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From intake to acceptance-ready plan

Four clear steps. Every recommendation traces back to a verified rule — not a guess.

Step 1

Structured intake

You answer a structured set of questions about the six inputs that drive every recommendation:

  • Grade point average (GPA) & course rigor — your transcript and AP/IB/Honors courses
  • Standardized test scoresSAT, ACT, or test-optional status
  • Home state & citizenship — drives in-state tuition and residency rules
  • Budget ceiling — what your family can actually afford
  • Intended field of study — your major or area of interest
  • Grade level — grades 9 through 12, each with different timing
Why these six?

A band computed without home state, citizenship, budget, and intended field of study is wrong. These inputs are non-negotiable.

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Step 2

Vocational-interest profiler

A short, research-backed interest survey maps your natural strengths and preferences to fields of study. This isn’t a personality quiz — it’s a vocational alignment tool that ensures your college list fits who you are, not just your statistics.

Your profiler results feed directly into the field-of-study recommendations in your full report, and they shape which colleges appear on your list — especially schools with direct-to-major admission gates.

Always free

The intake and interest profiler are completely free. You get a preview before you ever decide to pay for the full report.

Step 3

Your free preview

After the intake and profiler, you immediately see a preview of your results:

  • A sneak peek at recommended fields of study
  • A sample of your Reach, Target, and Likely bands
  • An overview of what the full report unlocks

No credit card required. The preview is designed to show you the shape of your strategy so you can decide whether the full report is worth it.

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Step 4

Unlock your full report

For a one-time fee, you unlock the complete report with every component:

Balanced list

Reach, Target, and Likely colleges grouped by band.

Test decisions

Submit or withhold SAT/ACT at each college.

Timing plan

ED, EA, and RD deadlines for every school.

Cost reality

Net-price estimates against your budget.

Optional add-on

The essay coach

A separate paid module that coaches your application essays — section by section — until they meet a defined quality bar.

Section-by-section feedback

Each section of your essay gets targeted feedback on structure, specificity, voice, and alignment with the prompt.

Repeats until it passes

The coaching loop repeats until your essay meets a defined quality bar. You revise, it re-evaluates, and you iterate.

It coaches — never writes

The essay coach will never produce a sentence a student could paste into an essay. It tells you what to improve, not what to write.

UC schools are special-cased

University of California (UC) campuses do not consider test scores at all and do not use the Common Application. They have their own application with four Personal Insight Questions (PIQs). University Application Guide handles all of this automatically.

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