How it works

From intake to playbook under 5 minutes.

One price. One delivery. No subscription.

Fill out a 5-minute intake. Under 5 minutes later you get a personalized playbook: a Pursue / Backup / High Risk verdict on each school, every award marked Stack or Skip, deadlines, and realistic aid-range estimates — with every claim checked against current school policies. No subscription, no upsell. That’s the whole transaction.

The four steps

  1. Buy the playbook

    $99once via Stripe — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link. No subscription. Your intake link arrives by email immediately.

  2. Fill out the intake form

    About 5 minutes: GPA, test scores, intended major, your family’s SAI ballpark (the number that replaced the EFC), honors, and up to five target schools. Autosaves as you go.

  3. Every claim checked against official school policies

    We check your profile against current aid pages, Common Data Set filings, combining and renewal rules, and deadlines. Unclear rules get labeled — with the exact question to ask the aid office. See our methodology.

  4. Get your playbook in under 5 minutes

    Delivered as an interactive web dossier by email. A conflict on a high-stakes school can add a few minutes; we’ll email you if it’ll take longer.

What you receive

Five things in every playbook. How deep each one goes scales with your profile and school list.

  • Ranked scholarship list— award amounts, deadlines, requirements, and a verdict on each.
  • Which awards add up vs. cancel out— school by school, which outside awards quietly cut the college’s own aid, and which stack on top dollar-for-dollar.
  • Pursue / Stack / Skip on every award— so your kid skips the ones that aren’t worth the time.
  • Deadline calendar— what to apply for, and in what order, for the awards that survive the cut.
  • Realistic aid ranges— a low-to-high dollar estimate per school, built from the published score and GPA cutoffs.
Two stacks of gold coins side by side: one grows taller as a second award stacks on top, the other collapses as a new award cancels part of it out.
Some awards add to your aid. Others quietly replace it. The playbook tells you which is which — before your kid spends time applying.

Common questions

  • Didn’t finish the intake in one sitting?

    It autosaves every few seconds. Close the tab, come back tomorrow — your progress is still there.

  • Profile changes after you deliver?

    Minor updates within 30 days are free — new scores, a new school, changed finances. Contact us.

  • Is $99 worth it?

    Families spend dozens of hours researching and still miss awards. Find one you’d have missed, or dodge one that cuts your aid, and it pays for itself. See the full FAQ.

Want to see what the deliverable actually looks like? View a real sample playbook, or start your own.

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