OctoberFirst release
- LearnWhat an Admissions Officer Sees First
- ActionName What the File Could Miss
- LearnHow Many APs, IBs, or Honors Classes Should I Take?
- ActionDownload Your Activity-and-Achievement Log
+ 22 more videos, readings and tasks
How it works
Three minutes to a starting point, then one clear step a month. No sales call, and no form that ends in “someone will be in touch”.
The journey
- Step 1
Create your free portal account.
No card and no call. The free plan is genuinely useful on its own, and nothing is charged before you decide otherwise.
- Step 2
Complete onboarding and your first modules.
Four questions, about two to three minutes: the grade your student is in, a few schools you are curious about, courses and GPA, and test scores if you have them. In 9th and 10th most families do not, and that is expected.
- Step 3
Track progress with your College Success Score.
Academics and extracurriculars, each reported as a band rather than a bare number, measured against the selectivity you are aiming at. It moves as the profile fills in.
- Step 4
Follow your agenda, and book 1:1 time if you need it.
Each month brings a short set of actions, lessons and decisions matched to the grade and the season. The paid plan includes an initial 30-minute one-to-one, with more available as an add-on.
- Step 5
Explore colleges and admissions, and refine your profile.
Search on selectivity, affordability and fit, build a list you can track, and model how a change in test scores shifts it.
- Step 6
Join monthly office hours and apply with confidence.
Monthly office hours with a college counselor, for the questions a page cannot answer.
How a month works
The landing page shows three months turning. This is what happens inside one of them.
- Step 1
Set your goals
We measure readiness against the colleges you are targeting, so the gaps that surface are the ones that matter for those schools.
- Step 2
Get your monthly roadmap
A set of actions, activities and lessons for the month, matched to the grade and the season rather than to a generic checklist.
- Step 3
Go deeper
Join your cohort's monthly office hours to ask questions and learn from other families. Book 1:1 time with Ayan if you need it.
- Step 4
Update your profile
Keep the profile current to see trends over time. The roadmap rebalances around whatever still needs work.
What is in a month
NovemberUnlocks next
- Improve3 Steps to Strengthen Your Activities List
- DecidePick Courses Without Closing Doors
- LearnWhat Colleges Look For in 10th Grade
- ReflectWhat Your Fall Semester Actually Shows
A full month of videos, readings and tasks
DecemberUnlocks next
- LearnFind a Summer Program Worth Your Time
- ImproveTurn a Club Into a Leadership Role
- DecideChoose Your SAT or ACT Timeline
- UpdateLog Your Semester Grades and Activities
A full month of videos, readings and tasks
What the score will — and won't — say about your child
Parents ask this more than anything else, usually a little quieter than the rest. Here is how it is built.
Judged against your child's grade, not a finished senior
Course rigor is measured against what's expected by the grade they're in. A 9th grader isn't marked down for APs their school won't offer for another year.
Measured against the schools you chose
Where we have your target list, readiness is scored relative to the selectivity you're aiming at — not a national ranking, and not the rest of the class.
The scale describes growth, not worth
Developing, Emerging, Competitive, Strong. No letter grades, and nothing on it called failing. It will tell you plainly where your child is starting — that honesty is what makes movement visible later.
An estimate, and we say so
Where we show odds they're estimates from public admissions data, never a promise. No one can guarantee an outcome, and a score that implied otherwise would be worth less.
- Developing
- Emerging
- Competitive
- Strong
You don't have to figure this out alone.
Start with three minutes and see what comes back. Nothing is charged, and you can stop there.