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30 hours of college research, in 10 minutes.One strategic list.

Built on the most recent IPEDS, Common Data Set, and College Scorecard data, then tiered to your real profile, with mid-50% admit context, scholarship signals, and net-cost estimates.

$49 once. Read a full sample Blueprint before you buy. No account, no subscription, no spam.

AdmitScale Assessment
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Your Blueprint · Sample
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Cover page of a real AdmitScale Blueprint, showing schools matched, est. net cost, and merit signals for a sample student named Sadie.

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AdmitScalePrivate counselorFree online tools
Price$49 once$3,000-$8,000Free
Time10 minutesHours over monthsHours of self-research
PersonalizedYesYesLimited

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How it works

Three steps. Real clarity.

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Share your profile

A short guided interview about your grades, coursework, activities, and goals. No forms, just a calm conversation.

Top 5 Best Fits sample showing Santa Clara University with 98 school fit score and strong-match tier
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Get personalized matches

We surface reach, match, and safety colleges from 6,000+ U.S. institutions - drawn from IPEDS, the Common Data Set, and College Scorecard - weighted to your academic and financial fit.

A complete AdmitScale Blueprint with multiple pages of personalized college guidance
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Receive your Blueprint

A complete admissions plan with major fit, scholarships, net-cost estimates, and a strengthening plan, emailed to you.

What's inside

A complete admissions blueprint.

Not just a list, a full picture of where you fit and how to get in.

Reach, Match & Safety

Personalized tiering across 20+ schools, calibrated to your profile.

Mid-50% admit context

How your GPA, rigor, and test profile compare to each school's admitted class.

Major fit

Programs ranked by depth, faculty, and outcomes for your intended field.

Scholarship signals

Schools known for generous merit and need-based aid for students like you.

Net-cost estimates

What your family is likely to actually pay, not just sticker price.

Strengthening plan

Concrete academic and extracurricular moves to raise your odds before you apply.

Data sourcesIPEDSCommon Data SetCollege Scorecard
What your blueprint looks like

See exactly what you'll get.

A full report. Not a single number, not a black box.

Reach, match, and safety tier breakdown showing 12% reach, 37% match, 51% likely with progress bars
Your reach, match & safety list
Mid-50% admit context for Stanford University showing 98 school fit score, 4% admit rate, and Aspirational Reach tier
Mid-50% admit context
Net cost vs. sticker price table comparing seven schools' sticker price, average aid, and estimated net cost
Net-cost estimate
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How AdmitScale compares

Why $49 beats the alternatives.

AdmitScalePrivate counselorFree online toolsDoing it yourself
Price$49 once$3,000–$8,000FreeFree
Time investment10 minutesHours over monthsHours of self-researchMany hours
Personalized to your profileYesYesLimitedNo
Data sourceIPEDS · Common Data Set · College ScorecardPersonal experienceVaries, often unclearWhat you can find
Reach / match / safety tieringYesYesSometimesManual
Scholarship signalsYesSometimesRarelyNo
Net-cost estimatesYesSometimesRarelyManual
For students

Built around your profile, not someone else's playbook.

Worried you're aiming too high? Or too low? Your Blueprint shows where you actually fit, reach, match, safety, using the same numbers each school reports to the government. No template lists. No pressure. Just an honest view of where you can apply with confidence.

For families

The data private counselors charge thousands for.

Net-cost estimates, scholarship signals, and a balanced list. A college that lists $86,000 might cost your family $24,000 after aid, your Blueprint shows you that gap, school by school. The kitchen-table conversation gets a lot easier when everyone is looking at the same numbers.

Sticker price
$86,000
After aid
$24,000
For counselors

For high school counselors.

If you guide 50 or 500 seniors a year, you already know list-building eats your spring. AdmitScale gives families a defensible reach/match/safety list and a net-cost view before their meeting with you, so the meeting can be about strategy, not data entry. Works alongside Naviance, Scoir, and MaiaLearning, not instead of them.

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Our promises

Four things we won't do.

The promises we make to every family who uses AdmitScale.

We won't sell your data.

Your answers stay between you and us. Period.

We won't take money from colleges.

No school pays to appear in your matches. Ever.

We won't lock you into a subscription.

$49 once. That's it.

We won't email you forever.

We deliver your Blueprint and step back.

Questions, answered

Everything to know before you start.

About 10 minutes, most students finish during a study break. Your answers are saved, so you can pause and come back. No long forms, no test-prep-style questions. Just a guided conversation.

In 10 minutes, you'll have a list you can defend at the kitchen table.

Reach, match, and safety schools tiered to you. Net-cost estimates. A plan to strengthen your application. The whole conversation, finally on one page.

Build my college list — $49

$49 once. Read the full sample Blueprint before you buy. No account, no subscription, no spam.