Your student’s future is a $100,000 decision. Make sure they have the data.
41% of college graduates end up underemployed. Your student deserves to see every option — college, trades, military, work — with real salary data and a plan.
Start free →Your student completes Stage 1 on their own. You pay only if they want to explore further.
Here’s what parents typically pay — and what they actually get.
| Option | Cost | College paths | Trade paths | Military paths | Real salary data | Action plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private college counselor | $2,000–$6,000/yr | ✓ | × | × | × | ~ |
| SAT/ACT prep course | $500–$2,000 | ~ | × | × | × | × |
| Career aptitude test | $50–$150 | ~ | ~ | × | × | × |
| School counselor (free) | $0 | ✓ | ~ | ~ | × | ~ |
| Doing nothing | $0(+ $37k avg debt) | × | × | × | × | × |
| Future Me, Answered | $39 one-time | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Sources: Federal Reserve Bank of New York (avg. student loan debt) · Bureau of Labor Statistics · American School Counselor Association
Private college consultants charge $5,000 to $50,000 per student — and they only cover college. Future Me, Answered shows your student every option — college, trades, military, and work — with real salary data and an action plan. For $39.
“Future Me, Answered showed her biomedical engineering, surgical tech, and three careers she’d never heard of. She’s shadowing a surgical tech next month.”
— Parent of a junior, Denver CO
“Future Me, Answered showed him three apprenticeship programs within 30 miles of our house with real starting salaries. He’s applying to the IBEW electrical program next month.”
— Parent of a senior, Lakewood CO
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We know you’re trusting us with your teenager. Here’s how we handle that responsibility.
Student data is never sold
Your student’s answers, career matches, and personal data are never shared with advertisers, colleges, or recruiters.
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Full refund available before your student’s career matches are generated. No questions asked.
No upsells. No subscriptions. One payment, full access, forever.
Not a quiz. Not a report that sits in a drawer. A structured process they walk through at their own pace.
Stage 1: Discover (free)
15-minute AI interview about their strengths, interests, values, and the life they want. They get an identity profile and archetype — no cost, no commitment.
Stage 2: Explore
AI matches them to careers from 922 real occupations. College, trades, military, work — all treated equally. Real salaries from verified government data.
Stage 3: Compare
Side-by-side comparison with salary data, growth projections, AI resilience scores, and a 20-year earnings calculator. They set their own priorities and score their options.
Stage 4: Test
They plan real-world experiments — shadow days, informational interviews, ride-alongs — and reflect on what they learned. Try before they commit.
Stage 5: Decide
A 30-day action plan with specific next steps and programs in their area. Plus a PDF portfolio for college applications — admissions readers notice students who show career clarity and research, not just a declared major.
Parent Portal
See which careers they’re exploring, how each one scores on salary and AI resilience, what experiments they’ve done, and what they decided. Read-only access — they invite you when they’re ready. You stay informed without hovering.
Joe Pointer
Founder · M.S. Instructional Technology · Built career tools for 16,000+ associates
“I spent years figuring out what nobody helped me figure out in high school. My wife went through the same thing. My daughter went through it too. I’m not going to watch my son do the same thing.”
One family. Four degrees. Zero went to plan.
Read the full story →The best $39 you’ll spend on your student’s future
Stage 1 is free. They start on their own. You only pay when they’re ready to explore their options.
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