MascotGO provides an AI-powered college selection platform that scores thousands of institutions on career outcomes, academic rigor, and campus life to generate personalized shortlists. Users—students, families, counselors, and districts—access an interactive 3‑D compass UI and cloud‑synced list management for collaborative decision‑making. The system continuously updates recommendations with real‑time outcome data and student‑generated Pulse Insights.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Students and their families often rely on generic college rankings and manual spreadsheets, which provide limited insight into how institutions match individual career aspirations, academic preparedness, and desired campus experiences. This makes it difficult to create truly personalized college shortlists and hampers informed decision‑making for high‑school counselors and district advisors.
Solution
MascotGO delivers an AI‑driven college concierge that evaluates thousands of post‑secondary institutions across three core pillars: career outcomes, academic rigor, and campus life. The platform generates a customized list of schools and visualizes each option on an interactive 3D compass that highlights strengths and trade‑offs, eliminating the need for static spreadsheets. Underlying machine‑learning models ingest outcome data, curriculum metrics, and student‑generated “Pulse Insights” to rank schools according to a user’s specific goals. Counselors and districts can access the service through a web portal, enabling collaborative list building and conversation‑starter content for families. The solution continuously updates recommendations as new data become available, ensuring that the college list remains relevant throughout the application cycle.
Target Audience
The primary users are high‑school students and their families, as well as college counselors, advisors, and school districts seeking a data‑rich, personalized college‑selection tool.
Features
- AI recommendation engine that scores institutions on career placement statistics, academic difficulty indicators, and campus‑life attributes
- Interactive 3D compass UI that displays pros and cons for each school, allowing users to explore options without spreadsheet manipulation
- Integration of real‑time student “Pulse Insights” to provide qualitative perspectives alongside quantitative metrics
- Cloud‑based list management that syncs across devices and supports sharing between students, parents, and counselors
- District‑level sign‑up portal for bulk access, enabling schools to embed the concierge into guidance curricula
- downloadable “Perspectives” e‑book that outlines the three evaluation pillars and best practices for college discovery