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Pricing

Paid once, by you. Pick the plan that matches how much of the season you want a person beside you for.

$79 one time
Decode

Every letter read into one honest page. The four-year comparison. The letters that ask for more, drafted for you to send. A borrowing plan in plain numbers.

A person checks any number we are not sure of before you see it.
$299 one time
Decode plus review

Everything in Decode, plus a financial aid expert goes through your whole picture with you on a call and checks every appeal before it goes out.

One expert session, your questions answered.
$1,499 one time
Appeal partner

Everything above, plus the expert runs the appeals with you at up to four colleges, tracks every reply and deadline, and helps you make the final call.

Expert with you through appeal season.
$2,999 one time
Full season

Appeals at every college on the list, the borrowing plan built with the expert, the one-page decision sheet, and follow-through to the first day of class. Second student the same year: add $1,000.

Expert from the first letter to move-in.

What is in each plan

Decode
$79
Plus review
$299
Appeal partner
$1,499
Full season
$2,999
Every letter decoded, every number linked to its source lineYesYesYesYes
Four-year side-by-side comparison with the costs the letter left outYesYesYesYes
Appeal letters drafted in your words for you to sendYesYesYesYes
Borrowing plan: federal limits, PLUS caps, monthly paymentYesYesYesYes
Reviewer checks any number we are not sure ofYesYesYesYes
Expert call to go through your whole pictureOneAs neededAs needed
Expert reads every appeal before it goes outYesYesYes
Expert runs the appeals with you, tracks replies and deadlinesUp to 4 collegesEvery college
Borrowing plan built with the expertYes
One-page decision sheet per collegeYesYesYesYes, reviewed with you
Follow-through reminders to the first day of classYesYesYesYes, with a person watching
Second student in the same year$79$299$1,499Add $1,000

Prices are the plan for spring 2027 and can change before launch. Reserve a spot and you lock in today's price. Refund terms will be published before anyone pays.

How this compares

Appeal-only consultants charge $500 to $2,000 to draft one appeal. One well-known package is $1,999 for up to three colleges. Full-service college funding planners charge about $3,000 for the season. A template letter from an AI site is $9, with nobody checking it.

Our software does the reading and the math that a planner does by hand, so the $79 plan can include what used to need a $750 hour. The expert plans cost what the market already charges, with better preparation underneath.

Reserve a spot for spring 2027

Letters land in March. We will email you once, when the decoder is ready, and once more when it is your turn. No newsletter.

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