Free tools
Small tools for questions families ask every year. No account, and what you type stays in this browser.
Grades and scores
Your numbers, read the way colleges and scholarship programs read them.
- For students
College-View GPA
Your GPA the way colleges often recalculate it: weighted and unweighted, academic courses only, and the trend year by year.
- For parents and students
Test Score Planner
Convert between the SAT and the ACT with the official concordance tables, superscore both, and see our rule of thumb for sending a score, shown in full.
- For parents and students
PSAT Score Decoder
Your PSAT total, your National Merit Selection Index against the national Commended level, and last year’s Semifinalist cutoff in your state.
Before you pay or sign up
Is it real, and is it worth it? The warning signs, shown in full.
- For parents
Scholarship Scam Checker
Check a scholarship or aid offer against the warning signs the FTC lists.
- For parents
Is This Summer Program Worth It?
Answer a few questions about a program and see whether it looks selective or pay-to-attend.
What college would really cost
- For parents
Check 3 Schools
What 3 colleges would really cost your family, with every scholarship your student automatically qualifies for and the college’s own page as the receipt. Free, no account.