About Pool
Pool is the student-deals app for UChicago.
Pool is a free app for University of Chicago students to claim limited deals at Hyde Park restaurants and see where their friends are eating. Pool started as a way for students to coordinate airport rides, and today it is primarily about deals.
What it is
A student-deals & social dining app
Who it's for
Verified University of Chicago students
Where
Hyde Park, Chicago
Price
Free · iPhone & Android
How Pool works
Restaurants around Hyde Park post limited deals just for students, like a discounted combo, a student-only price, or a free add-on that runs for a set window. You browse today's deals in the app, claim one, and redeem it in person at the restaurant. There are no coupons to print and nothing to pay in the app: you simply pay the discounted price when you go.
Deals and friends, together
Pool is better with your people. You can connect with other UChicago students, see which spots your friends are into, and invite friends to join. Referring a friend can earn you both rewards. The result is a feed of genuinely useful, local, student-only offers, surfaced by the people you actually eat with.
Who Pool is for
Pool is built for verified University of Chicago students. Sign-up is gated to a UChicago email so that deals and the community stay within campus. Today Pool is focused on Hyde Park, the restaurants students already walk past between class, the library, and home.
From rides to deals
Pool started as a way for UChicago students to coordinate airport trips over breaks. That is what a lot of people still remember, and it is what older search results still show. Today Pool is primarily about deals. That means student prices at Hyde Park restaurants and seeing where friends eat.
Get Pool
Free for verified UChicago students, on iPhone and Android.
App Store
Google Play