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Plans for Students and Parents

If your college counselor is using College Kickstart, you do not need to get an account here. They will send you an email invite to start.

Prices are based on the college application season from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025.

Subscriptions for the 2025 application season will open on January 1st.

 

Standard

$50

per season

6 to 12 Colleges

Data for 750+ U.S. 4 year institutions

Personalized list analysis to ensure balance. Early admission strategies to boost odds. Action plans to minimize work.

Plus

$80

per season

6 to 20 Colleges

400+ Departments and
Application Requirements

All the features in Standard, plus departmental admission data for 60+ popular institutions and key application requirement tracking.

Premium

$125

per season

6 to 30 Colleges

Need and Merit-based
Financial Data

All the features in Plus with need and merit-based financial aid ratings and metrics to help you consider affordability as part of the plan.

 

 

Feature Summary

  • Enriched Admissions Data New
    • Enriched admissions data for 750+ U.S. 4 year institutions.
      Constantly updated from multiple sources, including the Common Data Set, school institutional research and factbooks and press releases
    • 500+ departmental profiles spanning 65 popular institutions - Plus and Premium only
    • Resident/non-resident admission rates for selected public universities - Plus and Premium only
    • Key application requirements - Plus and Premium only
    • Affordability data (need-based and merit-based aid) - Premium only
    • Active tracking of standardized testing policies
  • Student Profile

    School list

    • Enter lists of 6-12 schools - Standard only
    • Enter lists of 6-20 schools - Plus only
    • Enter lists of 6-30 schools - Premium only
    • Select from available departmental options - Plus and Premium only
    • Rank orderable
    • Indicate strength of commitment to top choices

    Academic Credentials

    • SAT section scores
    • ACT composite score
    • Weighted GPA
    • Unweighted GPA
    • Class rank
    • Run with or without test scores
  • List Analysis New
    • Categorize list into likelies, targets, reaches and unlikelies based on school selectivity and student academic credentials
    • Assess list quality
    • Recommend list mix improvements
    • Take corrective action using MixFixer™
      • Automatically find likely, target and reach schools for your list based on school selectivity and student academic credentials
      • Filter schools by up to five majors
      • Filter schools by tag
      • Filter schools by size, setting or locale
      • Filter schools with no extra Common Application essay
      • Filter schools offering early action
      • Filter schools offering early decision 1
      • Filter schools offering early decision 2
      • Filter schools with need-blind admission policies
      • Filter schools that meet 100% of demonstrated financial need
      • Filter schools with low debt at graduation
      • Filter schools with great merit aid
      • Filter schools with automatic merit scholarship consideration
      • Filter schools with low net cost of attendance
      • Filter schools with no application fee
      • Filter schools offering test-optional admission
    • Personalize recommendations based on list and academic credentials
    • Evaluate assured admission criteria for 80+ institutions New
    • Evaluate minimum institutional GPA requirements for 100+ institutionsNew
    • Automatically updates each time the student's college list or academic credentials change
  • Early Strategy
    • Recommend appropriate strategies across entire list
    • Prevent applying early to unlikely schools
    • Ensure terms and conditions are met for each early opportunity recommended
    • Consider schools with rolling admission and multiple priority windows
    • Auto-update each time college list or academic credentials change
  • Action Plan
    • Prepare and recommend action plan to minimize wasted effort
    • Capitalize on schools with rolling admission or multiple priority windows
    • Ensure merit scholarship deadlines are met for likely and target schools - Premium only
    • Summary of due dates and deadlines
    • Auto-update each time college list or academic credentials change
  • School Details New

    See the admission details for each school on your list

    • How a school has been categorized and why (likely, target, reach, unlikely)
    • How to apply and why (early decision, early action, restrictive early action, regular decision)
    • When to apply and why
    • Applicant, admitted and enrolled student mix data
    • Admission rate by admission plan (where reported)
    • Academic performance assessment with automatic test-optional analysis Enhanced
    • Need-based and merit-based financial aid ratings and metrics - Premium only
    • Source data notes
  • Plan Views

    See the essential highlights of your latest personalized plan:

    • Plan Summary — with school categorizations and recommendations on score submission and how and when to apply
    • Key Application Requirements — including standardized testing policies, recommendation requirements, interview policies, essay prompt counts and direct links to school websites for definitive answers - Plus and Premium only
    • Need-based Financial Aid Summary — with key need-based aid metrics, net cost calculation and proprietary College Kickstart attractiveness rating - Premium only
    • Merit-based Financial Aid — with key merit-based aid metrics, net cost calculation and proprietary College Kickstart attractiveness rating - Premium only
    • Auto-update each time college list or academic credentials change

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