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Your college plan,
from 9th grade to decision day.

Compass helps you find what you want to do, plan four years of high school around it, and choose a college your family can afford. One app. Built on federal data.

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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

College advice is everywhere.
A plan is not.

Your counselor has hundreds of students. Google has millions of answers. Your group chat has opinions. Compass turns all of it into one plan you can follow.

01

No one starts with what you want

College planning usually starts with "Where do you want to go?" It should start with "What do you want to do?" Most students have never had the chance to explore what they enjoy, or how many careers exist.

02

The plan lives in too many places

A spreadsheet here. A counselor email there. A group chat full of advice. None of it connects, so you end up putting the plan together yourself.

03

The real price shows up last

What a family pays depends on its income, and it is rarely the sticker price. Most families see that number after they have already chosen.

One workspace

From "What do I want?"
to "Here's how I get there."

Compass has two sides. Discover helps you figure out what you want. Strategy shows you what it takes. Both are open in every grade, and anything you save in one shows up in the other.

DiscoverExplore and find your fit

Start with what you enjoy.

A 30-question career quiz, a swipe deck of career fields, and more than a thousand real jobs with pay and requirements. Start in 9th grade or the week before applications open.

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

Plan the work.
Then check the cost.

A four-year high school plan, ten SAT or ACT questions a day, essay feedback for a specific school, and a college list sorted by your career and budget.

  • College FinderSorted by you
  • Daily 10SAT / ACT prep
  • RoadmapsHigh school and college plans
  • School IntelCampus and essay
How it goes

Three stages,
one profile.

01

Find your direction.

Take the career quiz, swipe career fields and look into the jobs that come up. Your profile starts with what you enjoy.

02

Plan high school.

Follow a grade-by-grade plan from your first PSAT to FAFSA, pick APs that fit your career, and practice ten SAT or ACT questions a day.

03

Choose your college.

Build a list sorted by your career and budget, see what each school will cost your family, and get essay feedback for the schools you apply to.

Roadmaps

Plan all four years
of high school.

Compass opens with a plan already filled in: what to take, when to test, when to ask for recommendations and when to file FAFSA. Edit it, add your own goals and check things off as you go.

9th gradeStart strong

Take the hardest classes you can handle, try three or four activities and keep a record of what you do.

10th gradeTake the PSAT

Add an honors or AP class, get to know two teachers and narrow to the activities you care about.

11th gradeTest and build the list

PSAT/NMSQT, your first real SAT or ACT, recommendation letters and a first draft of your personal statement.

12th gradeApply and decide

FAFSA, early and regular deadlines, comparing aid offers and decision day.

Setup

Set up in four steps.

Four short screens and your plan is personal. Every answer can be changed later from Home.

Step 1Stats

Your GPA and your SAT or ACT score, if you have one.

Step 2Career

A career area and a specific role, for salary estimates.

Step 3Money

Your family budget, income range and home state.

Step 4Campus

What matters to you in a campus, used to sort your list.

Inside the app

Five tools that do
the heavy lifting.

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

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 · RoadmapsClass of 2028
  1. ✓
    Freshman5 / 5
    Complete
  2. ✓
    Sophomore6 / 6
    Complete · PSAT taken
  3. Junior · now2 / 8
    • PSAT/NMSQT
    • Start SAT or ACT prep
    • Take a leadership role
    • Ask for recommendation letters
    • Draft your personal statement

Two plans in one screen. High School opens with all four years filled in. Course Plan maps the classes for any college and major, with your AP credits applied.

Strategy · School IntelScanning 1,000+ campuses

Social scene Culture

Large Greek-life presence. Fraternities and sororities shape much of campus social life.

Game days Culture

Division I athletics. Football Saturdays are a central part of campus life.

Estimated cost Data

Net price for families earning $48k to $75k: $14,900 a year, 71% below the sticker price.

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.

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 for the school you're applying to.

Paste your draft and the prompt. Compass reads it against that school's profile, including its research focus, strongest programs and campus life, then tells you what to keep and what to fix.

"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 opening lines. This school's profile favors concrete community impact, so lead with the food bank example.

Keep

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

What's inside

What makes
Compass different.

Every tool shares one profile, so each answer builds on the last.

Zero-Day Simulation

See when you'll be debt-free. Adjust side income and watch the date shift.

4-Year Course Roadmap

A semester-by-semester flowchart for any school and major, with AP credits waived.

AP Head Start

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

Live Salary Projections

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

Streaks and 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, inside your plan.

Fit Finder Swipe

Swipe through career fields and campus settings, filtered by your interests, grades and budget.

Net Price Intelligence

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

Momentum

Small steps,
every day.

A few short tasks a day keep the plan moving. XP, streaks and levels show how far you have come.

Level 12Tactician2,140 / 2,600 XP
460 XP to Level 13Top 8% of your grade
First 100Fields swiped
Zero-DayFirst simulation
30-DayPrep streak
Sorted10 college lists
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.

  • 04

    Home screen widget. Your streak lives on your home screen.

Under the hood

Every cost and salary figure
comes from federal data.

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.

For parents

For parents.

See what each college will actually cost your family, based on your income bracket. Compass uses College Scorecard net prices and current federal loan terms, and it shows every assumption.

Privacy

Your information stays yours.

Compass does not sell student data. Family income is used only to estimate your net price. Read the privacy policy.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

A mobile app for college planning, from 9th grade to decision day. You find a direction with the career quiz and Fit Finder, follow a four-year high school plan, and build a college list with the real cost of each school for your family. XP, streaks and achievements keep it a daily habit.

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.

High school students in any grade, and their families.

Yes. Every Compass tool is free for students during the beta.

Yes. Compass does not sell, trade or rent your personal information. Family income is used only to estimate your net price. The full details are in our privacy policy.

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