Orion researches your target college's exact requirements and builds a personalized four-year plan — courses, projects, extracurriculars, and opportunities — all tailored to your unique degree path.
Build My RoadmapThe AI-Powered 4-Year Roadmap is the core engine behind The College CoPilot. When a student completes onboarding — selecting their target college, intended degree, current grade level, and academic interests — Orion, our AI advisor, goes to work. It researches the specific admissions requirements of the student's dream school, cross-references prerequisite courses for their chosen major, and constructs a semester-by-semester plan that spans all four years of high school.
This isn't a generic template. Every roadmap is unique. A student targeting aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech will receive a fundamentally different plan than one pursuing pre-med at UCLA or computer science at MIT. Orion considers the student's current math level, prior coursework, extracurricular commitments, sports schedules, and even their preferred study hours per day. The result is a living document that adapts as the student progresses.
The roadmap covers six core academic tracks: Mathematics, Science, English/Language Arts, History/Social Studies, Foreign Language, and Electives. For each semester of each year, Orion recommends specific courses — not just "take AP Chemistry" but which semester, what prerequisites to complete first, and how that course connects to the student's college application narrative. Beyond academics, the roadmap includes monthly projects, semester-long capstone assignments, and summer enrichment recommendations.
Answer questions about your target school, degree, grade level, math level, interests, and schedule. Orion uses this context to personalize every recommendation.
Orion researches your target college's admissions requirements, prerequisite courses for your major, average admitted student profiles, and competitive extracurriculars.
A complete semester-by-semester plan is generated with courses, projects, skill milestones, and summer activities — all mapped to your school's actual calendar.
As a student, the roadmap is your personal GPS for high school. Instead of guessing which classes to take or scrambling to figure out what colleges want, you have a clear, week-by-week plan from day one. Every course recommendation comes with an explanation — Orion tells you why AP Physics C matters for your aerospace engineering goals, why taking Calculus BC in junior year positions you ahead of 90% of applicants, and how that summer robotics camp connects to your application narrative.
The roadmap isn't static. If you earn a C in a prerequisite course, Orion detects the grade change and automatically adjusts your plan. It might recommend a summer course to strengthen that foundation, suggest an alternative pathway, or add supplemental lessons to your weekly calendar. If you change your target degree — say, switching from mechanical engineering to computer science — Orion regenerates your entire roadmap in minutes, preserving the courses you've already completed and building forward from your current position.
Each year of the roadmap includes a detailed synopsis: what grade-letter expectations Orion has for each course, which projects and lessons will be assigned, and how they connect to your college readiness score. Monthly projects give you tangible portfolio pieces — a personal website, a data analysis project, a research paper — that demonstrate your capabilities to admissions committees. Semester projects are larger capstone experiences designed to showcase depth in your chosen field.
The roadmap also integrates with your school's actual course catalog. During onboarding, Orion researches your high school's available courses, so recommendations are always achievable. You won't be told to take AP Computer Science if your school doesn't offer it — instead, Orion finds alternatives like dual enrollment at a community college or online AP courses through accredited providers.
As a parent, you know how overwhelming the college preparation process can be. Which courses should your child take? Are they on track for their dream school? What extracurriculars actually matter? The AI-Powered Roadmap answers all of these questions with data-driven precision, giving you confidence that your child's high school journey is strategically planned.
Through the Parent Dashboard, you can view your child's complete four-year roadmap without needing their password. You'll see which courses are planned for each semester, what projects are assigned, and how their grades are tracking against Orion's expectations. If your child falls behind — a low grade in a critical course, a missed project deadline — you'll receive an alert through your weekly digest email explaining what happened and what Orion has recommended to get back on track.
The roadmap eliminates the need for expensive private college counselors. Orion provides the same level of personalized guidance that families pay thousands of dollars for — course selection strategy, extracurricular positioning, summer program recommendations, and application timeline management. And because it's AI-powered, it's available 24/7, updates in real-time as circumstances change, and never forgets a deadline.
Parents also benefit from the transparency the roadmap provides. Instead of vague assurances that "everything is fine," you can see exactly where your child stands relative to their college goals. The College Readiness score gives you a single number that represents how prepared your child is for their target school — broken down into courses on track, skills developed, and portfolio items completed. It's like a credit score for college admissions.
School counselors are stretched thin. The average public school counselor manages 400+ students, leaving precious little time for individualized college planning. The AI-Powered Roadmap serves as a force multiplier — it handles the research-intensive, personalization-heavy work of building individual plans, freeing counselors to focus on the human elements of guidance: emotional support, family dynamics, and complex situations that require professional judgment.
Each student's roadmap is built on real data: actual college admissions requirements, verified prerequisite chains, and the student's own school's course catalog. Counselors can review any student's plan to ensure it aligns with what they know about the student's circumstances. If a counselor disagrees with a recommendation — perhaps they know the student has a learning accommodation that makes a particular AP course inadvisable — the student can easily swap courses using the built-in dropdown that pulls from their school's verified catalog.
The platform also provides counselors with aggregate insights. Which students are falling behind their roadmaps? Who has upcoming deadlines they might miss? Which students haven't logged in recently and might need a check-in? These signals help counselors allocate their limited time where it matters most. The weekly digest emails keep counselors informed without requiring them to log into another platform.
For counselors at schools serving first-generation college students, the roadmap is particularly valuable. These students often lack the family knowledge networks that guide more privileged peers through course selection and college preparation. Orion provides that institutional knowledge — the unwritten rules about which courses matter, when to take standardized tests, how to build a compelling extracurricular profile — that first-gen students would otherwise miss entirely.
Orion researches your target school's exact admissions requirements, average admitted student profiles, and prerequisite courses for your intended major.
Every semester is mapped out with specific courses, expected grades, and how each class connects to your larger college application narrative.
Hands-on projects assigned each month build your portfolio. Semester capstones demonstrate depth. All projects include step-by-step guides with visual examples.
If you score below expectations, Orion automatically adjusts your plan — adding supplemental lessons, recommending summer courses, or suggesting alternative pathways.
Recommendations are grounded in your school's actual course offerings. Orion won't suggest courses your school doesn't have — it finds real alternatives instead.
A single metric showing how prepared you are for your target school, broken into courses on track, skills developed, and portfolio items completed.
Traditional college planning is a one-time event — you meet with a counselor, pick your classes, and hope for the best. The AI-Powered Roadmap is fundamentally different. It's a living document that responds to every change in your academic journey. Changed your mind about your major? Orion rebuilds your plan in minutes. Transferred to a new school? Import your transcript and Orion picks up where you left off. Joined a varsity sport? Athlete Mode automatically adjusts your workload during competition periods.
The roadmap also accounts for the non-academic dimensions of college preparation. It schedules time for standardized test prep, reminds you of application deadlines, and ensures your extracurricular activities tell a coherent story. Admissions officers look for "spiky" applicants — students with deep expertise in one area rather than shallow involvement in many. Orion helps you build that spike by aligning your courses, projects, and activities around a central theme connected to your intended major.
For students who aren't freshmen, the Import My History feature allows you to enter your completed coursework and grades. Orion analyzes what you've already accomplished, identifies gaps relative to your target school's requirements, and builds a forward-looking plan that accounts for your remaining semesters. If you're behind on prerequisites, Orion recommends summer school, dual enrollment, or online courses to catch up without overwhelming your regular semester schedule.
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