Turn Prospective Interest Into Confident Enrollment
Improve yield across every stage of admissions. Targeted lead capture, sharper application review, peer-to-peer engagement, visa interview prep, and faster processing.
Connect with Prospects
Student-to-student chat
Create meaningful connection at scale to increase applications and improve yield. Homebase accelerates enrollment by building trust through authentic peer-to-peer and community engagement.
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Embed ambassador profiles and chat on your web pages
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Gain insight through in-depth analytics
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Invite prospects to university community pages
Ensure Fit
Video interviews for admissions
Gain a genuine and holistic view of applicants. Applicants complete the interview in 20 minutes, anytime, and anywhere.
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Eliminate the overhead of conducting hundreds of interviews
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Provide an affordable and convenient experience for prospects to showcase how they will benefit your program.
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Rapidly and conveniently review and score applicants
Improve Yield
Prospective and admitted student communities
Homebase provides a moderated, high-trust space where prospective and admitted students meet peers, connect with ambassadors, and engage with your team, all before they arrive on campus.
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Pre-arrival communities by start term, program, region, or interest
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Students find roommates and form group chats
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Centralize staff announcements, events, and engagement
Reach the Right Audience
Purchase quality leads
Access a differentiated pool of prospective international students who are qualified, motivated, and already in the U.S.
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Verified English proficiency and successful visa history
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Rich data profiles including program interests, education level, country of origin, and more
Fewer resubmissions. Faster issuance.
Automated financial document review
Homebase turns I-20 and DS-2019 issuance into a clear, trackable workflow with intelligent document processing that extracts key data, converts currencies, and provides real-time feedback to students so they can correct errors before submitting documents.
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Standardized intake with step-by-step instructions
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Automated verification with instant issue flagging
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Automatic currency conversion and funding total calculations
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Built-in fraud detection to reduce institutional risk
Recruit & Engage
Email marketing for admissions
Reach students at every stage of their journey, from first inquiry to enrollment. The Homebase platform gives your recruitment team the tools of a full marketing suite as part of an integrated suite of admissions tools connecting seamlessly with your CRM.
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Design and send targeted campaigns to segmented prospect lists
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Automate drip sequences triggered by application milestones and deadlines
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Track open rates, clicks, and yield impact
Verify English Proficiency
GATEWAY English Test
Verify applicant English proficiency with an online English test that universities trust. GATEWAY provides reliability, security, and validity that universities can trust and the affordability and convenience that test-takers require.
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Complete online, anytime, and anywhere
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Highly secure valid, and reliable
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Receive 5 scores, an interview video, and an essay
For Study Abroad Offices
Improve Learning and Engagement for Study Abroad
Improve your student experience and reduce staff workload with a structured, student-friendly pre-departure experience.
Pre-departure is where questions pile up and where small misses create big problems.
When information lives across PDFs, emails, and scattered webpages, students miss steps and offices spend valuable time repeating answers. Homebase brings everything into one guided experience.
Less chaos.
More clarity. Better outcomes.
Improve the student experience, boost staff productivity, and achieve institutional objectives through seamless, intentional engagement.
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International Services, Reimagined
One platform to strengthen compliance, improve service, and reduce repetitive work
International offices operate in a high-stakes environment where unclear information, changing regulations, and repetitive questions strain staff capacity and increase risk.
Homebase delivers accurate, consistent guidance at scale—while creating a more supportive, student-centered experience. Students and scholars get clear next steps. Staff gain time for complex cases, risk-based decisions, and meaningful engagement.
With Homebase, you:
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Create a single source of truth for immigration and policy guidance
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Automate repetitive workflows (intake, document collection, reminders, and more) to reduce email back‑and‑forth and manual follow-up
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Deliver student‑friendly, step‑by‑step pathways that improve completion and reduce errors
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Track engagement and friction points so you can see what students are using, where confusion persists, and what to improve
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Reinforce student responsibilities with micro-learning, quizzes, and attestations.
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Provide a flexible, convenient platform that easily updates when regulations change.
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Provide global, 24/7 access across times zones
- Outcome: Clearer guidance. Fewer repeat questions. More time for advising. A stronger compliance posture—delivered through a better student experience.
Sales Analytics
Powerful tools to boost your online sales
Analyze sales data, optimize pricing strategies, and identify opportunities for revenue growth.
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