Your child’s college plan should not start in senior year.
A personal, year-by-year plan for students from kindergarten through 12th grade: the courses to take, when to test, which activities to build and the schools to aim for. Drawn from 13 years of Ivy League and Top 20 admissions strategy.
Free snapshot in 30 to 45 minutes. Full report $149, one payment.
- Full refund within 14 days if it tells you nothing new about your child.
- We never sell your child’s data or use it for ads. Under 13? A parent starts and gives consent first. How we handle data
Sample report
John Smith
Archetype · Entrepreneurial Technologist
Competitiveness score
78out of 100
Competitive
Score 78 of 100, in the Competitive band for high school.
Gaps to close first
Research ExperienceHigh priority
No formal research. Reach out to local university professors in CS or engineering for summer research opportunities.
National RecognitionHigh priority
Compete in USACO, Science Olympiad, or submit to Regeneron STS to build national-level credentials.
Worked sample. Your child’s report is built from their own answers.
Open the full sampleVishwa Mudigonda, founder · 6 minutes
Why the plan has to start before senior year.
What the assessment looks at, what you get back the moment it is done, and how families have used the plan to get from where they are to the schools they are aiming for.
Free to start. No credit card. Full refund within 14 days if the report tells you nothing new.
The method behind the report
13 years of VMotiv8 admissions advising: 1,200+ students placed, a 30% Ivy League and Top 20 admit rate, and $59M+ in scholarships secured. Every report score is benchmarked against 150,000 real admissions data points.
Founded by Vishwa Mudigonda, and built by a Cornell MBA and a Georgia Tech M.S. Those results come from one-on-one advising at VMotiv8; the report puts the same method in your hands.
From one short assessment to a plan you can follow.
The same five steps for every stage, from kindergarten to senior year. The score and the roadmap are free; the rest is the full report.
Step 1: Thirty to forty-five minutes of real questions.
Grades and courses, activities and honors, what your child is drawn to and why. Progress saves as you go, so it can be finished in more than one sitting.
Section 7 of 8
Saved
- About you
- Academics
- Testing
- Activities
- Honors
- Direction
- Family
- Two Stories
The high-school form. Middle school has nine sections, elementary seven.
Step 2: A number you can read against a benchmark.
The profile is scored from 0 to 100 against 150,000 admissions data points and placed in a band for your child's stage, with the reasons behind every part of it.
- The same answers always give the same score. It is calculated by fixed rules, not guessed by an AI, so it will not change if you ask twice.
- Grades and testing set a ceiling. A long activity list moves a student within a band, but cannot lift them past what their academics support.
- It is not a probability of admission. It shows where your child stands today and which gap matters most.
Competitiveness score
78out of 100
Competitive
- Academic Performance86
- Course Rigor82
- Activity Depth80
- Testing Signal71
- External Recognition58
Worked sample. Real reports show every category and the evidence behind it.
Step 3: What is missing, said plainly.
No reassurance for its own sake. The full report names what an admissions reader would notice is missing, and the specific step that closes each gap.
Research ExperienceHigh priority
No formal research. Reach out to local university professors in CS or engineering for summer research opportunities.
National RecognitionHigh priority
Compete in USACO, Science Olympiad, or submit to Regeneron STS to build national-level credentials.
Community ImpactMedium
Start a tech literacy program at a local community center to demonstrate leadership and social impact.
Published WorkMedium
Write and publish articles on Medium or a personal blog. Consider submitting to the Concord Review.
Worked sample. Every gap comes with the specific next step.
Step 4: A plan with dates on it.
What to do this term, this year and next, through the end of the stage: courses, testing, activities and summers, each building on the last.
Immediate (0-3 months)
- Launch a tech blog or podcast
- Join or start a robotics/CS club
- Begin SAT prep targeting 1500+
Short-term (3-6 months)
- Apply to summer research programs
- Start a community tech initiative
- Take AP Computer Science A
Medium-term (6-12 months)
- Compete in science olympiad or hackathons
- Secure a mentorship with a professor
- Publish a research paper or tech project
Worked sample. The full plan runs year by year to the end of the stage.
Step 5: Then everything else, in one place.
The snapshot is free the moment you submit. The full report adds the gap analysis, projects, course plan, testing, scholarships, activities, colleges and essay ideas.
- Archetype, score and top prioritiesFree snapshot
- Roadmap (snapshot PDF)Free snapshot
- Gap analysisFull report
- Passion projectsFull report
- Academics and course planFull report
- Testing planFull report
- ScholarshipsFull report
- Activities: keep, add, dropFull report
- College match listFull report
- Essay ideasFull report
The full report is one payment of $149.
High-school report. Sections adapt to each stage.
Section 7 of 8
Saved
- About you
- Academics
- Testing
- Activities
- Honors
- Direction
- Family
- Two Stories
The high-school form. Middle school has nine sections, elementary seven.
What the plan looks like at your child’s grade.
The questions, the score bands and the report all change with the stage. Choose a grade to see what the plan concentrates on.
The four-year course plan is set now.
Colleges read all four years. Ninth grade fixes the rigor ladder, and it is the moment to narrow activities to the ones that can grow.
Where it lives in the report
The plan concentrates on
- A four-year course sequence
- Activities that can lead somewhere
- The first meaningful summer
What parents say afterwards.
In their own words, names shortened for privacy. Every family’s results are their own: the report is a plan, not a guarantee of admission.
“The roadmap showed us exactly what our daughter was missing. She started a research project in 10th grade that became the centerpiece of her application. She got into her top choice.”
“We spent $8,000 on a private counselor who gave us a one-page summary. This report was 40 pages of actionable strategy. Not even close.”
“My son had no idea what to focus on. The assessment gave him a clear identity and a four-year plan. His confidence completely changed.”
Questions, answered plainly.
See all questionsKnow where your child stands. Then build from there.
The students who get into strong programs are not working harder in the dark. They are working against a plan. This is that plan, written for your child, at the stage they are at right now.
- Today, free
- Archetype, competitiveness score, top priorities and a roadmap PDF.
- Full report, $149
- Gap analysis, course plan, testing, activities, colleges, scholarships and essay ideas. One free re-score next semester, to track progress. A live monthly group Q&A with a VMotiv8 admissions advisor, through June 2027. A full refund within 14 days if it tells you nothing new.