halltips.For new students, starting with international students
One companion for the whole journey: talk to real current students before you choose a college, get ready before you arrive, and find help all through your first term. In your language.
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Free for students. Coming soon on iPhone and Android.
Ask a verified current student, or anyone on your campus, in your own language. Answers are translated for you.
Short tips from students who were in your place: classes, campus life, what they wish they knew. Reviewed before they appear.
Check-ins at weeks 2, 6 and 12 point you to campus help, 988 and 911. Asking for help is never a sanction.
Real screens from the Halltips app, shown with a fictional demo college.
Pick a verified guide who fits you, or let anyone on your campus answer. Write in your language: answers are translated, and the original is one tap away.
Continue in private with a guide. A phone number or WhatsApp is shared only if you both agree.
You join a welcome group of 5 to 8 new students with one guide approved by your college. A small mission each week helps you meet in person.
A “My journey” checklist from before you arrive to your first term, and check-ins at weeks 2, 6 and 12. A low answer brings campus help, 988 and 911, never a sanction. All the way to graduation: Coming in the pilot.
Food, money, housing, health and visas: Halltips opens your college's official pages. Housing partners near campus are clearly labeled.
Photos, campuses with maps, a word from your college, and tips from students who were in your place.
Before you choose or once you are admitted: pick your college and tell us what you will study.
Current students answer your questions, and you join a welcome group with a guide before you arrive.
A checklist, check-ins and help that stay with you through your first term.
Guides confirm their college email and are approved by the college. They earn volunteer hours.
Report or block from any chat, leave any group. A student in distress is never punished: they get help.
A phone number or WhatsApp is shared only when both people say yes.
You can see what your college can see, and every admin read is logged. Private chats stay private unless reported. Your data is never sold or used for ads.
Local and international current students help new students from day one, when they have time.
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