College Kickstart Sneak Peek for Students and Parents

Our coverage universe expands to over 400 institutions in 2017 with the addition of more regional colleges, likely schools and institutions with generous aid like Cooper Union (half-tuition). If you're a Plus or Premium subscriber, you'll also get access to admissions data for 300+ departments across 42 institutions.

The academic profile changes in two ways for 2017:

• SAT scores shift to the new format (SAT-ERW and SAT-M). We'll take care of converting old SAT scores reported by the colleges to ensure apples to apples comparisons.

• Weighted GPA may now be included as part of a student's academic profile. Depending on how each of the colleges on the student's list reports GPA, if at all, we'll use the appropriate one to make the comparison.

We've updated our list check graphic and grading system to capture more nuance and provide clear instructions for how to balance your list when needed. College Kickstart is now also set up to take the better of your SAT or ACT scores when both are provided and accounts for the presence of unlikely schools in the list.