How Noble Schools Brought Their Advising Approach to 18 Campuses
Chicago's Noble Schools serves 12,000+ students across 18 campuses. Here's how they brought their thoughtfully-built advising process into Overgrad. Same approach, less overhead.
Operating with unified standards
That reflects their philosophy
On expectations or personalization
The Challenge
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A sophisticated process, built in-house
Every college match was weighed on target graduation rate, admissibility, and affordability, using tools Noble built themselves.
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The maintenance burden
Keeping it running pulled central office away from strategy and from supporting campuses.
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Generic platforms weren't an option
Off-the-shelf tools would have meant giving up the method. Noble needed a platform that could absorb it.
The Solution
Overgrad absorbed Noble's scoring rubrics, evaluation criteria, and advising workflows. Same method, far less to maintain.
Their process, now in one place
The framework for weighing colleges moved from spreadsheets and scripts into Overgrad, with graduation rate data kept current automatically.
- On track 212
- Still building a list 54
- Missing FAFSA 38
Personalization at scale
With 300+ seniors per campus, counselors filter by progress and need, then reach each group with guidance that fits, including the quiet students.
Custom tools for Noble's workflow
Overgrad built a PDF generator for one-page progress reports families get at conferences, plus workflows set to Noble's advising calendar.
Implementation
- Migration
Map the existing system
Every script, sheet, and workflow documented so none of the logic was lost.
- Configuration
Rebuild to their spec
Rubrics, criteria, and workflows set up in Overgrad, plus the family PDF generator.
- Rollout
All 18 campuses
Training with dedicated support. Counselors recognized their own process, just easier to use.
The Result
Noble has specific methodologies for how we guide students through college access, from our college list scoring system to how we deliver feedback. Overgrad didn't force us into a generic workflow. We brought our college list scoring, custom KPIs, and one-page feedback approach into the platform, and it streamlined what used to be a multi-system process.
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