By: Kai V.D. Payne

Schoolinks is the new Georgian run college assistance application for Juniors and Seniors of any Georgia high school. As college application comes around this 2025-2026 school year students learn to navigate the college application process and how to properly apply for colleges, and understanding Schoolinks vs Collegeboard’s BigFuture mobile app. Which is better?

Schoolinks is a part of Georgia’s program to get more students into college. When logging into Schoolinks you get onboarded through a small questionnaire system asking personality traits about you and then it give you a list of careers and sub-careers that best fit the answer you provided the system. However BigFuture doesnt do anything like Schoolinks does. It provides a list of colleges to you based off of your PSAT/SAT scores, the likelyhood of acceptance and basic information for the school.

Thats purely the difference between the two BigFuture calcuates acceptance based on SAT scores compared to those accepted, and AP classes taken. While Schoolinks uses your GPA and/or HOPE GPA for admittance calculations. Now the question arises, are either of these even accurate? If so, which is more accurate?

We asked several Juniors and Seniors here at Innovation Academy if they prefer Schoolinks or Bigfuture

“Big future because the SAT scores is the only thing I care about really.”

Ryan Williams (12th)

“I cant really make a good decision since I’ve never used BigFuture, but so far I’ve liked Schoolinks and its features. The questionnaire thing at the beginning was also pretty accurate.”

It seems we have some pretty diverse opinions at IA on Schoolinks vs Bigfuture. However it will take some time for IA Juniors to form a proper opinion on the two programs before they can make a completely informed decision on which is better. Remember IA, you can look at the Beacon’s previous articles for college enrollment help and where to start!