CampusFit

Find the colleges that actually fit you

CampusFit is an iPhone app for high-school students. Answer a few questions about your grades, goals and budget, and get a college list sorted into Likely, Target and Reach.

See how it worksComing soon to the App Store

The survey is free and needs no account. Seeing your list needs CampusFit Premium: what it costs.

The campus of College of the Holy Cross. 96fit Reach

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, Massachusetts. Private.

~30% estimated chance for Maya. 18% admitted overall.

Your SAT falls inside the school's reported SAT range.

Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, cropped

The campus of Gettysburg College. 94fit Target

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Private.

~45% estimated chance for Maya. 39% admitted overall.

Your SAT falls inside the school's reported SAT range.

Photo: Smb51095, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

The campus of Georgetown University. 83fit High Reach

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia. Private.

~8% estimated chance for Maya. 13% admitted overall.

Campus size matches your preference (medium-sized, 7,569 undergraduates).

Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

The campus of Ursinus College. 95fit Likely

Ursinus College

Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Private.

~95% estimated chance for Maya. 92% admitted overall.

Your SAT falls inside the school's reported SAT range.

Photo: Rob266, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

This is a sample: Maya lives in Ohio, has a 3.7 GPA and a 1320 SAT, and wants to study biology and life sciences. In the app, the list is built from your own answers.

A five-minute survey, then your list

  1. A survey question in the app: What do you want to study? with a grid of majors to pick from.

    Answer the survey

    Grades, test scores, activities, the major you're thinking about, where you'd like to be and what your family can pay. Skip any question. No account needed.

  2. The app's home screen: 37 colleges fit you, with the top match shown first.

    Get your matches

    CampusFit compares you with 1,771 four-year colleges and keeps the ones that fit. Each gets a fit score out of 100 and a label: Likely, Target, Reach or High Reach.

  3. The matches screen: one college card at a time, with buttons to pass or save.

    Swipe, save, apply

    Go through them one at a time: right to save, left to pass, tap to read more. Then track deadlines, essays and recommendations for the ones you apply to.

The survey is free. Seeing your list and using the tools needs CampusFit Premium: $49.99 a year after a 14-day free trial, or $9.99 a month. What it costs

What a college page tells you

Every college is laid out the same way, so two schools are easy to weigh against each other.

A college's page in the app: a photo of the campus, a fit score of 96, the label Reach for you, an estimated chance of about 30% beside 18% admitted overall, the yearly cost, and the reasons it fits.
A fit score out of 100
How well the college matches what you told the survey: your major, the size and place you want, the cost, and how your grades line up. It measures fit, not your chance of getting in.
A label, for you
Likely, Target, Reach or High Reach, from how your grades and scores compare with the students the college admits.
Your estimated chance, beside the college's own admit rate
Two different numbers, shown side by side so one is never mistaken for the other.
What a year would cost you
The published yearly cost before financial aid, using in-state tuition at public colleges in your home state.
Why it fits, and what to weigh against it
Plain sentences, such as “Your SAT falls inside the school's reported SAT range.”

What the labels mean

Each college gets a label and a number: your estimated chance of admission. It starts from the college's own admit rate and moves with how your grades, scores, class rank, activities and home state compare with what the college reports.

High Reach
15% or less
Reach
About 15% to 40%
Target
About 40% to 70%
Likely
About 70% or more, never shown above 95%
  • An estimate, not a prediction

    It is worked out from publicly reported figures. It does not predict or guarantee any admissions decision.

  • Held down at selective colleges

    Where fewer than one in five applicants get in, the label is never better than Reach, and the number is never more than three times the college's own admit rate.

  • Rounded on purpose

    From 10% up it is shown to the nearest 5, so it doesn't look more exact than it is.

Try a different score

This is the app's what-if simulator, run for the sample student. Each dot is one of the 37 schools on Maya's list. Move the score and watch them re-sort.

At 1320, where the score is today, the 37 schools sort like this.

Likely 10

Target 14

Reach 10

High Reach 3

A dot's colour is its label today. Its row is its label at the score you pick.

2 of Maya's 3 High Reach schools stay High Reach even with a 1600. A score can't move everything.

In the app you can change GPA, course load and activities too, and nothing is saved unless you choose to.

Also in the app

  • The saved list: nine colleges counted by label, each with its fit score and estimated chance.

    A shortlist that stays balanced

    Saved colleges are counted by label, so you can see whether your list leans too safe or too ambitious.

  • Two colleges compared row by row: fit score, estimated chance, acceptance rate, test ranges, cost, graduation rate and earnings.

    Up to four colleges side by side

    Admit rates, test ranges, cost for you, graduation rate and earnings ten years on, in one table.

  • The application tracker: the next thing due, then each application with its plan, deadline and progress.

    Every deadline in one place

    Enter each application's plan and deadline, then tick off essays, recommendations and aid forms.

What CampusFit is not

  • Not an admissions predictor

    Labels and estimated chances are estimates from publicly reported figures. Nothing in the app predicts or guarantees a decision.

  • Not a ranking

    The fit score is about you, so the same college scores differently for different students. CampusFit never names one school the best.

  • Not guesswork

    College figures come from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard. Where a college didn't report a figure, the app says so.

  • Not after your data

    No ads, and nothing is sold. Without an account, your answers and your list never leave your phone.

What it costs

The survey is free and needs no account. Your list and the tools need CampusFit Premium, which you buy in the app through Apple.

Yearly

$49.99a year, about $4.17 a month

First 14 days free

Monthly

$9.99a month

No free trial

The free trial is for new subscribers on the yearly plan. After it, the plan renews at $49.99 a year until you cancel.

Cancel any time on your iPhone in Settings, your name, Subscriptions. Prices are in U.S. dollars and may differ in other countries.

Questions

Is CampusFit free?

The survey is free and needs no account. Seeing your matches and using the tools needs CampusFit Premium: $49.99 a year with a 14-day free trial for new subscribers, or $9.99 a month.

Is the estimated chance a prediction?

No. It is an estimate worked out from each college's published admit rate and score ranges and from your own answers. It is rounded, it is held down at selective colleges, and it is called an estimate everywhere it appears. Admissions offices weigh things no app can see.

Where do the college figures come from?

From the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which publishes what colleges report to the federal government. When a college didn't report a figure, CampusFit says so and does not fill it in.

Which colleges are included?

1,771 four-year colleges in the United States, public and private non-profit.

Do I need an account, and what happens to my answers?

You don't need an account. Without one, your answers, matches, saved colleges and notes stay on your phone. An account is optional and only backs them up. You can export or delete everything from Profile in the app. The full detail is in the Privacy Policy.

How do I cancel?

Subscriptions are billed by Apple. On your iPhone open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and choose CampusFit. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. There is more on the Support page.

Is there an Android version?

Not at the moment. CampusFit is an iPhone app.

Who is it for?

High-school students in the United States, aged 13 and older. Parents and counsellors can sit alongside.

The survey is free. Start there.

Coming soon to the App Store