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Turn curiosity into real projects that make college applications stand out.

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Behind the Headlines

Compare how different news outlets cover the same story, then create a thoughtful analysis that showcases critical thinking and communication.

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Today’s Best Next Move

Choose your next meaningful step

Small progress today becomes a stronger college application later.

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North Star

Every completed project becomes a story, a portfolio piece, and a stronger college application.

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Interests

Start with what you care about.

Select a few interests and Compass will recommend projects that can become meaningful application experiences.

Projects

Build an experience worth writing about.

Choose a project, open a workspace, save your work, and turn real experiences into college application material.

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Project Workspace

Choose a project to begin.

Start from the Projects screen, then open a workspace when you are ready to build.

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Build the experience

Complete each step so this project becomes real proof of curiosity, initiative, and follow-through.

Pro Tip

Do not wait until this is perfect. Save rough drafts, links, screenshots, notes, and decisions as you go. Those details often become the strongest application material later.

College Application Value

Why this experience matters

Compass helps students connect real project work to the qualities colleges look for: curiosity, initiative, reflection, and follow-through.

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Proof of Work

Capture your proof of work

Every project becomes future application material.

Your Story

Tell the story behind your project.

These notes become the foundation for future activity descriptions, essays, scholarship applications, interviews, and portfolio captions.

Compass tip

Do not try to sound impressive yet. Write honestly. Later, these notes can become activity descriptions, essay ideas, interview stories, or portfolio captions.

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Experience Portfolio

Your meaningful work, organized.

Projects, reflections, links, and proof of work collected in one place so students can turn real experiences into application-ready material.

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College Readiness

See how each experience strengthens the application.

Compass turns projects, reflections, proof of work, and interests into a clear readiness snapshot families can understand.

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Recommended Next Experience

Build one stronger project.

Complete one meaningful project, save proof of work, and write a reflection to strengthen application readiness.

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Focus area

Compass recommends the next experience that will have the biggest impact on future college applications.

Application Strength

What the work is showing

These signals are built from completed projects, saved work, and reflections.

Suggested Pathways

Possible majors to explore

As students build meaningful experiences, patterns begin to emerge. Compass uses those experiences to suggest majors that may be a strong fit.

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What to watch next

A simple family-facing summary of where momentum is building.