your kid's college counselor. $29/mo instead of $50,000.
Ivy builds their activity plan, drafts their emails, finds their opportunities, and tracks everything — they just review and approve. Starting freshman year.
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here's what ivy prepared for Sarah, a sophomore interested in ceramics
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Academics 61Narrative 44Apps 28Financial 74
prepared for you
opportunity+6 narrative
Apply to Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Aligns with your visual arts focus. Deadline: December.
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personalized idea+3 narrative
Email the ceramics professor at Ohio State about their summer workshop
Your pottery portfolio + their MFA program = strong research angle.
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personalized idea+4 narrative
Start documenting your wheel-throwing process on a blog
Creates a portfolio artifact that admissions officers can see.
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every parent we talk to says this
Parent · 9th"my daughter comes home, does homework, and watches TikTok. I don't know what else she should be doing."Parent · 10th"the neighbor's kid is already doing research at a university lab. are we behind?"Sophomore"my counselor told me to 'get involved.' involved in what?"Parent · 9th"I keep hearing 'build a spike' but nobody explains how to actually start."Freshman"do colleges even look at what I do in 9th grade?"Parent · 10th"we can't afford a $5,000 counselor, but we also can't afford to wait until junior year."Sophomore"I signed up for three clubs. now what?"Parent · 9th"I found a list of summer programs but there are 200 of them and I don't know which ones matter."Freshman"everyone says freshman year 'doesn't count' but then says I need to start building my profile now?"Parent · 10th"I want to help but I don't know what I don't know. I didn't go through this system."Parent · 9th"my daughter comes home, does homework, and watches TikTok. I don't know what else she should be doing."Parent · 10th"the neighbor's kid is already doing research at a university lab. are we behind?"Sophomore"my counselor told me to 'get involved.' involved in what?"Parent · 9th"I keep hearing 'build a spike' but nobody explains how to actually start."Freshman"do colleges even look at what I do in 9th grade?"Parent · 10th"we can't afford a $5,000 counselor, but we also can't afford to wait until junior year."Sophomore"I signed up for three clubs. now what?"Parent · 9th"I found a list of summer programs but there are 200 of them and I don't know which ones matter."Freshman"everyone says freshman year 'doesn't count' but then says I need to start building my profile now?"Parent · 10th"I want to help but I don't know what I don't know. I didn't go through this system."
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everything a $50K counselor does — for $29/month
A human counselor gives advice. Ivy does the work — drafts the emails, writes the essays, tracks the deadlines. 24/7, not 45 minutes a month.
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finds opportunities you'd never know about
390+ competitions, programs, and awards matched to your kid's exact interests. A pottery kid gets ceramics programs, not generic "join a club" advice.
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does the boring work
Drafts cold emails to professors, writes activity descriptions, plans the semester, answers questions at 2am. Your kid just reviews and approves.
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tracks everything in one place
Readiness score, deadlines, school list, essays, recommendations, financial aid — one dashboard that shows exactly where you stand and what to do next.
here's what four years actually looks like
Most families don't realize college prep starts in 9th grade. Here's the roadmap — and what Ivy does at each stage.
Ivy matches your kid to beginner-level competitions and programs in their interest area, tracks everything automatically.
10th grade
deepen
Narrow to 2-3 core activities, start competing
Plan AP course load for junior year
Research summer programs and apply
what ivy does
Ivy drafts cold emails to professors, finds summer programs by deadline, and shows exactly how each activity strengthens the application.
11th grade
lead
Take leadership roles, win competitions, build projects
Take SAT/ACT, visit schools, build college list
Start Common App essay drafts
what ivy does
Ivy generates weekly action plans, drafts essays, matches schools to your profile, and keeps every deadline visible.
12th grade
execute
Submit applications with polished essays
Track recommendation letters and demonstrated interest
Compare financial aid offers
what ivy does
Ivy manages the entire application timeline — supplements, interviews, aid appeals, enrollment decisions — so nothing falls through.
$29/movs. $5,000–$50,000/yr for a private counselor
AI counselor that works on your kid's behalf every week
390+ opportunities matched and ranked by relevance
school matching with 223-school database and fit scoring
essay drafts, cold emails, and application tracking
readiness score with 4 dimensions — see exactly what moves the needle
starts working the moment you sign up
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four years. one agent. $29/month.
Every week, Ivy prepares actions for your kid — opportunities to apply for, emails to send, essays to draft. They review and approve. By the time applications open, the work is already done.