Students leave honest ratings. You tell it where you live. Waypoint blends the two into one ordered list — so your preference list isn't just "nearest first" or "best-rated first," but the balance that's actually right for you.
The fixed list for this preference round. Ratings shown are the average of all student reviews submitted below.
Reviews are shared — everyone using this page sees the same pool and contributes to the same average.
Set where you're applying from, then set how much distance should matter compared to rating.
Recomputed live as you move the slider above.
Each school's average rating (0–10) and its distance from you are both rescaled to a 0–10 track, where the closest school on your list scores 10 for proximity and the farthest scores 0. The slider sets how the two tracks are weighted and combined — e.g. at 60% rating / 40% distance, score = rating × 0.6 + proximity × 0.4. The list is then sorted by that score, highest first.