Advanced Filters are not "extra settings", but our proprietary AI agent that finds your realistic college teams.
If you use them well, you'll get cleaner, more accurate results. If you feed the system sloppy or inaccurate data, you'll get messy results.
Why this matters:
This is where the AI matching happens
When you enter things like strokes, times, or points per game (and any other advanced criteria), uSport.ai uses that data to estimate program fit and surface schools that are more realistic for your profile.
That means:
Truthful, current data → useful matches
Guesses, inflated times, old data → misleading matches
If you wouldn't confidently put it in an email to a college coach, don't put it in the filters.
Where to find Advanced Filters
On the Find Colleges page, you'll see the main search controls at the top (Gender, Sport, School Name search). Below that is Advanced Filters (collapsible).
If you see a small number badge (example: "1"), it means one or more advanced filters are currently active.
How filtering logic works
Filters work together like a funnel.
Each added filter usually reduces the number of matches.
Most filters operate with an "AND" logic (schools must meet all selected criteria).
If you stack too many constraints, you can easily end up with very few (or zero) results.
Running a search (recommended flow)
Pick Sport and Gender
Enter your performance metrics that reflect the real level of athletic abilities
Click Search
Open Advanced Filters only if you need to tighten results further
This prevents you from over-filtering too early.
Clear Filters vs. removing one thing
Clear Filters = full reset (best when results feel "stuck" or you want a clean restart)
Common problems (and fixes)
"I'm getting zero results."
This usually means your filter stack is too strict or a value is entered incorrectly.
Try:
Remove one constraint at a time (start with advanced filters)
Keep only your top 1–2 events first, then expand
Double-check the format of your input
"The results feel wrong."
Most often this happens when:
Your statistics are guessed or inflated
Your statistics are outdated
There is no consistency across all the metrics
Fix: update to truthful, current statistics, and rerun the search.
"I'm getting too few schools."
Add one more strong performance filter or apply one additional advanced filter, but don't stack five filters at once.
Bottom line
Advanced Filters are powerful because they directly shape the system's view of your profile.
Use accurate, honest data, and the matches become a real recruiting tool, and not a random list.