What is Overgrad?

Overgrad is a platform that helps students and parents plan for life after high school. Students are able to find colleges and careers that match with their academic abilities and interests, understand the requirements needed to get there, and then have tools to track their progress towards meeting those requirements over time. ​

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Parents

8th-9th Grade

10th Grade

11th Grade

12th Grade

Overgrad for Parents

Parents are now able to create their own accounts, allowing them to partner with their child and monitor their academic progress over time. 

To create a parent account, simply visit overgrad.com/join and sign up as a parent. Then you can add your child/children to get started.  

Create a Parent Account

Eighth & Ninth Graders

• Register and set-up profile. 10-15 min
  
  • Log-in for the first time
    
  • Complete registration and fill out personal information
    
  • Enter GPA and course rigor (if available)
    
  • Enter standardized test data (if any is available)
    
  • Enter any interests, extracurricular activities, work experience, and awards
    
  • Optional: customize majors, ethnicity, family income
    
• Complete Career Interest Survey. 10 min
  
• View career results and search new careers. 10 min
  
  • Research and “Follow” top careers
    
  • “Follow colleges” and “add” majors that are assigned to favorite careers 
    
• Visit “My Future” and identify action steps for their college goals. 5-10 min  
  
  • “I need to raise my GPA by .2 to be on track for X school” 
    

Complete 4-year course plan. 15-30 min

Tenth Grade

• Update GPA and course rigor.  1-3 min 
• Update interests, extracurricular activities, work experience, and awards. 3-5 minutes
• Enter/update standardized test data: typically PSAT, Aspire, Explore, Plan, etc. 1-2 min
• Update courses on course planner, if needed. 10-15 min
• Complete University Search. 10-15 min
  • Use filters to narrow down list by location,  net cost, majors, and average GPA/ACT/SAT 
  • “Follow” at least 2 “Likely” schools
  • “Follow” at least 2-3 “Match” schools 
  • “Follow”  at least 1-2 “Reach” schools
  • Research the cost, student body breakdown, and popular majors at favorite schools
  • Visit the websites of favorite colleges
• Visit “My Future” and identify new action steps for college goals. 5-10 min

Optional: Add new careers based on new interests. 5-10 min

Eleventh Grade

• Update GPA and course rigor. 1-3 min.
  
• Update interests, extracurricular activities, work experience, and awards. 3-5 minutes 
  
• Enter/update standardized test data: ACT or SAT etc. 1-2 min 
  
• Update courses on course planner, if needed. 10-15 min
  
• Follow new colleges and add to “My Future” based on new academic data. 5-10 min     
  
• Retake career inventory to update interests, follow new career matches. 10-15 min
  
• Search for and add scholarships to apply for next year. 15-20 min
  
• Check “My Future,” and identify new action steps based on new academic data. 5-10 min
  
  • “After entering my ACT, I noticed I may need to retake the test again if I want to be a competitive candidate at X school”
    

Twelfth Grade

• Update GPA and course rigor. 1-3 min.
• Update interests, extracurricular activities, work experience, and awards. 3-5 minutes 
• Enter/update any standardized test retake scores: ACT or SAT etc. 1-2 min 
• Update courses on course planner, if needed. 10-15 min
• Form final list of colleges using “My Future” 10-15 min
• Work with college counselor to manage college applications Ongoing 
  
• Find and apply for relevant scholarships. Ongoing