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From no idea
to a real plan.

Compass is where you figure out what you want to do, what it takes to get there, and how far along you are. Careers, activities, test prep, essays, colleges and what they cost, in one place.

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Zero-Day Simulator
You are projected to be debt-free on
Aug 2029
3.2 yrs after graduation

Move one variable. Raise side income $200/mo and Zero-Day moves to Feb 2029. That is seven months of your life, back.

The gap

You get one meeting a year.
The rest is on you.

Your counselor has hundreds of students. You get rankings, brochures, a group chat, and a decision in senior year. Compass is what you open the other 364 days.

01

Nobody asks what you want

Every tool starts at the college list. Most students have not been asked what they enjoy, and most only know about ten jobs.

02

The plan lives in six places

A Notion page from August, a spreadsheet, a counselor email, a group chat. None of them fill themselves in and none of them talk to each other.

03

The price shows up last

What you pay depends on your income bracket and your major, not the sticker. Most families see the real number after they have already picked.

One workspace

Two halves of one plan,
open from day one.

Discover is where you figure out what you want. Strategy is where you work out what it takes. Both are open whatever grade you are in, and everything you save in one carries into the other.

DiscoverExplore and find your fit

Start with what you want,
even if you have no idea.

Thirty questions about what you enjoy, a swipe deck of campus and work situations, and over a thousand real jobs to look into. Start as a freshman or the week before applications open.

  • Career Quiz30 questions
  • Fit FinderSwipe career fields
  • Career CompassO*NET matched
  • Impact LabActivity scoring
StrategyPlan and compare

Build the case,
then check the cost.

Turn the direction into a plan. Ten questions a day, a four-year course map, essay feedback aimed at one school, and a college list sorted by you: your career, your budget, real data.

  • College FinderSorted by you
  • Daily 10SAT / ACT prep
  • Roadmaps4-year course plan
  • School IntelCampus and essay
The process

A guided path from
exploration to execution.

01

Figure out what you want

Take the quiz, swipe the deck, look into the jobs it surfaces, and add the activities you already do. Your profile is built on what you enjoy, not on a ranking.

02

Work out what it takes

Open Strategy for the four-year plan, ten prep questions a day, essay feedback, and a college list sorted by you, with the real cost of each school when you get there.

03

Keep it moving

Four small tasks a day, a streak, and one saved place for careers, activities, colleges, essays and scenarios. The plan fills itself in as you go.

Inside the app

Five screens that do
the work for you.

Discovery · Fit Finder27 swiped
PURSUE
Engineering & TechTier 1

Systems Design

Designing how the pieces of something large fit together: data, people, hand-offs and failure modes.

Savvy Strategist

"Thinking in interconnected loops to solve complexity at the highest level."

Trait profile
Technology74
STEM51

Every swipe tunes the deck. Pursue and pass build a trait profile that feeds Career Compass, and decide which fields surface next.

Strategy · Course Roadmap4-yr plan
Georgia Tech
Major · Computer Science
4-yr plan
Your AP scores waive about 15 credit hours
Fall · Year 115 cr · 8 waived
Calculus ICovered by AP Calculus BC
4 cr
Intro to ProgrammingCovered by AP CS A
4 cr
English Composition I
3 cr
Data Structures
4 cr
Spring · Year 116 cr · 3 waived
Physics I: MechanicsCovered by AP Physics C
3 cr
Calculus II
4 cr
Discrete Mathematics
3 cr
Objects and Design
3 cr
  • Semester-by-semester flowchartCredit hours on every course
  • AP credit that countsWaived and struck through
  • See the credits you saveTotalled across your exams
  • Graduate fasterA lighter, cheaper path

Pick any school and major. Compass generates the full flowchart, then folds in your AP scores so you can see exactly what you have already knocked out.

Strategy · Daily 10Question 8 of 10
SAT · Algebra · Medium◆ 14-day streak

If 3(x − 4) = 2x + 7, what is the value of x?

A 11
B 19
C 5
D −19
◆ Correct · +25 XP · Algebra accuracy now 78%

Adaptive by section. The ten arrive grouped by section, difficulty tracks your target score, and weak areas resurface until the accuracy moves.

Strategy · School IntelScanning 1,000+ campuses

The Odds Caution

Greek-heavy and male-dominated. If you aren't rushing, your social life will be an uphill battle.

After Hours Hype

D1 energy. Saturdays are sacred here, and sports revenue funds a genuinely massive social scene.

What You'd Pay Data

Net price for the $48k to $75k income bracket: $14,900/yr, which is 71% below sticker.

Strategy · Zero-DayScenario A · Public in-state
Debt-free on
Aug 2029
Borrowed$41.2k
Monthly$438
Side income$620
Interest paid$9.8kvs $16.4k at minimum
Break-even3.2 yrsafter graduation

Cost Analysis feeds it. Every school on your list gets a full cost check, then Zero-Day runs the same student against each one so you can compare by the date, not the ranking.

The rest of the file

Admissions reads more
than your transcript.

Discovery · Impact Lab

Score the activities you already do.

Impact Lab grades every extracurricular on depth, leadership and distinctiveness, then tells you the one move that raises the score most.

Depth74
Leadership52
Distinctiveness38
Next

Four clubs, no ownership. Take one to a measurable outcome and distinctiveness roughly doubles.

Strategy · Essay Strategist

Write to the school, not the void.

The AI reads your draft against a school's actual institutional voice and flags where you're writing to a generic admissions officer.

"I have always been passionate about making a difference in my community, which is why I want to attend a school that values service. Last spring I rebuilt the intake form that our food bank used to turn away 40 families a month."

Flag

Two generic openers. This school's aura scores highest on specific civic outcomes.

Keep

The food bank line is your strongest sentence. Build the paragraph around it.

Advantages

The Compass edge.

High-transparency planning built for the modern student, with every tool wired into the same profile.

Zero-Day Simulation

See exactly when you'll be debt-free. Adjust side-hustle contributions and watch the date shift in real time.

4-Year Course Roadmap

Generate a semester-by-semester flowchart for any school and major, then watch AP credits waive the classes you've already earned.

AP Head Start

Career Compass maps the exact AP exams that push you ahead for your target career, plus the extracurriculars that matter.

Live Salary Projections

Connected directly to BLS occupational data. No guessing what your first paycheck will look like.

Streaks & Milestones

Planning is a habit. Earn XP, hold streaks, and collect achievements as the plan fills in.

SAT/ACT Daily Prep

Ten questions a day tailored to your target score. Consistent practice embedded directly into your planning.

Fit Finder Swipe

Swipe-based discovery. Work through career fields and campus situations filtered by your vibe, stats and budget, with no spreadsheets.

Net Price Intelligence

Real federal net price data broken down by family income bracket, so you know what you'll really pay.

Momentum

College planning is a two-year
habit, not a weekend.

So Compass is built like something you open daily. XP, levels, streaks and achievements turn a dreaded process into a small, visible amount of progress every day.

Level 12Tactician2,140 / 2,600 XP
460 XP to Level 13Top 8% of your grade
First 100Fields swiped
Zero-DayFirst simulation
30-DayPrep streak
Auditor10 ROI reports
LockedEssay draft 5
LockedFinal list set
14day streakThis week
MTWTFSS
  • 01

    Daily 10. Ten adaptive questions a day, grouped by section.

  • 02

    Mission log. Deadlines, drafts and visits in one timeline.

  • 03

    Community hub. Compare notes with students on the same list.

Under the hood

Every number traces back
to a federal dataset.

No scraped rankings, no sponsored placements. If Compass shows you a figure, you can see where it came from.

CostCollege Scorecard

Net price by family income bracket, completion and repayment rates.

InstitutionsIPEDS + Carnegie

Enrollment, selectivity, size, setting and institutional classification.

EarningsBLS + O*NET

Occupational wage statistics and career interest matching by RIASEC profile.

DebtFederal loan terms

Current subsidized and unsubsidized rates run through standard amortization.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

A mobile app that helps high school students run their own college and career planning. You explore schools and careers, track your stats against real school data, model what each option costs and returns, and connect with other students on the same path. XP, streaks and achievements keep it a daily habit rather than a senior-year panic.

It runs current federal loan rates, real salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and standard amortization formulas against the numbers you enter. It is a projection, not financial advice, but every assumption is visible and adjustable, which is more than a college net price calculator gives you.

College Scorecard, IPEDS, Carnegie Classification, BLS occupational wage statistics, and O*NET for career matching. Campus culture cards combine public institutional data with structured student-reported signals.

That's the best time to start, and every tool is open to you from day one. Swipe schools, test-drive careers, build a prep streak and raise your Impact Lab score while there are still three years to act on what it tells you. When you are ready to price schools, Strategy is already waiting with the profile you built.

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