Every student deserves a clear path forward.

That’s the goal. We’re building VillageEd® to work for high school students across the U.S. Course names and graduation requirements vary by state and district, but the dimensions that matter — academic rigor, extracurricular depth, leadership, and narrative — are universal. Your student’s plan will be personalized to their profile, not a template.

At launch, VillageEd® is built for students at public high schools across the U.S. Support for private high schools is coming shortly — we’re actively expanding to cover the additional course structures, graduation pathways, and academic frameworks that private schools use. If your student is at a private school and you’d like to be notified when support is available, just let us know.

Not at all. We’re building VillageEd® to be especially useful for juniors and seniors, when decisions carry the most weight. It will meet your student where they are and build a plan from today forward — not from where they “should have” started.

No — and we don’t want to be. School counselors bring judgment, relationships, and advocacy that no software can replace. VillageEd® is designed to extend their reach — handling the planning, tracking, and opportunity-matching that counselors don’t have time for with 400+ students on their caseload. A complement, not a substitute.

Just the basics — courses, grades, activities, interests, and goals. Students can use a nickname and we encourage stripping any uploaded documents of personal identifiers. We’ll only need academic and activity details to build the plan. No legal name, date of birth, or sensitive information required.

Privacy is foundational to how we’re building this. Data will be encrypted in transit and at rest, securely hosted, and never sold, shared, or used for advertising. Students can remain anonymous. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Absolutely — we expect that to be one of the most common starting points. VillageEd® won’t require your student to have a direction. It’s designed to surface what’s out there, build a profile from what they’re already doing, and let patterns emerge naturally. Clarity comes from action, not from having all the answers upfront.

No — and we think that’s the wrong question for high school. VillageEd® helps your student build a strong, well-rounded profile regardless of where they end up. When interests shift or a direction becomes clear, the plan adapts. We don’t ask students to decide their future at 15. We help them build toward it.

No — and no one honestly can. VillageEd® will provide guidance based on publicly available data and best practices, not guarantees. Our goal is to help students build the strongest version of their profile and find schools that genuinely fit. Admissions decisions are ultimately made by colleges, and no tool can promise a specific outcome.

$499 per year, per student — roughly $42 a month, billed annually. That covers full access to all six milestones, monthly refreshes across each module, and every update we ship during the year. No tiers, no add-ons, no premium upsell.

Browsing your student’s plan, opportunities, and college list is always unlimited. Refreshes are different — each one runs a fresh analysis tailored to your student’s current profile, so each module has a monthly refresh available when something meaningful has changed (new grades, new activities, shifting goals). The intent is to make every refresh a real moment of recalibration, not a button to mash.

The plan itself spans through 12th grade — but only the current semester’s tasks are surfaced at any time. We’ve found that one focused semester beats a vague four-year roadmap every time. As your student progresses, the next semester’s actions come into view.