The Common App opens August 1. Get organized now.
Start Your Senior Year BinderFree · No credit card · 2 minutes
The Common App opens August 1
Senior year is coming.
Get organized now.
The families who start this summer will spend August clicking "submit." Everyone else will spend August scrambling. CollegeHound keeps your college list, essays, deadlines, scholarships, and next steps in one shared Binder.
Takes less than 2 minutes. Free for the first 500 families through May 2027.
No credit card. No hidden fees. No surprise renewal.
For families with students in grades 9–12.
What rising seniors should be doing this summer:
Finalize college list · Draft personal essay · Request recommendation letters · Register for fall SAT/ACT · Search scholarships · Create FSA IDs
500 spots — first come, first served.
CollegeHound Plus is normally $15/month or $150/year. Launch Pass holders get it free through May 2027 — National College Decision Day.
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spots available — register now
Free through May 2027. After that, The Binder stays free forever. Launch Pass holders get a discounted rate to continue Plus.
The digital binder.
A shared workspace where your family keeps everything that matters for college — organized from freshman year through graduation.
- Grades, activities, and testing — captured once, used everywhere.
- Essays and documents — every draft saved, nothing lost.
- College list, scholarships, and deadlines — always current, always shared.
What senior year actually looks like without a system.
If any of this sounds familiar, you are not alone.
Without a system
- Essay drafts in three different apps
- Deadlines you find out about the week before
- Scrambling to remember 9th grade activities
- No idea which schools need what by when
With CollegeHound
- Every deadline visible in one dashboard
- Essays, activities, and test scores organized
- Scout tells your student what to do next
- Parents and students see the same plan
How it works.
Three simple steps — built for families, not just students.
Add your student
Create a shared family workspace in minutes. Parents can set it up — your student joins when they're ready.
Talk to Scout — your binder fills itself
Tell Scout about your student — scores, activities, colleges, goals. Scout adds it to your Binder, proposes next steps, and keeps everything organized.
You stay on track — without chasing deadlines
Deadline alerts, personalized next steps, and progress the whole family can see. Nothing falls through the cracks.
Two tiers. Launch Pass gets both.
The Binder is free forever — for every family, every grade. CollegeHound Plus adds Scout AI guidance — Free for Launch Pass families through May 2027 (normally $15/month).
Free forever
The Binder is free foreverThe Binder
- Grades, activities, awards, and testing — organized in one place
- College list, essays, documents, and deadlines
- Parent and student views in one shared workspace
- Multi-kid overview dashboard
Available now
Free through May '27CollegeHound Plus
$15/month or $150/year · Free for Launch Pass holders through May 2027
- Scout AI — guidance that knows your student
- Deadline & Requirements Watchdog
- College Fit Scoring — Reach/Target/Safety with reasoning
- Scholarship Finder (weekly fresh)
- Personalized Next Steps & Deadline Alerts
- Application Workflows with parent approval
How Plus actually works
Meet Scout. A conversation, not a chatbot.
Scout is the AI assistant inside CollegeHound Plus. You tell Scout about your student — grades, interests, family situation, target schools. Every question you ask sharpens what Scout knows about your family, specifically.
Scout remembers across four years.
Not just the conversation. Not just the session. The whole journey — freshman year through graduation.
Scout learns your family, specifically.
Every input makes the next suggestion more accurate — for your student, not a generic student. The longer you use it, the more valuable it becomes.
Your information stays yours.
Not used to train public AI models. Not shared with other families. Private by design.
Hold on…
There's a CATCH!
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Just kidding. There really isn't one.
We know how the internet works. Something says "free" and you immediately look for the fine print, the upsell, or the part where they ask for your credit card. We get it. We're the same way.
We're Shelley and Ed — parents of a high school senior. We built CollegeHound because we needed it ourselves. So here's the fine print:
- ✅ No credit card. Not now, not ever during the free period.
- ✅ No "gotcha." It's the full version — and new features get added as we build them.
- ✅ We will not sell your email or your data. Period. That's gross.
- ✅ You can delete your account anytime. No guilt trip. No exit survey.
"OK but why do you ask for my info when I sign up?"
Fair. We ask for a few things: your role (parent or student), graduation year, and high school. That's what Scout needs to actually help you. Some features depend on your location — like local scholarships. That's the whole list. No phone number. No address. No SSN. No last name.
What families and educators are saying
Trusted by families and educators.
“This is an incredible tool. It finally gives structure to everything students do before applying to college.”
Christina Winter
Educator & Parent · Lead in Literacy / Sure Start Reading
“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. It helps break down large tasks into smaller steps, improves the quality of applications, reduces overwhelm, and empowers students to take ownership and accountability during the college journey.”
Lindsay Strobl, MA, LSC
Executive Function Coach · Functioning Success
Built by parents who've been through it.
We're Shelley and Ed Psyk. Between us, we've raised seven kids over 24 years. Not every path looked the same — but every one involved planning, decisions, and information in too many places. We built CollegeHound because college planning was always scattered across spreadsheets, emails, and apps. The Launch Pass helps us build the tool we wish we'd had.
Private by design
We don't collect last names, birthdates, addresses, or SSNs. Identifiers are redacted before any AI sees your data.
Built by parents
Six application cycles across 24 years between our kids. We built what we wished we'd had.
Current, not stale
Every answer carries a freshness stamp. Our research refreshes weekly — not once, years ago when a model was trained.
Questions about the Launch Pass
500 spots. First come, first served.
CollegeHound Plus free through May 2027. The Binder is free forever. Claim your spot before they're gone.
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