## Step 4: Counselling & the preference list

`community/journey-counsel` · Student voices · From Campus Binge's data, as of 2026-07-23 · community view

The highest-stakes step — and the #2 thing students ask about.

| Fact | Value | Trust |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Your preference list is the single most important decision of the whole process. Good scores still land in the wrong college when the list is filled casually. | community view |
| Essential | Build it properly. List every course across your target colleges, tick the ones you'd actually do, then rank most-wanted → least. The algorithm gives you the highest choice you qualify for, so dream … | community view |
| Essential | Never rank a course you haven't checked the curriculum for. “I'll do any course” is exactly how people end up stuck. | community view |
| Essential | Upgrades are real. You can start in a lower choice and move up across rounds — don't panic on round one. | community view |

Sources:
1. Campus Binge journey essentials (written from the student-voices corpus), 2026-07-23