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Find Your Child's Best-Fit Colleges in 5 Minutes

Stop searching through hundreds of schools. 

Our CollegeMatcher AI analyzes your student's personality, interests, and goals to recommend colleges where they'll actually thrive.

  • Uses over 50 proprietary fit factors

  • Evaluates over 3,000 colleges

  • Provides College Personality match

  • Expert-designed AI 

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Each tool is designed to answer a specific question and reduce one more worry. Use these when you're ready for more insights.

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Download all of our expert guides for free — written by parents who've been there, for parents in the thick of it.

  • The Stressed Parent's Survival Guide - 15 pages of sanity-saving strategies

  • The Complete College Timeline - Month-by-month roadmap

  • 10 College Conversations That Actually Work - Scripts that reduce tension

  • Warning Signs Your Teen Needs Support - With professional resources

  • Financial Aid Decoded - Secrets schools don't advertise

  • Essay Topics That Actually Work - 50+ prompts and examples

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Why Do We Give All This Away?

Here’s the truth: We’ve been where you are. Stressed, confused, and worried we were missing something important. The college admissions process shouldn’t be this hard.

We created these free tools because every family deserves access to quality guidance, regardless of budget. Yes, we offer paid services for families who want comprehensive support, but that doesn’t mean everyone else should be left in the dark.

Use these tools. Download the guides. Join our newsletter. And if you find them helpful, tell another stressed parent. That’s all we ask.

Josh Roman

Founder, College Journey
Princeton Interviewer & Parent

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Ready for a Comprehensive, All-in-One Plan?

Our free tools are designed to provide clarity on specific parts of your journey. They are powerful on their own. However, some families want a single, unified plan that connects everything from self-discovery to application strategy in one place.

For those families, we created the Complete College Roadmap. It's our signature paid service that condenses weeks of research into a personalized, step-by-step action plan for your entire family.