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Features

Your college plan, built in one place

Every tool works from one profile, so your essay notes, activity scores, and college estimates all reflect the same student.

Your Direction

Turn scattered interests into a clear academic identity

An AI compass plots your scholarly–applied and analytical–creative axes, names your direction, and recommends a major with a tier-by-tier strategy.

Interactive preview of the Direction tool: an AI compass plots the student on scholarly–applied and analytical–creative axes, names their identity “Applied Analyst” with a clarity score of 95, and recommends Computer Engineering as a major with a tier-by-tier strategy.

95clarity
Applied Analystapplication ready

Your narrative identity is emerging as an applied analyst with signals around education & community impact. The strongest story to build next connects education, computer science & data, and arts & media with visible proof of what you can create, study, or contribute.

CREATIVEANALYTICALSCHOL.APPL.
Quadrant
Applied Analyst
Magnitude
56 / 100
Clear lean
ScholarlyApplied
56% toward Applied
AnalyticalCreative
Balanced
Recommended major
Computer Engineering

Bridging hardware and software in computing system design.

Missions

Always know your next move

Trajecta turns a vague to-do list into specific, ranked actions — so you always know what moves the needle most.

Interactive preview of the Missions tool: a gamified mission board showing the student at Level 15 (974 XP) with a weekly streak and active missions, plus a ranked “Today’s focus” list of next actions such as writing a description for a Food Bank activity.

Lv 15 · Apprentice974 XP
74 / 100+26 to Lv 16
Next pack
6d 23h
Week streak
1w
Bonus XP
+200
Active missions
8 / 15
Today's focus3 priority picks
Fill
4d 23hFresh+23 XP
Write a description for Food Bank
Describe what you did and why it mattered — even 1–2 sentences makes the entry feel real.
Open
Fill
4d 23hFresh+23 XP
Write a description for Coding Club
Describe what you did and why it mattered — even 1–2 sentences makes the entry feel real.
Open
Sharpen3
4/3+100 XP4/6+200 XP4/10+400 XP
+43 XPFresh
Add a measurable outcome to Robotics Club
Numbers — people reached, hours, dollars — turn a description into proof.
+43 XPFresh
Sharpen your strongest activity entry
Lead with impact and the specific role you played.
+40 XPFresh
Tighten your personal statement hook
The first two sentences decide whether the reader keeps going.
Build3
0/3+100 XP0/6+200 XP
+60 XPFresh
Turn your CS project into a public demo
A live link is the strongest proof you can build, study, or ship.
+55 XPFresh
Document your club's impact with photos
Visible evidence makes a leadership story believable.
+50 XPFresh
Write a short case study of your best work
Problem, what you did, and the result in three short paragraphs.
Academics

Map your whole academic record in one place

Courses by grade, weighted and unweighted GPA, test scores, and AP/IB results — the foundation every recommendation is built on.

Interactive preview of the Academics tool: courses organized by grade (with AP classes such as AP Calculus BC and AP Physics C and their semester grades) alongside a 4.37 weighted GPA, 3.87 unweighted GPA, and an SAT of 1560.

Courses

9th Grade
Completed2 courses
10th Grade
Completed5 courses
11th Grade
Completed2 courses
AP Calculus BC
AP
S1A-
S2A-
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP
S1B+
S2B+

Academics

Weighted GPA
4.37
on 4.0 scale
Unweighted GPA
3.87
Class rank
Not set
SAT
1560Math 790 · EBRW 770
ACT
Not set

AP & IB exam scores

AP reported scores
8
IB reported scores
0
Activity coaching

Every activity, scored and sharpened

Trajecta reads each entry, scores its evidence tier, shows how it shifts your direction, and coaches you on exactly what to strengthen.

Interactive preview of the Activity coaching tool: a “Robotics Engineering Club” entry scored at Tier 3 “Sustained Ownership” with a 50% evidence weight, showing how it shifts the student’s direction toward Applied Builder along the scholarly–applied and analytical–creative axes, plus coaching on what to strengthen.

Robotics Engineering Club
Founder, President · Riverside High Robotics Club
OngoingSTEAM
Tier 3 · Sustained Ownership

You founded and led the club with concrete output (4 RC cars built, 30 students taught), demonstrating clear ownership and measurable results over two years.

Evidence weight 50%
Direction contribution
Applied Builder
ScholarlyApplied
75% toward Appliedweighted +38
AnalyticalCreative
15% toward Creativeweighted +8
What already reads well
  • Founder and president role with demonstrated, multi-year leadership.
  • Concrete output: 4 RC cars built, 30 students taught.
How to strengthen it
  • Quantify student outcomes: did any place at competition?
  • Name one design problem you solved to show analytical depth.
Essays + AI feedback

Line-by-line feedback that improves the draft

Color-coded inline notes on strength, specificity, voice, and structure — every comment tied to the exact sentence it's about.

Interactive preview of the Essays tool: a college essay shown across Draft, Feedback, and Score tabs, with color-coded inline highlights and matching margin comments on strength, specificity, voice, and structure, each tied to the exact sentence it refers to.

Inline Feedback

What I love most about learning is the moment a tangle of separate facts suddenly resolves into a single idea. I am drawn, again and again, to emergent complexity — the quiet astonishment of watching simple rules, repeated patiently, produce behavior that nobody explicitly designed.

This curiosity refuses to stay inside one subject. In biology it looks like an ecosystem balancing itself; in economics, like a price no committee ever set; in computer science, like a few lines of code unfolding into something that feels almost alive. I have never been able to decide which field I belong to, because the question that drives me lives in all of them at once.

I don't want to admire these patterns from a distance — I want to study the rooms where they are formalized, argued over, and tested. Wherever ideas from different disciplines are allowed to collide, that is the room I want to be in — not to master a single field, but to understand the rules that quietly shape all of them.

Comments8/8
1Note
Strong opening: the image of facts resolving into one idea gives the reader a clear thesis.
a tangle of separate facts suddenly resolves into a single idea
1Note
This stays abstract. Anchor it in one specific moment only you could have written.
Wherever ideas from different disciplines are allowed to collide
Strong draftSchool fit required

Essay Score

A clean, confident essay with a clear intellectual thesis. It isn't higher because the draft stays almost entirely abstract — it tells us what Nathan thinks about learning without anchoring it in a single specific moment only he could have written.

OVERALL
72/100
Voice70
Specificity62
Structure76
Reflection68
Polish82
School Fit50
College fit

See your real odds — and why you fit

For every school: your estimated admit range against the overall rate, a program-fit score, and a clear read on why it fits you.

Interactive preview of the College fit tool: a Stanford University profile with a 90.2/100 Trajecta score, tabs for Overview, Application, AI Analysis, and Essays, showing the student’s estimated admit odds against the overall rate and a program-fit read on why it fits them.

Stanford University
Stanford, CA · 7.6k students
PrivateElite
90.2/100
Trajecta score+2.4 since '20
Ranked #2 of 2,375
5-year trend
'20'24
AcademicCareersSuccessAfford.Invest.Access
Academic Profile
99
Career Outcomes
95
Student Success
93
Affordability
84
Academic Investment
100
Access & Equity
54
Admit rate
4%
Cost
$88k
Net price
$14k
SAT avg
1,553
ACT mid
35
Retention
98%
Grad rate
92%
Apply as
TargetMajor: Computer Engineering
Overall rate
4%
Your chance
17–31%
Acceptance rate
4%
17–31%
0%25%50%75%100%

Above Stanford's baseline, but still a reach; the lift comes from a 1560 SAT, rigorous APs, and founded robotics work.

Recommended strategy

Apply REA, lead with one flagship CS project, and quantify the robotics outcome.

Program fit88%
Strong fit

Strong CS and engineering credentials align well with Stanford's applied, interdisciplinary focus.

Things to Consider
  • A sub-5% admit rate means strong stats alone won't carry the application.
  • REA is non-binding, so it can't signal commitment the way ED would.
College supplements
Stanford University essays

Draft and score each required supplement.

Drafting
Intellectual Curiosity

Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you excited to learn.

188 / 250 words
Outline
Roommate Note

Show personality, habits, and character beyond the resume.

42 / 250 words
Discover

One place for your next moves

Activities, AP coursework, and college recommendations — all tuned to your direction. Click through to explore each.

Interactive preview of the Discover tool: tabbed recommendations for Activities, Coursework, and Colleges, all tuned to the student’s Applied Analyst direction.

Activities for your Applied Analyst direction

FilterAllResearch
Research95%Strong fit
MIT PRIMES-USA
Adds formal research credibility in CS and ML

A selective, year-long math and CS research program pairing high-school students with MIT mentors to work on original problems in machine learning, algorithms, or computational neuroscience.

Build89%Strong fit
Independent ML Demo
Turns technical interest into visible proof

Build and publish a small machine-learning project that connects computer science with education, neuroscience, or community impact.

Courses for your profile 2 suggestions

SubjectAllMathematicsSciencesComputer ScienceEnglish
APModerate92%Strong fit
AP Statistics
Mathematics

Your interest in machine learning and research leans heavily on statistical reasoning, and this course builds exactly that foundation for data-oriented work.

APChallenging91%Strong fit
AP Physics C: E&M
Sciences

Computer engineering programs expect strong physics, and E&M is the second pillar alongside mechanics — signaling your STEM preparation is complete and rigorous.

Reaches2 schools
UC Berkeley
+ Add
Reach
Berkeley, CA · Public
Computer Engineering
95% fit
Overall rate
14%
Your est. chance
8–18%
Carnegie Mellon
+ Add
Apply EDReach
Pittsburgh, PA · Private
Electrical & Computer Engineering
97% fit
Overall rate
11%
Your est. chance
10–20%
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can AI actually help with college admissions?

Yes, but it depends on the tool. Tools like ChatGPT gives general advices and can help brainstorm, but they lack context about your whole profile, making it unreliable. Trajecta on the other hand works from your full profile. It reasons from your actual record to recommend next steps that build on what you have already done, estimate your fit and odds at specific colleges by comparing your profile to real data, and give essay feedback that understands your story as a whole.

How is Trajecta different from hiring a private college admissions consultant?

A private admissions consultant usually charges $150 to $500 per hour, and full packages run $5,000 to $30,000. Trajecta covers the same ground (direction, activities, essays, college list, and application strategy) for $249.99 per year. The other difference is availability: Trajecta works on your schedule instead of appointment slots, and it keeps a running picture of your profile that informs every recommendation.

What does Trajecta actually do? Is it just an essay editor?

Essay feedback is only one part of it. Trajecta covers the full admissions picture: it maps your academic direction and recommended major, turns your to-do list into ranked weekly missions, coaches every activity and award entry for evidence strength, reviews Common App essays and supplements with inline feedback, and scores your college list by fit and admission probability. All of it connects to the same student profile.

When should a student start using Trajecta?

9th or 10th grade is ideal. The direction compass, course planning, and activity coaching are most useful when there is still time to act on them. Students who start in 11th or 12th grade can still get a lot from the essay workspace and college fit tools. The earlier you build your profile, though, the more the recommendations have to work with.

Does Trajecta replace my school counselor?

No, and it is built for a different job. Your school counselor handles transcripts, recommendations, and school requirements. Trajecta handles the strategy and the writing: building your direction, shaping how your activities read, drafting and refining essays, and modeling your college list. Most students use both. Trajecta is the private admissions consulting that most families cannot otherwise afford.

Is there a free version?

Yes. The free plan includes the direction compass, mission planning, college list organization, and the basic workspace. Pro ($249.99 per year, about $20.83 per month) unlocks AI essay feedback, activity coaching, inline essay scoring, and personalized recommendations across your full profile. No credit card required to start.

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