Practice dashboard
See every student's plan, application requirements, financial aid ratings, and engagement level in one place.
For independent educational consultants
Let data inform every conversation.
College Kickstart helps independent educational consultants build balanced student plans, communicate clearly with families, and keep the process moving with accurate, up-to-date admissions data.
- Build and balance student plans with accurate and up-to-date data
- Branded plan PDFs for clear and professional client communication
- Save time, manage expectations with College Kickstart by your side
Build lists that hold up under pressure
Balanced lists customized for your student.
College Kickstart categorizes every school as likely, target, reach or unlikely using current admissions data and the student's academic profile.
When a student's list or academic profile changes, their plan updates automatically so you can keep the conversation focused on fit, strategy, and next steps.
Admissions data consultants trust
Current, complete data for the recommendations families question most.
Stale data undermines even the best counseling. College Kickstart continuously enriches the Common Data Set with current-year admission rates, department-level data covering 600+ departments across 80+ popular institutions, up-to-date testing policies, and affordability ratings so you're always working from the most complete picture available.
For test-optional strategy, College Kickstart analyzes each school on a student's list and surfaces submission recommendations tailored to their individual profile.
- Current-year admission rates
- Department-level data covering 600+ departments across 80+ popular institutions
- Up-to-date testing policies
- Affordability ratings
- Test-optional recommendations tailored to each student profile
Run your practice with confidence
A real-time view of every student's plan.
The College Kickstart dashboard gives you a real-time view of every student's plan, application requirements, financial aid ratings, and engagement level all in one place.
Counselor Adjustments
Modify how any school is categorized when qualitative factors enter the equation, from special talents to inconsistent transcripts or highly selective major applications.
You stay in control
The data supports the recommendation, but your judgment remains central when data alone doesn't tell the whole story.
Works the way IECs work
Consultant-led planning, with data by your side.
Most IEC profiles are run in Counselor Powered Mode. You can build the list, adjust school categories when context matters, and share the plan when the student or family is ready to see it.
Personalized Plan Reports are generated directly from the platform, customizable with your logo and tailored commentary for each student.
Relationship managers
The team behind the platform is the team you'll know by name.
Every school or IEC works with a dedicated relationship manager. Your relationship manager helps with setup, training, sample reports, and practical questions as College Kickstart becomes part of your process.
Setup and training
Get help bringing College Kickstart into your existing planning process.
Sample reports
Review branded plan PDFs and report options before sharing them with families.
Practical support
Ask questions as student plans, family conversations, and practice workflows evolve.
College Kickstart enhances my productivity and has helped me grow my practice. I save time, manage expectations, and have the data to back up my recommendations in a format that families really appreciate.
Built to scale with your practice
For larger practices managing 60 or more clients annually.
College Kickstart's Large Practice Solution gives multi-consultant teams the structure to manage more students without losing visibility into outcomes and trends.
Multi-user support
Each consultant gets their own account and dashboard, with results rolled up at the practice level.
Student outcome tracking
Capture admission outcomes, applicant hooks, and financial aid awards with ease.
Outcome reporting
Gain insight into results and trends across your entire practice.
Works the way you work
Flexible enough for every consultant-client relationship.
Plans can be consultant-driven, student-driven, or handed off at whatever point makes sense — decided individually for each student you work with.
Consultant-driven
You lead the planning process and share what each family needs to see.
Student-driven
Students explore scenarios and arrive at meetings ready for better strategy conversations.
Flexible handoff
Hand off the plan whenever it makes sense for each student you work with.
Get started
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