CircleU vs Ruggles

CircleU connect with students who actually get you on your campus and beyond. CircleU helps you find friends, study groups, and cultural communities based on what matters: your interests, major, culture, and background. whether you're new to campus, studying abroad, or looking for your people at other schools, CircleU connects you with real students who share your vibe. CONNECT ACROSS CAMPUSES the only one from your country at a small college? find students from your background across multiple universities. studying abroad? connect with locals and students already there. CircleU breaks campus borders so you can find communities that match who you are. FIND YOUR PEOPLE - match by major, interests & hobbies - connect by culture, language & home country - discover students at your school and others nearby - join cross-campus cultural groups & communities DISCOVER WHAT'S HAPPENING explore events, clubs, study groups, volunteering opportunities, arts communities, faith groups & student activities near you. making friends is easier when you're doing something you care about. VERIFIED STUDENTS ONLY CircleU requires university email verification. no catfish, no creeps, no bots. just real students from real schools.

Ruggles is for Northeastern students who want to find people they actually have something in common with. Most people you'd get on with are already on campus. You just never cross paths with them. Ruggles lets you look for them directly. HOW IT WORKS You add tags to your profile. Where you're from, down to your city and high school. Your major, your courses, your dorm, the clubs you're in and where you did co-op. The sports you play and the teams you follow. The films, shows, games, books and artists you're into. Then you search more than one tag at once. Barcelona and Soccer. Lagos and Computer Science. Interstellar and Mr Robot. You see everyone on campus who has all of them, and what else you have in common. Your top matches are the people who share your rarest tags. Two people who both picked the same high school have more to talk about than two people who both like music, so that's who comes first. GROUPS If a few of you share something specific, you can make a group around it and invite the people who have those tags. Once three people are in, the group opens. You can chat, suggest a time and place to meet, and see who's coming. Saying you can't make it is one tap, and nobody sees who said no. FEED AND ASKS The feed is posts from students, newest first. Nothing is ranked or pushed at you. Asks are for small things you need help with right now. A spotter at the gym, someone to sit with at the library, someone to walk into a club meeting with. They disappear after a couple of hours. MESSAGES Nobody can message you until you accept them. You can block or report anyone, or any post, and every report is read within 24 hours. WHO CAN JOIN You need a @northeastern.edu email to sign up, so everyone here is a student. You can delete your account and everything in it from Settings at any time. Ruggles is an independent app made by a student. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by Northeastern University.