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College planning help for families
who don't want to miss something important.

CollegeHound gives parents and students one shared place to organize colleges, essays, scholarships, deadlines, and next steps, with Scout AI helping guide the process.

Start with Free CollegeHound

Free CollegeHound — no credit card. Scout AI $9/mo. Cancel anytime.

Local Moms Network readers can get started with our Dog Days of Summer Special — $9/mo (normally $15/mo).

Instead of scattered tabs, spreadsheets, texts, and reminders, CollegeHound gives your family one place to keep the process moving.

Dog Days of Summer Special · Limited Time

Get CollegeHound Plus — $9/mo (normally $15/mo)

Full access to Scout AI, scholarship search, and personalized college-planning guidance through graduation season.

Try Scout AI — $9/mo →

CollegeHound is free. Cancel anytime.

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 — 9th grade through decision day.

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.

Never sold. Not shared with other families. Private by design.

Scout helps answer the questions families keep asking.

Instead of Googling, guessing, or waiting for a counselor meeting.

What should my student do next?
Are we missing any deadlines?
Which scholarships are worth looking at?
Is this college a good fit for my student?
How can we strengthen the application before senior year?
What should we ask the counselor?

The shared workspace.

One place where your family keeps everything that matters for college — organized from 9th grade through decision day.

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.

Instead of what you're doing now.

If any of this looks familiar, you're in the right place.

Instead of

Spreadsheets that go out of date
Notes apps no one else can see
Email threads and text chains
A folder of documents nobody can find

You have

One shared system
Everything in one place
Always up to date
Visible to the whole family

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 workspace fills itself

Tell Scout about your student — scores, activities, colleges, goals. Scout adds it to CollegeHound, 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. CollegeHound is free.

CollegeHound is free — for every family, every grade. CollegeHound Plus adds Scout AI guidance for $9/mo or $99/yr (normally $15/mo).

Available now

CollegeHound is free

Free CollegeHound

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

$15/month Dog Days of Summer Special — $9/mo

CollegeHound Plus

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

Hold on…

There's a CATCH!

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 commitment. Cancel anytime — no hoops, no hassle.
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 uses AI 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 this.

We're Shelley and Ed Psyk, Apex parents. Between us, we've raised seven kids over 24 years. Our kids went through Apex HS and Apex Friendship, with our youngest a senior at AFHS now. We built CollegeHound because we wished we'd had it from the start.

Private by design

We don't collect last names, birthdates, addresses, or SSNs. What we never collect can never be shared.

Shared, not siloed

Parents and students work from the same workspace. Everyone sees the same plan, so nothing important slips by unnoticed.

Current, not stale

Every answer carries a freshness stamp. Our research refreshes weekly — not once, years ago when a model was trained.

What parents ask us.

The two questions we hear most — and how CollegeHound answers them.

My kid won't use it — why should I get it?

CollegeHound is built for parents to drive. Your student can join when they're ready, or not at all. Most parents of 9th and 10th graders use it as a place to capture grades, activities, and awards as they happen — so nothing has to be reconstructed from memory when senior-year applications ask for it.

We have a counselor — do we still need this?

Yes — CollegeHound is a tool for your counselor too. It keeps your student's information in one organized place your counselor can reference, which makes every counselor meeting more productive. A dedicated counselor portal is on the roadmap.

Get started today.

Everything in one place. Always up to date. Available now.