Halfway through my research, I realized I didn’t need to wait for my child to grow up. Today’s high schoolers and parents are already drowning in this information.
Several of my friends with older kids worry about the same things every day: which college, which major, and where it leads. Every school’s information is scattered and dense, and it’s hard to know where to even start.
I’m a UX, visual and motion designer — my job is making complicated things simple. When I looked closely at the application process, I was shocked. ED, EA, REA, Rolling; every college with its own deadlines, portfolios and interviews; information spread across dozens of websites that often contradict each other. This isn’t students not trying hard enough. It’s bad information design.
I want a tool to handle the deadlines and the spreadsheets, so students can save their energy for what matters: figuring out what they love. That’s why I built AdmitFox:
- Every date is quoted from the college’s official website, linked to its source, and cross-checked with the Common App requirements grid.
- Your college list becomes one timeline that tells you what to do next — not another spreadsheet to manage.
- It’s free, with no sign-up, because looking up information shouldn’t cost you your personal data.
How it works, in short: AI tools read each college’s official pages and keep a date only when they can quote the exact sentence it came from. Each one is then cross-checked with Common App, and anything that doesn’t match is marked “Check official page” instead of guessed. That’s how AdmitFox can stay free and cover hundreds of colleges — and why every date links straight to its source.