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For admissions & enrollment teams

Create a branded campus experience

You're competing against 10 or 15 schools for the same student. Guidebook gives admissions teams one platform to run every event, communicate in real time, and create a branded campus experience that wins yield.

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Trusted by 75% of the top 50 U.S. colleges

Admissions events don't have to feel like you are answering the same questions every year.

Your team is drowning in logistics. Printed materials are outdated before the ink dries. Students get lost between buildings. Parents ask the same five questions. And every one of those moments is a reason an admitted student picks another school.

Ditch printing

Stop wasting budget on printouts that can't keep up to date and end up in the bin. Push one update and every student, parent, and tour guide sees it instantly.

Stand out from the inbox

Your emails compete with 10 other schools. Push notifications reach admitted students on the device they actually check.

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Your Brand, in Student's Hands

“Our app costs 29% less than printing, and our student yield increased by 105% once we began using Guidebook.”
Andrea Crilly
Assistant Director of Admissions for Campus Experience

Key features designed for Admissions teams in higher education

The admissions choice of leading American universities

Guidebook powers admissions events at over 75% of the top 50 U.S. colleges. When the best institutions trust you with their most important student interactions, you're doing something right. These universities rely on Guidebook because it delivers results that matter.

75%

of top 50 colleges

2,000+

successful events annually

50M+

prospective students reached

Make an impression before a student even arrives.

From the first email to deposit day, Guidebook gives you the tools to engage admitted students, run flawless events, and prove what worked.

Make every campus tour easy to follow

Build staff-led or self-guided routes that put every stop, session, lunch location, and check-in on the campus map. Families can move through the day with confidence instead of hunting for signs or asking where to go next.

Keep students warm from RSVP to deposit

Before the visit, send prep and welcome content that helps students arrive ready. During the day, timely updates keep families on track. After they leave, follow-up messages and next steps keep your school in the conversation.

See what actually moved them

Average time in app. Items tapped per session. Comments and likes on the visit-day feed. Which sessions held attention, which faculty profiles got opened, which prospects engaged most. Map out your recruitment process with data that actually helps you.

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Leading Universities partner with Guidebook

Indiana Tech

Indiana Tech

Indiana Tech

When Indiana Tech replaced printed materials with a Guidebook app, the results were immediate and impossible to ignore:

- 105% increase in student yield from Admitted Students Day attendees (from 40% to 82%).
- A process that once took 5 team members 400+ hours was drastically reduced to just 2 people and less than 25 hours.

Fewer hours? Check.
Less paper? Definitely.
More students saying yes? Absolutely.

Now that’s a faster process, a smoother experience, and a major upgrade for everyone involved.
Indiana Tech

Chapman University

Chapman University

Chapman University

When Chapman University wanted a better way to welcome prospective students, they relied on Guidebook's platform to build an app that allows students to explore campus without relying on a tour guide.

Inside the app, students can:
- Explore Chapman's beautiful Orange, California campus at their own pace.
- Dive into Chapman’s academic programs.
- Connect with current students to get a feel for campus life.

It’s a warm, modern introduction to Chapman that leaves a lasting impression on today's tech-savvy students.
Chapman University

University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky's Admissions team switched from printing paper programs for their prospective and admitted student events to building a mobile application, with no coding experience.

Admitted Student Day schedules for students and guests
Lists of important resources
Maps to help navigate campus
University of Kentucky

Messiah University

Messiah University

Messiah University

Messiah University uses their Guidebook app to give prospective students a smoother, more personalized Open House experience.

Visitors can:
- Plan their trip in advance.
- Explore the full schedule and register for sessions.
- Connect with Admissions to learn more about applying.

It's a simple and smarter way to make every visit count.
Messiah University

What EDU teams have to say

“We went from 200 hours and 5 staff members to just 25 hours and 1 person - compared with creating a website and printed programs.”

Kristin Sargeant

University of Edinburgh

“With Guidebook, we use an audio tour guide to help prospective students navigate campus, learn more about university offerings, and feel part of the campus community - even if they’re unable to visit in person.”

Steven Kelly

University of Calgary

“With schedules frequently changing, we needed a flexible solution to accommodate updates in real time. The team would print 40,000 programs to hand out at the events, which were costly, bad for the environment, and once printed, couldn’t be updated with constant changes.”

Open Days Team

University of Manchester

“With Guidebook, administrators are able to create the app themselves without any IT support and non-technical content creators can easily upload and publish content.”

Meredith Aden

University of Memphis

“With Guidebook, we use an audio tour guide to help prospective students navigate campus, learn more about university offerings, and feel part of the campus community - even if they’re unable to visit in person.”

Steven Kelly

University of Calgary

“We went from 200 hours and 5 staff members to just 25 hours and 1 person - compared with creating a website and printed programs.”

Kristin Sargeant

University of Edinburgh

“When we started we yielded 40%. After implementing Guidebook our yield grew to 82%. We believe Guidebook had a strong impact on that growth.”

Andrea Crilly

Indiana Tech

“Our app costs 29% less than printing, and our student yield increased by 105% once we began using Guidebook.”

Andrea Crilly

Indiana Tech

“With schedules frequently changing, we needed a flexible solution to accommodate updates in real time. The team would print 40,000 programs to hand out at the events, which were costly, bad for the environment, and once printed, couldn’t be updated with constant changes.”

Open Days Team

University of Manchester

“With Guidebook, administrators are able to create the app themselves without any IT support and non-technical content creators can easily upload and publish content.”

Meredith Aden

University of Memphis

“With Guidebook, we use an audio tour guide to help prospective students navigate campus, learn more about university offerings, and feel part of the campus community - even if they’re unable to visit in person.”

Steven Kelly

University of Calgary

“We went from 200 hours and 5 staff members to just 25 hours and 1 person - compared with creating a website and printed programs.”

Kristin Sargeant

University of Edinburgh

“When we started we yielded 40%. After implementing Guidebook our yield grew to 82%. We believe Guidebook had a strong impact on that growth.”

Andrea Crilly

Indiana Tech

“Our app costs 29% less than printing, and our student yield increased by 105% once we began using Guidebook.”

Andrea Crilly

Indiana Tech

“With schedules frequently changing, we needed a flexible solution to accommodate updates in real time. The team would print 40,000 programs to hand out at the events, which were costly, bad for the environment, and once printed, couldn’t be updated with constant changes.”

Open Days Team

University of Manchester

“With Guidebook, administrators are able to create the app themselves without any IT support and non-technical content creators can easily upload and publish content.”

Meredith Aden

University of Memphis

The admissions app that wins yield.

Big visit days, last-minute changes, no room for mixed messages. Schedules, maps, faculty info, and real-time updates in one open house mobile app.

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FAQs

[faq] Q: How does Guidebook help admissions teams run better Open Houses and Admitted Student Days? A: Guidebook gives admissions teams one branded mobile app for the full visit journey: schedules, maps, student and parent tracks, faculty sessions, push notifications, FAQs, surveys, and follow-up content. Open House can introduce the campus. Admitted Student Day can focus on fit, confidence, and deposit. Same app, different experience, cleaner data. Q: Should Open House and Admitted Student Day live in the same Guidebook app? A: Usually, yes. Keeping them connected means the student who explored engineering in the fall can see relevant engineering content again in the spring. Your team does not have to rebuild from scratch, and admitted students do not have to download a new app at the most important point in the yield cycle. Q: Can Guidebook personalize the visit without creating more work for our staff? A: Yes. Teams can create tracks by major, audience, event type, or interest so admitted students, parents, transfer students, and first-generation families see the content meant for them. Personalization should not mean ten separate builds. In Guidebook, it means one app with clear paths. Q: How does Guidebook reduce the chaos of last-minute event changes? A: Schedule changes, room swaps, weather decisions, parking updates, and faculty changes can be updated in the app and pushed to attendees in real time. That keeps admitted students and families moving with confidence instead of relying on stale print materials or another email they may not see. Q: What can admissions teams measure after an event in Guidebook? A: Teams can look at app opens, schedule views, saved sessions, map taps, survey responses, push engagement, and content interactions. That helps show which moments held attention, which audiences engaged, and what to improve before the next yield event. Q: Why does this matter for yield? A: Admitted Student Day is not just a campus event. It is a deposit conversation. Guidebook helps teams create a smoother, more personal experience that answers the questions students and families are already asking: Can I see myself here? Will I belong? Do I know what happens next? [/faq]
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