Helping families plan for college since 2018
College planning is scattered. We built one place for all of it.
Test scores in an email. College list in a Google Doc. Essay drafts in three different apps. Emails from colleges, the school, testing companies. There is so much coming at you and nowhere to put it all. CollegeHound fixes that.
Takes less than 2 minutes. Just your email, student's grade, and high school.
Launch Pass ends June 30. Sign up now and get Scout AI free through May 2027.
No credit card. No catch. Grades 9-12.
“One place instead of twenty Google Docs.”
Rising senior
The Binder. Everything your family needs.
Both of you can see it. Neither of you has to ask “did you update the spreadsheet?”
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GPA, classes, activities, and awards captured once and used everywhere. No more reconstructing from memory in October of senior year.
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College list with deadlines. Not a wishful spreadsheet. A working list your family actually maintains together.
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Standardized testing. SAT, ACT, AP exams. Registration dates, scores, score sends. All tracked instead of buried in email confirmations.
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Contacts and recommendations. Counselors, teachers, coaches. Track who is writing what and who you need to follow up with.
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Parent and student views. You see what matters to you. Your student sees what matters to them. Same data.
The Binder is free. Not free-for-now, not free-with-limits. Free forever.
CollegeHound Plus
Now that it is organized, Scout tells you what to do next.
Organization without direction is just a really tidy pile of stress. Now that your student's info is in one place, Scout can actually help. It reads your student's Binder and gives guidance based on their GPA, their test scores, their activities. Not a generic student. Yours.
Personalized college fit
Scout looks at your student's actual profile and tells you which schools are reaches, targets, and safeties. With reasoning, not just labels.
College research that goes deep
Campus feel, dorms, food, activities, social scene, jobs after graduation. One student gave Scout a 6 out of 5 for campus descriptions. Not a typo.
"What should we do next?"
Scout looks at where your student is in the process and tells you what to focus on this week. Not a generic checklist. Actual next steps for your family.
Essay help that is not cheating
Scout helps your student find their story and brainstorm angles. It does not write the essay for them. That is actually the point.
“I thought the AI would give generic answers, but it actually read my exact stats. It noticed the gap between my unweighted and weighted GPA and told me how to use my specific extracurriculars.”
Rising senior
Independent student test
A student tested Scout against ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot across 16 college planning questions.
Scout won. The biggest gap? Personalization. Scout was the only AI that used the student's actual GPA, test scores, and activities to answer. The others gave generic advice.
Scout is $15/month after Launch Pass.
Sign up by June 30 and get Scout free through May 2027.
What it costs and why.
The Binder
Free
Forever. No limits.
- GPA, classes, activities, awards
- College list with deadlines
- SAT, ACT, AP tracking
- College visit notes
- Contacts and recommendations
- To-do list
- Parent and student views
Scout Monthly
$15/mo
Cancel anytime.
- Everything in the Binder, plus:
- Scout AI advisor
- Personalized college fit scoring
- Deep college research
- "What should we do next?"
- Essay brainstorming
- Less stress, more clarity
Scout Annual
$120/yr
Save $60. That is $10/mo.
- Everything in Scout Monthly
- Same features, better price
- Best value for junior year through decision day
Here is why we charge for Scout instead of making it free and selling ads or taking referral fees from colleges: because the moment we take money from a school, Scout stops working for your family. We wanted an AI advisor that has zero reason to recommend one school over another except that it is actually a good fit for your student. The only way to do that is to have families pay for it directly.
No college pays us to be recommended. No ad network sees your data. Scout works for you because you pay for it. That is the whole model.
Launch Pass ends June 30. Sign up now and get Scout free through May 2027.
Sound familiar?
If your college planning looks like this, you are not doing anything wrong. This is just what it looks like without a system.
Right now
- Test scores in an email somewhere
- A college list that has not been updated since March
- Essay drafts scattered across three Google Docs
- No idea if the college list is actually balanced
With CollegeHound
- One shared workspace. Both of you can see it.
- Everything updated in real time.
- An AI that knows your student's actual stats.
- Nothing falls through the cracks.
What students and educators are saying
“Before CollegeHound, I felt very lost on how to prepare. Now I am going to have a less stressful senior year.”
Rising senior
“Absolutely pivotal. Never seen another website that gives so much information.”
Rising senior
“The college application process is like uncharted territory for many families. Scout addresses your specific concerns and tells you what to expect.”
Rising senior
“This is an incredible tool. It finally gives structure to everything students do before applying to college.”
Christina Winter
Educator & Parent
“The college journey can feel overwhelming for kids with learning challenges but CollegeHound makes it manageable.”
“Knowing where to start is often a roadblock for students with ASD, ADHD and executive function challenges. CollegeHound lessens that burden by providing a clear framework that starts as early as 9th grade, building crucial skills like planning, time management, working memory and organization over several years.
This long-term approach helps students stay on track and reach deadlines with reduced stress. Its personal assistant, Scout, is a standout feature that sets realistic goals, identifies gaps in applications, and utilizes AI capabilities to match individualized interests to schools that are the right fit for specific learning needs.
As an executive function coach who works with kids with learning differences, I would highly recommend this platform.”
Lindsay Strobl, MA, LSC
Executive Function Coach
We are parents. Ask us how we know.
We are Shelley and Ed Psyk. I have ADHD. I love to get organized. Staying organized is a different story. By our fifth kid's application cycle, we had been through this enough times to know the process was broken for everyone, not just us.
We started building CollegeHound in 2018. Our youngest is a senior right now. Families across 24 states use it. No VC money. No investors telling us what to build. Just parents building for parents.
We do not collect last names, birthdates, addresses, or SSNs. Your data is not used to train AI models. If you do not like it, delete your account. No guilt trip. No exit survey.
Private by design
No last names, no birthdates, no SSN. Identifiers redacted before any AI sees your data.
Current, not stale
Scout's research refreshes weekly. Not once, years ago, when a model was trained.
Real families use this
Families across 24 states. Founded 2018. Still here, still building.
Questions we get a lot.
My kid will not use it. Why should I bother?
That is actually the most common reason parents sign up. You do not need your student's permission to start organizing. Most parents of 9th and 10th graders use the Binder to capture grades, activities, and awards as they happen. When senior year hits and applications ask for everything, it is already there. Your student can join when they are ready. Or not.
We already have a counselor. Do we need this?
Your counselor probably has 400 other students. CollegeHound does not replace your counselor. It fills the gaps between meetings so you show up prepared, your student's info is organized, and nobody forgets what was discussed last time.
Is the AI going to write my kid's essays?
No. And that is on purpose. Scout helps your student find their story, brainstorm angles, and figure out what makes their experience worth writing about. It does not write the essay. The essay is supposed to be your student's voice. Scout helps them find it.
Launch Pass ends June 30
The Binder is free. Scout is free until June 30.
After June 30, Scout will be $15/month. If you sign up before then, you get everything free through May 2027. No credit card. No catch.
I know this is a lot. I am living it too.
Get Your Free BinderNo credit card required. Grades 9-12.