November 7, 2026 · GlobalStudyConsulting database
From Shortlist to First Appointment: A StudyRoute Walkthrough
The last mile of the app: turning five saved offices into three real meetings, with the questions that make those meetings count.
A shortlist that never becomes a meeting is just research. StudyRoute's last screen is built to close that gap: your five saved offices, each with its website and contact page one tap away, and a meeting planner that suggests an order, nearest first, and a single page of questions drawn from the fields where your shortlisted offices differ.
| Step | What you do | What you learn |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open each profile and read the fee statement aloud | Which offices are free, priced, or silent on money |
| 2 | Book three first meetings inside one week | How specifically each office talks about your intake |
| 3 | Ask each office the same three questions | Comparable answers on universities, timelines and documents |
| 4 | Check the partner claim against your university list | Whether your target universities sit inside their network |
| 5 | Agree services and fees in writing before any file opens | A scope you can hold the office to |
The three questions matter most. Ask which universities students with your grades actually entered last intake, not which logos sit on the wall. Ask what their file timeline looks like for your destination, week by week. Ask what happens, in money and in process, if your visa is refused. Offices that answer all three plainly are telling you how they will behave for the next year.
The app then steps back. It holds your checklist, your timeline and your shortlist, and it does not message offices on your behalf or share your details with them. The database this all stands on works the same way: facts published openly, equally for every office, with the decision left where it belongs, in the room with you.
After the meetings
The walkthrough ends where the real process starts. Back in the app, mark each visited office with your notes while they are fresh: who you met, what they quoted, which of your three questions they answered in numbers. Then let the timeline take over. The chosen office's services prefill the task owners in your plan, the checklist builds itself from your destination, and the offices you did not choose stay saved, quietly, in case the first choice stalls.
Students often ask what good looks like at this point. It looks boring: a written scope, a named counselor, a timeline with dates, and a fee position stated in one sentence. Excitement in this process is usually a warning sign. The database, the shortlist and the meetings all exist to make your application as boring as possible, so that the interesting part can be the degree itself.
Data: the GlobalStudyConsulting database of 1,506 consultancy offices in 384 cities, collected from consultancies' own websites and verified November 7, 2026. Try the Agency Fit Finder or browse consultancies by city.