01 · Roadmap
A plan that adapts every week.
Tell us grade, GPA and intent. We generate a personalized 4-year timeline that updates as life happens — never another "what should I be doing right now?"
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Now onboarding families · grades 9–12The quiet
The quiet
command center
for college.
Roadmap, college list, essays, scholarships, brag sheet — one calm home for the whole journey. Built so families can stop scrambling and start steering.
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Week of Mar 4
This week's 3 moves
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- ✓
Review yesterday's bio notes (15 flashcards)
5 min · Habits
- ✓
Khan Academy: 10 PSAT 8/9 practice qs
15 min · Practice
Google PSAT 9 date at your school
3 min · Recon
Progress2 / 3
One week later
Your plan knows what you did.
Week 1 — Completed
- ✓
Find your school's late work policy
8 min · Habits
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Check your class syllabi for grading
8 min · Habits
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Bookmark where assignments are posted
8 min · Habits
Week 2 — Adjusted for you
Google: when is PSAT 9 at your school
3 min · Recon
Khan Academy: 10 free SAT practice questions
15 min · Practice
Tell yourself: this score does not matter for college
1 min · Mindset
PSAT 9 is a diagnostic, not a score that counts. Lock In gets the format familiar in 19 minutes and saves real prep for when it matters.
1login
Replaces 12+ tabs and 3 spreadsheets
2seats
One family account — student + parent
100+schools
Verified admissions data, refreshed weekly
47 browser tabs◆Group-chat chaos◆The one Google Sheet◆Deadlines slipping by◆Counselor at 1:400◆
47 browser tabs◆Group-chat chaos◆The one Google Sheet◆Deadlines slipping by◆Counselor at 1:400◆
47 browser tabs◆Group-chat chaos◆The one Google Sheet◆Deadlines slipping by◆Counselor at 1:400◆
The thesis
Families don't fail for lack of information. They fail because it's scattered.
Lock In pulls every piece of the admissions process into one operating system — so the next move is always obvious.
Before
Common App tabFAFSA PDFNavianceSheets v7Group chat
After
LLock In
- Roadmap
- College list
- Essays
- Scholarships
- Brag sheet
02 · List
College list with chances + aid.
Reach, target, likely — with verified admit ranges and net-price estimates.
Vanderbilt6% admitReach
Emory11% admitTarget
UGA38% admitLikely
03 · Essays
Story coach, not ghostwriter.
AI asks the right questions. Your student writes — in their voice.
04
Scholarships, surfaced.
$2.4M
matched last cohort
05 · Brag sheet
A living record of every win.
Activities, awards, leadership, jobs — exportable as a clean PDF for counselors and recommenders.
12 activities4 awardsPDF ready
06 · Deadlines
Nothing slips through the family.
Application, FAFSA, financial aid, decisions — alerts for parent and student.
Nov 1
Vanderbilt ED
Nov 15
Emory ED
Jan 1
FAFSA priority
07 · Family
Two seats. One plan.
Parent and student see the same picture — never out of sync.
Inside the app
A quick tour of Lock In.
Four screens your family will actually use. Click through.
Three priorities. ~22 minutes. No noise.
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Mar 18 – 24
on trackWhat's next
3 priorities · ~22 min total
✓
Shortlist 3 reach schools
8 min
Write 2 sentences: a moment you felt proud
6 min
Save 1 scholarship for first-gen students
8 min
Application readiness42%
Streak7 wks
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PricingPrivate counselors cost $4,000+.
Private counselors cost $4,000+.
Lock In doesn't.
Free
For families just starting to look
$0
- ✓College search & list builder
- ✓Roadmap with key milestones
- ✓Brag sheet (PDF export)
- ✓Weekly check-in
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Lock In Pro
For families in the thick of applying
$9/mo
- ✓Everything in Free
- ✓Essay brainstorm & story prompts
- ✓Smart college matching with chances + aid
- ✓Scholarship deadline alerts
- ✓Parent weekly summary
- ✓Verified per-school admissions data
Is this for the student or the parent?+
Both. One family account, two seats. Students work in their app; parents see real progress without hovering.
We have a school counselor already.+
Lock In doesn't replace them. School counselors are stretched across hundreds of students — Lock In is what your family uses in between.
Does it work for first-gen families?+
Designed for them. No assumed knowledge of FAFSA, SATs, or EA vs ED — we explain things the way a friend who's been through it would.
Is the admissions data actually verified?+
Yes. Per-school 'what they look for' is synthesized from official admissions pages and re-checked by a fact-checker model. Every claim links back to its source.
When does it launch?+
We're rolling out access to waitlist families now. Drop your email and we'll reach out the moment there's a spot.