AdvisorCore
Your personal college advisor
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Applying to college means juggling deadlines, essays, test scores, and a dozen
schools that all want something slightly different. AdvisorCore keeps all of it
in one place — and tells you where you actually stand.
Add your grades, test scores, and activities once. From there, every college on
your list gets rated against your real profile, not generic averages.
**SEE WHERE YOU STAND AT EVERY SCHOOL**
Search 6,000+ U.S. colleges using official Department of Education data. Each
school you add is rated Reach, Target, or Safety based on your GPA, your best
SAT or ACT, and how you compare to that school's admitted range — not a
one-size-fits-all cutoff.
The rating accounts for the things that actually matter: middle-50% score
ranges, test-optional policies, and whether you're applying out-of-state to a
public university, where non-residents face tougher odds than the headline
admit rate suggests.
You'll also see what each school reports that it weighs — essays, class rank,
recommendations, test scores — straight from federal data. It's a useful way to
know where a strong essay can move the needle and where it won't.
**BUILD A LIST THAT MAKES SENSE**
AdvisorCore watches your list as a whole and speaks up when something's off:
no safety schools, nothing in the target range, or eight reaches and not much
else. You get specific, honest feedback while there's still time to fix it.
**KEEP EVERY DEADLINE STRAIGHT**
A full calendar with month and week views, plus tasks, events, and deadlines
that can each link to several schools at once. Swipe to complete or delete, set
reminders, and see overdue items at a glance. Add typical application dates in
one tap as a starting point, then verify each one against the college's site.
**MAKE YOUR ACTIVITIES COUNT**
Log your clubs, sports, jobs, volunteering, research, and personal projects.
Each one gets a strength estimate based on how admissions readers actually think
about activities — level of achievement, leadership role, hours, and years of
commitment. Categories are scored fairly: a school club is judged as a school
club, and a part-time job is measured by responsibility, not by trophies.
Star your best ten for the Common App, and get honest suggestions on where your
profile is thin — depth versus breadth, missing leadership, or an activities
list that doesn't tell a clear story.
**ASK YOUR ADVISOR**
Tap a question and get an instant answer drawn from your own data: Is my list
balanced? Where do I stand academically? What should I focus on right now?
On supported iPhones, you can also chat freely with an assistant that runs
entirely on your device. Prefer ChatGPT or Claude? Export a formatted summary of
your profile and paste it into whichever assistant you already use.
**YOUR DATA NEVER LEAVES YOUR PHONE**
No account. No sign-up. No ads. Everything you enter is stored on your device
and nowhere else — the only thing ever sent over the internet is the name of a
college you search for. Lock the app with Face ID, and export a backup whenever
you want.
**FREE, WITH NO CATCH**
Every feature is free. There's no subscription, no premium tier, and nothing is
held back.
AdvisorCore is an organizing tool, not a college counseling service. Ratings and
scores are estimates from public data and can't predict admissions decisions.
Deadlines shown in the app are not official — always confirm them on each
college's website, and check with your school counselor before making big
decisions.
The developer, Tamar Shapiro, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Tamar Shapiro
- Size
- 2.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Tamar Shapiro