluw]

Ah, glassdoor.com for higher education. Cool idea. Would make sense to break it down by department/faculty, too.