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Forget the Rankings Ambassadors
Your Ambassador package includes two card decks for parallel sorting exercises during college meetings
+ website access through the school year.
Read more below about next steps!
How to Create Counselor & Student Accounts
Create your counselor account using the steps below.
To create a Forget the Ranking's Ambassador account:
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Click "Log In" if visiting from a mobile device or "Log In/Create an Account" if visiting from a computer
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Create an account using your SCHOOL DISTRICT email address and, when prompted, enter the unique school join code that was emailed to you
Student Accounts
We'll email you a poster with account creation instructions for your students to hang in your office.
Important: Students must use their school district email addresses to ensure they're properly connected to your account. Any accounts created with non-district email addresses will be deleted.
Using
Forget
the Rankings:
Part 1: The Criteria Sort
Part 2: The Values Sort
The Card Sort Activities
Your Ambassador box includes two complete decks. Each deck has two distinct sorting activities: the criteria sort (black and white cards) and the values sort (black and colorful cards).
Have the student make a Forget the Rankings account using the sign-up instructions above, then:
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Consider using the college counseling note-taking form from the counselor resource library to document insights during the process
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Separate both decks into four piles: two piles of criteria cards and two piles of values cards
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Begin with the criteria sort: give one pile to the student and one to the parent/guardian
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Have them sort independently, then have the student share their top choices first, followed by the parent/guardian. This creates natural opportunities for meaningful dialogue centered around the student's voice
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Repeat the same process with the values sort piles
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Have the student scan the QR codes on their top value cards to access curated college lists that align with those values
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Students can also access the college values lists through the members section of the website
The FTR Web Platform
Our web platform takes the card-sorting experience even further! Students can explore College Profiles to revisit their criteria preferences and see their values in action. From there, they can dive into our robust Members section featuring a values-based search engine and scholarship search.
While we're proud of our 370+ college database, we know students might want to explore other schools too. That's why we've created targeted questions to help them evaluate if any college truly aligns with their values.
Counselors, you'll find virtual card decks and additional resources in your dedicated section to enhance your work with students.
And if your students aren't sure what they value yet, our reflection curriculum will help them figure it out.
Below, you'll find specific ways you can support and promote Forget the Rankings as an Ambassador.
We'd love for you to share your experience using these tools with other counselors - your voice can help us reach more students who could benefit from this reimagined approach to college searching.
