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Deadlines, testing, cost and majors at 248 universities, from each school's own data, with the source on every answer.
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Build something real. The profile follows.
Your student finds an idea of their own and makes it real: a filing, a paper, a pitch. Stratia plans from what they made, wherever they are headed.
Build real things and let them shape your profile, instead of putting a profile together to get into college.
Today's four tools, and more on the way
- BrainstormFind an idea in your own record. Seven questions, your words.See how
- File a patentTurn it into a provisional patent application you file yourselves.See how
- Write a paperWrite a research paper, reviewed by questions, never rewritten.See how
- Practice a pitchBuild a short deck and practice it out loud.See how
- More on the wayThese are the first tools. New ones join this list when they are ready.
Build first
How it works
Build
Start with Brainstorm: seven questions about a problem you have noticed. Then take the idea to a filing, a paper or a pitch.
It goes on the record
A filed application or a submitted paper goes onto your activities in one step, worded plainly, with its date. Nothing gets dressed up.
Point it where you are headed
Every read Stratia does starts from that profile: your odds at 248 universities, your list and roadmap, summer programs and scholarships.
What the sources say
Students already build. It still stands out.
13,830
students took part in the Congressional App Challenge in 2025, an all-time record.
Congressional App Challenge, 2025 dashboardMore than
1,700
young scientists, engineers and inventors brought their own projects to Regeneron ISEF 2026, chosen from 365 fairs in more than 60 countries, regions and territories.
Society for Science, Regeneron ISEFMore than
2,600
students applied to the Regeneron Science Talent Search in 2026 with research of their own.
Society for Science, Regeneron STS24%
of Harvard applicants reach a top-two rating for activities. 42% reach it for academics.
Findings of fact, SFFA v. Harvard (D. Mass. 2019), p. 55
None of this gets anyone admitted or hired. It shows real work is common enough to try and rare enough to notice.
Build
Four tools today. One idea that is yours.
Start with Brainstorm. Then take the idea wherever it fits: a filing, a paper, a pitch, or all three.
Brainstorm
Seven questions about a problem you have noticed, answered in your own words. Astra helps you think. She never writes your answers.
You walk away with: A write-up where every sentence shows which answer it came from.
Read the guideFile a patent
Search what already exists, turn your idea into a provisional patent application with figures, and file it yourselves with the US Patent Office.
You walk away with: An application number and a filing date.
Read the guideWrite a paper
Ask a question that is yours and write a research paper. A mentor reviews it by asking questions. It never rewrites your work.
You walk away with: The paper, plus a log of every question the mentor asked. Journals and science fairs ask for that.
Read the guidePractice a pitch
Turn the same idea into a short deck with a source on every number. Practice it out loud and get three fixes after every run.
You walk away with: A deck you can present, and the numbers from every practice run.
- More on the wayThese are the first tools. New ones join this list when they are ready.
$2,500 to $3,000
is one legal-services marketplace's own estimate for an attorney-assisted provisional application, for a mechanical or electrical invention. Here your student writes it, and your family files it with the USPTO and pays only the USPTO's own fee.
UpCounsel, How Much Does a Patent Cost, read September 22, 2026Part of the Season PassSee what the pass includes
Planning
And we plan the rest.
The list, the odds, the deadlines and the essays, with Astra, your student's counselor, doing the work alongside them.
The data behind the plan
248
universities
Each read uses that school's own published numbers, not a national average.
24,000+
self-reported decisions
Shared by applicants themselves, so read them as examples of what happened to records like yours.
7,000+
majors cataloged
The plan starts from what your student wants to study, school by school.
269
summer programs
Every named program is checked against its own official site.
1,475
gated majors flagged across 84 schools
Where getting into the school is not getting into the major, you know before you apply.
- Your odds at 248 universitiesRead against each school's own published data, major by major. Free.
- A list that is balanced, not hopefulReach, target and safety, with the reasons on every card.
- Majors before schoolsThe majors your record supports, so you do not default to the most crowded one.
- A roadmap to graduationEvery deadline on one line, paced to your year.
- Essays in your own voiceGuided questions and honest feedback. The coach never writes sentences for you.
- What happened to students like you24,000+ reported decisions, compared with your own record.
28 free guides on how admissions works, no account needed. Browse them
In the app
See it in the app
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