Your Intelligent Guide to College Success
The first AI-powered college planning platform designed for smartphone-native students. Get personalized guidance, smart task management, and expert insights that adapt to your unique journey.
Your College Plan
Why Smart Students Choose CollegeCompass
The only college planning platform that combines comprehensive AI guidance with mobile-first design, giving you everything you need to succeed in one intelligent app.
Your Personal College Planning AI
Our intelligent assistant analyzes your academic profile, extracurricular activities, and goals to provide personalized recommendations that evolve with your progress.
Designed for How You Actually Live
Built from the ground up for smartphone-native students, CollegeCompass works seamlessly across all your devices with offline capabilities and push notifications.
The Most Complete College Information
Access real-time data on thousands of colleges including admission requirements, costs, outcomes, and insider insights updated continuously by our AI.
Never Miss Another Deadline
Intelligent task prioritization and deadline management that learns your habits and optimizes your workflow with proactive reminders and strategic timing.
Everything You Need to Plan for College
Access our comprehensive suite of planning tools designed to guide you through every step of your college journey—from cost planning to application deadlines.
College Cost Calculator
Get accurate cost estimates and financial aid projections
Application Timeline
Personalized deadlines and step-by-step guidance
College Match Quiz
Find colleges that perfectly match your personality
College Visit Planner
Create the perfect college visit itinerary
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Trusted by Students Nationwide
Join thousands of students who are already using CollegeCompass to navigate their path to college success.
"CollegeCompass helped me discover scholarships I never would have found on my own. The AI recommendations were spot-on and saved me thousands of dollars."
"The mobile app made it so easy to stay organized. I could work on my college planning during lunch breaks and between classes. Game changer!"
"As a parent, I loved being able to see my daughter's progress and help her stay on track. The family collaboration features are incredible."
Everything You Need in One Intelligent Platform
From AI-powered college matching to automated essay feedback, CollegeCompass provides comprehensive support for every aspect of your college journey.
Intelligent College Matching
Our AI analyzes your academic profile, interests, and preferences to recommend colleges where you'll thrive. Get personalized match scores, admission probability estimates, and strategic insights for each school on your list.
- Personalized match percentages
- Admission probability estimates
- Strategic application insights
Stanford University
California • Private
UC Berkeley
California • Public
MIT
Massachusetts • Private
Smart Timeline Management
Never miss a deadline with our intelligent timeline that adapts to your schedule and priorities. Get personalized reminders, workload balancing, and strategic timing recommendations that maximize your success.
- AI-optimized task prioritization
- Smart deadline reminders
- Workload balancing algorithms
Get Started in Minutes, Succeed for Life
Our simple three-step process gets you from overwhelmed to organized in no time.
Tell Us About Yourself
Share your academic achievements, interests, goals, and preferences. Our AI uses this information to create a personalized college planning strategy that evolves with your progress.
Receive Your Custom Roadmap
Within minutes, receive a comprehensive college planning timeline tailored to your goals and circumstances. See exactly what to do and when to do it, with intelligent prioritization.
Achieve Your College Dreams
Follow your personalized plan with continuous AI support, smart reminders, and adaptive recommendations. Stay motivated with progress tracking and celebrate milestones along your journey.
Choose Your Path to Success
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About CollegeCompass
Democratizing access to intelligent college planning guidance through AI-powered technology
Our Mission: Making College Dreams Accessible to Everyone
At CollegeCompass, we believe every student deserves access to expert college planning guidance, regardless of their school's resources or family's financial situation. We're democratizing college counseling through artificial intelligence, providing personalized, professional-quality guidance that adapts to each student's unique circumstances and goals.
The college application process has become increasingly complex and competitive, creating barriers that disproportionately affect students from under-resourced schools and communities. We founded CollegeCompass to break down these barriers and ensure that every motivated student has access to the intelligent guidance they need to achieve their college dreams.
The Values That Guide Us
Accessibility First
Zip code, school resources, or family income should never determine access to quality college guidance.
Student-Centered Design
We design based on how students actually live and learn, with mobile-first, intuitive experiences.
Data-Driven Insights
Our recommendations are grounded in comprehensive data analysis and evidence-based strategies.
Meet Our Founder
Jim Odom
Founder & CEO
• 10 years in higher education
• Fortune 500 product experience
• Former USAA & Amazon leadership
When my high school daughter started asking questions about college planning, I thought I had it covered. After all, who could be more prepared than someone who spent 10 years working in higher education alumni and development offices, with a mother who dedicated her entire career to university work in communications and as a Dean of Students?
I quickly discovered just how wrong I was.
The college planning landscape had transformed dramatically in the 20 years since I was last directly involved in higher education. What used to be a straightforward process had become an overwhelming maze of information, deadlines, and decisions that left even experienced families feeling lost and stressed.
Despite our family's deep connections to higher education, we found ourselves struggling with the same challenges I now hear from parents and students everywhere: How do you create a balanced college list? When should you really start test prep? What actually matters in college admissions today? How do you navigate financial aid and merit scholarships strategically?
The existing resources either provided generic information that didn't apply to our specific situation or required expensive private counseling that felt unnecessary given our educational background. There had to be a better way.
Drawing on my experience in product management and marketing at Fortune 500 companies like USAA and Amazon, along with leadership roles at some of the fastest-growing mortgage companies in the country, I began approaching college planning like a product problem: How do you deliver personalized, actionable guidance at scale?
"The answer became CollegeCompass—an AI-powered platform that provides every student with the kind of individualized college planning support that was previously only available through expensive private counseling."
My goal isn't to replace human counselors or eliminate the personal aspects of college planning. It's to ensure that every student, regardless of their family's resources or their school's counseling capacity, has access to intelligent guidance that adapts to their unique goals, timeline, and circumstances.
Because I've learned that college planning expertise isn't about having connections in higher education—it's about having the right information, at the right time, presented in a way that helps families make confident decisions about one of the most important investments in a young person's future.
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