Release notes
Everything we have shipped to CollegeVerge, newest first.
- v0.35.1Jul 10, 2026
A more polished, consistent look for notices
Alerts and callouts across the app now share one clean, bordered style instead of the heavy left-edge accent, so notices on the dashboard, pricing, onboarding, and elsewhere feel more considered and consistent.
Improved- Refined the styling of alert and callout banners for a cleaner, more consistent look throughout the app.
- v0.35.0Jul 10, 2026
Record how each decision turned out
Once a school reaches a decision, you can now capture the result on its record: the date the decision arrived and any scholarship or aid you were offered, with the amount, the type, and a short note. It stays private to you and your linked parent, and it lays the groundwork for the outcome insights coming later.
New- An Outcome section on the college record, shown once a school is marked accepted, waitlisted, denied, or enrolled, for recording the decision date.
- Scholarship capture on the same record: whether aid was offered, the annual amount, the type (merit, need-based, athletic, or other), and a short note for details like a named award or renewal terms.
- A read-only view of the recorded outcome on the parent record, so a linked parent sees the same result without being able to edit it.
- v0.34.0Jul 8, 2026
A deeper look at every college
The college record now surfaces outcome and value data we already track: graduation and first-year retention rates, typical post-graduation earnings and debt, and the full cost of attendance. Program-specific admit rates and accreditation appear for the fields you plan to study, and each school shows whether it accepts the Common App.
New- A new Outcomes card on the college record with graduation rate, first-year retention, median earnings about ten years out, and median debt at graduation, drawn from the federal College Scorecard.
- Cost of attendance now shows alongside net price and sticker figures in Cost and aid.
- Program-specific admit rates and accreditation (business AACSB, engineering ABET, nursing) appear only for the majors you intend to study, so the record stays focused.
- Each school now shows whether it accepts the Common App, plus its religious affiliation where one applies.
Improved- When a school is missing net price and sticker data, the affordability read now falls back to its cost of attendance instead of going blank.
- v0.33.0Jul 6, 2026
More ways to reach a coach, plus recruiting tips
The coach template library now covers the messages recruits actually need to send: sharing new film, sending a season or academic update, asking for a visit, inviting a coach to watch, asking about a camp, and replying when a coach reaches out first. Athletics also gets a rotating set of recruiting tips.
New- New coach email templates, each in a warm and a concise version: new highlight film, season and stats update, academic update, campus visit request, an invitation to come watch you play, and camp interest.
- Two more coach templates: a quick reply for when a coach contacts you first, and a note to confirm you finished a program's recruiting questionnaire.
- A rotating "Did you know?" block on the Athletics page with recruiting tips, from film and profile craft to eligibility, camps, and how coaches evaluate.
- v0.32.0Jul 6, 2026
Cleaner, more complete coach contacts
Premium coach listings are now more accurate. Coaches can be maintained by hand for programs our automatic directory cannot reach, curated entries survive the regular refresh, and duplicate rows from small spelling differences no longer appear.
Improved- Coaches for a school can now be curated directly, so programs our crawler cannot reach still show real staff and contacts.
- Hand-entered coaches and manual corrections stay put through the automatic directory refresh instead of being overwritten.
Fixed- Removed duplicate coach entries caused by small differences in how a sport or name was spelled.
- v0.31.0Jul 6, 2026
Your athletic profile, with real stats
Athletes can now record sport-specific stats, from batting average to personal-best times, and see them on a new profile card in Athletics. On Premium, those stats also appear on the resume, the PDF, and the public share link.
New- A dedicated Athletics section in Settings: your sport, position, division targets, and a stat sheet tailored to your sport. The top recruited sports get their own fields, timed sports like track and swimming take event and personal-best pairs, and every other sport gets flexible stat slots.
- A "My athletic profile" card on the Athletics page showing your sport, position, division targets, and stats at a glance.
- Premium: your stats render as a clean line under Athletic Profile on the resume preview, the generated PDF, and your public share link.
Improved- Onboarding now just asks for your sport; the detail lives in Settings, so signup stays quick.
- Unchecking the athlete box no longer erases your sport, divisions, or stats. It simply hides the athletic surfaces until you check it again.
- v0.30.0Jul 6, 2026
Sharper filters for the athletics directory
The all-schools coach directory now narrows the way Explore does. Search by city or state as well as school name, filter by state or by distance from home, combine divisions, and page through results with a proper range readout.
New- Directory search now matches city and state, not just school name, so "Austin" finds every covered program in town.
- A state filter and, when your home location is set, a distance filter with preset ranges from 25 to 500 miles.
- Division pills are now multi-select in both views, so you can look at D2 and NAIA programs side by side.
- A per-page selector and a range readout, for example 1–50 of 967, matching how Explore pages through schools.
Improved- School cards in the all-schools view now show the city and state, so search matches make sense at a glance.
Fixed- Two colleges sharing a name, like the two Anderson Universities, could interleave in the all-schools view and split into duplicate cards with incomplete staff lists. Each school now groups cleanly.
- v0.29.0Jul 5, 2026
Coaches becomes Athletics, with a full-directory search
The Coaches module is now Athletics, and it does more. A summary strip keeps your recruiting picture in view, coach titles are clearer, and Premium athletes can now search coach contacts at any school we cover, not just the ones on their list.
New- All schools mode: search the full coach directory across every school we cover, by school name, sport, and division, with more than 31,000 coach contacts at over 700 colleges.
- A summary strip at the top of Athletics showing your sport, how many schools on your list sponsor it, your coach outreach so far, and your division mix.
- Team (men's, women's), division (D1, D2, D3, NAIA), and conference filters, so a women's golf recruit is not scrolling past men's staff. Schools whose only matching program is the other gender drop out of the filtered view.
- A direct link to each school's athletics website on its card, where we have it on file.
Improved- Coaches is now Athletics, in the navigation and the help center. Old links redirect.
- School cards now collapse to a scannable header with program level and a coach count; expand any school, or all at once, to see its coaching staff.
- Coach titles now read consistently, for example Head Coach, Women's Soccer, built from the verified role and team instead of the raw directory title, which stays visible as a tooltip.
Fixed- The sport suggestions list in profile settings could render white on white in light mode if your device was set to dark. Native menus and controls now follow the app theme.
- v0.28.6Jul 5, 2026
Parent portal dates on your clock
Two small follow-ups to the time zone fixes: the parent overview now reads dates and deadline counts from your own clock instead of the server's.
Fixed- On the parent overview, this week's touchpoint dates could show a day off depending on your time zone. They now display in your local time.
- The parent overview's count of deadlines due in the next 30 days was measured against the server clock, so it could tick a day early in the evening. It now counts from your local calendar date.
- v0.28.5Jul 5, 2026
Keyboard access and dark mode readability
A batch of accessibility and contrast fixes. The school tables, settings tabs, and mobile menu now work fully by keyboard, screen readers hear the states that were only shown by color, and several dark mode readability problems are corrected.
Fixed- The school tables on the dashboard and explore pages were mouse-only. Column sorting and opening a school's details now work by keyboard, with clear focus outlines and sort direction announced to screen readers.
- Gold buttons could show nearly unreadable light text in dark mode. They now keep dark navy text in both themes, everywhere they appear.
- Selecting the fit or application status panels on the dashboard gave no visible sign a filter was active. An active panel now shows a clear highlight ring.
- The selected template accent and bottom navigation highlight were nearly invisible in dark mode. Both now use a color that reads clearly in both themes.
- The mobile More menu now behaves like a proper dialog: Escape closes it, focus stays inside while it is open and returns to the More button when it closes, and its links no longer catch keyboard focus while the menu is closed.
- Screen readers now hear toggle, tab, and current page states across dashboard filters, the settings sections, the template voice switch, and navigation, and the Settings page's section list supports up and down arrow key navigation.
- v0.28.4Jul 5, 2026
Deadlines that stay put across time zones
A sweep of date handling so application deadlines read the same no matter when or where you check them. Deadlines due today no longer disappear from the calendar and dashboard in the evening, and every deadline date now shows on the correct day for your time zone.
Fixed- A deadline due today could vanish from your calendar and dashboard once it turned evening on the East and West coasts. Today's deadlines now stay visible through the end of your local day.
- Deadline dates could display one day early depending on your time zone. Every deadline now shows on its actual calendar day, and the day countdown counts from your real local date instead of flipping a day early at night.
- On the touchpoints page, the activity dates in the two sections could disagree by a day. They now read from the same clock and always match.
- v0.28.3Jul 4, 2026
Resume edits and school list protections, kept safe
Two fixes that protect your work: resume edits made just before leaving the page now save correctly, and a rare condition that could drop schools you were actively working on from a list refresh is closed.
Fixed- Editing your resume and navigating away before the automatic save fired could save an older version of your entries over the newer one. The save on leaving the page now always captures your latest edits.
- Refreshing your school list could, in a rare case where our system had trouble reading your activity, remove schools you had contacted or started a checklist for. The refresh now stops safely instead of removing anything.
- v0.28.2Jul 4, 2026
Stronger consent and school list safeguards
A round of under-the-hood fixes that make the under-18 consent process and per-plan school limits airtight.
Fixed- Onboarding now asks for your date of birth before you can continue, so the parent approval step for students under 18 always engages the way it should.
- Parent approval links and consent records are now locked down at the database level, so they can only change through the proper invite and approval steps.
- Restoring a removed school now counts toward your plan's school limit, and re-adding a school already on your list no longer shows a plan limit error.
- v0.28.1Jul 4, 2026
The profile match breakdown, now on every college record
The profile match ring and its component breakdown now appear on each school's full record, right beside the fit explanation, for students and parents alike. No more jumping back to the dashboard to see why a school scored the way it did.
Improved- Each school's full record now shows the profile match ring and the per-component breakdown (academic, financial, athletic, and preferences) alongside the fit badge and its reasons, so the admission read and the alignment read sit side by side in one place.
- Parents see the same profile match breakdown on the read-only college record in the parent portal, including the affordability read against the family budget.
- v0.28.0Jul 4, 2026
A smarter, clearer fit score
The 0-100 ring is now a profile match that moves smoothly with your profile, weighs the preferences you set, and explains each part of the number in plain language. The badge keeps reading your admission odds, and a few scoring bugs around lookalike college names, out-of-state costs, and ultra-selective schools are fixed.
New- The fit breakdown now shows a labeled bar for each component of your profile match, with a one-line explanation of what drove it, so you can see exactly why a school scored the way it did.
- Your stated preferences now count toward the profile match: region, school size, public versus private, and your intended major when it is among the school's most popular programs. Preferences you did not set are simply skipped.
Improved- The 0-100 ring is now labeled as your profile match, separate from the badge that reads your admission odds. A school can line up closely with your profile and still be a Far Reach to get into, and the two reads now say so clearly.
- The academic and financial parts of the score now move smoothly with your profile. A higher SAT, a stronger GPA, or a small budget change nudges the number instead of jumping it by twenty points.
- Schools admitting between 10 and 15 percent of applicants now read as a Reach for a strong profile instead of jumping two categories across the 10 percent line. In-state applicants to public universities can still see one step better.
Fixed- Colleges with names similar to highly selective schools, like Cornell College or Columbia College Chicago, are no longer mistakenly treated as always Far Reach.
- Out-of-state students looking at public universities now see the out-of-state sticker price in the affordability read, instead of an average net price that mostly reflects in-state students.
- Fit explanations no longer say you are going test-optional when you are submitting scores but the school has not published test ranges to compare against.
- v0.27.4Jun 30, 2026
Email sign-in links that work on the first click
Sign-in and password-reset links sent by email now open reliably when you click them straight from your inbox, including inboxes protected by Microsoft security scanning. A brief confirmation screen finishes the process with a single click.
Fixed- Magic sign-in links and password-reset links now work when clicked directly in your email, even in inboxes that scan links before you open them. Previously some links only worked if you copied and pasted them into your browser.
- Opening a sign-in or reset link now takes you to a quick confirmation screen where one click finishes the process, which keeps automated inbox security scanners from using up your one-time link before you do.
- If a sign-in link has expired or was already used, we now return you to the passwordless sign-in screen so you can request a fresh one, instead of a password prompt you may not have a password for.
- v0.27.3Jun 29, 2026
A clearer first sign-in for invited parents and students
Invitation emails now explain that you don't need a password to get started, and the link takes you straight to a one-time secure sign-in link with your email already filled in. Once you're in, a gentle prompt offers to set a password for faster sign-in next time.
New- After signing in with a one-time link, a dismissible prompt on your dashboard offers to set a password for faster sign-in next time. It disappears once you have a password.
Improved- Parent and new-member invitation emails now make the first sign-in clear: you don't have a password yet and you don't need one. The button in the email opens the passwordless sign-in screen with your email prefilled, so a single secure link gets you in.
- The sign-in screen explains the passwordless option in plain language when you arrive from an invite, with a welcoming heading and intro, instead of showing a password field you have no password for.
- v0.27.2Jun 28, 2026
A guide for parents, and richer screenshots throughout the help center
Parents now have their own help center guide that walks through the read-only portal end to end, and guide pages across the help center show more of the real app, including the college detail panel, the fit score breakdown, the athletics filters, and the parent portal itself.
New- A new For parents guide in the help center explains the parent portal from start to finish: how a student invites a parent and how access is granted, the read-only dashboard with its summary panels and application-cycle progress ring, the schools list and read-only college record, the resume preview and PDF download, the weekly Sunday digest, settings and notifications, and the one approval an under-18 student needs before they can email schools or coaches or share their package. It is linked from the FAQ and the Settings and billing guide.
Improved- Help center guides now show more of the real app. New screenshots cover the dashboard's college detail panel and 0-100 fit score breakdown, the athletics sport and division filters on Explore, the Academics step of onboarding, the package sections and resume builder, an expanded coach card, and the parent portal in both light and dark mode.
- v0.27.1Jun 28, 2026
A refreshed help center and a new guide to fit
The help center is caught up with everything that has shipped, and there is a new Understanding fit guide that explains, in plain language, how your Likely, Target, Reach, and Far reach badges and your 0-100 fit score are figured.
New- A new Understanding fit guide in the help center walks through how the fit category is figured: how your academics are read against a school's admitted profile and selectivity, the full band-by-selectivity matrix, why the most selective schools stay a Far reach, the in-state public boost, test-optional handling, and how the academic, financial, and athletic parts of the 0-100 score work. It is linked from the Dashboard, the FAQ, and the quick reference.
Improved- Every help center page is refreshed to match the current app, including the student-relative fit badges, the athletics filters and gold medal markers on Explore, the coach directory's coverage of every school that sponsors your sport, the demonstrated-interest statuses on Touchpoints, the section-by-section package layout, and the Refresh list action.
- v0.27.0Jun 28, 2026
Fit categories that reflect your own profile
Your Likely, Target, Reach, and Far Reach labels now move with your academic strength, so a stronger applicant sees more favorable odds. We also fold your GPA into the read, give in-state public applicants a fair boost, and make athletics only ever help your fit.
Improved- The fit category (Likely, Target, Reach, Far Reach) is now student-relative. We pair your academic standing (where your scores and GPA fall against a school's admitted students) with that school's selectivity, then read the badge from the combination of the two. So strong stats genuinely move a school toward Target or Likely instead of every selective school reading as a Reach.
- Your GPA now counts toward the category, not just the fit ring. We compare your unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale to the school's admitted average, and it can lift a borderline test score, including when you apply test-optional.
- In-state applicants to public universities get a modest, clearly explained boost that reflects the higher in-state admit odds at state schools. We also cost in-state public schools at their in-state price in the affordability read.
- Athletics now only ever helps your fit. If a school sponsors your sport it can raise your score, and aiming for a division below the school's level no longer counts against you. It can never pull your fit down.
- The most selective schools (the Ivy League, MIT, Stanford, and any school admitting under 10%) now explain why they stay a Far Reach: admission there is holistic and is never guaranteed by scores alone.
- v0.26.3Jun 27, 2026
Spell check while you write, and a clearer interest status
Your browser's built-in spell check now runs in the places you write the most, and the demonstrated-interest column on Touchpoints explains what its statuses mean.
Improved- Spell check is now on in your long-form writing fields, so the usual underline catches typos as you type. This covers interest letters, activity and resume descriptions, your email signature, and the subject and body of email templates.
- On Touchpoints, the demonstrated-interest (DI) column now explains its statuses. Unknown means we do not yet have that school's policy on demonstrated interest, not that anything is missing from your record.
- v0.26.2Jun 27, 2026
Enter more than one intended major
The intended majors field now lets you type a comma and keep going, so you can list every major you are considering instead of being stuck on the first one.
Fixed- In onboarding and in Settings, the intended majors field was clearing the comma and space as soon as you typed them, which made it impossible to add a second major. You can now type a full comma-separated list and it stays exactly as you entered it.
- v0.26.1Jun 27, 2026
School limits now match your plan on Explore
The school-count banner on Explore now reflects your plan's actual limit, and the Add button stops you at that limit on every plan instead of only on Free.
Fixed- On Explore, the "schools used" banner now shows your plan's real limit rather than always showing the Free limit, and the Add button correctly disables once you reach your plan's cap on Standard and Premium too. When you are at your limit, the banner tells you whether upgrading adds more room.
- v0.26.0Jun 27, 2026
A new support policy, and finalized legal pages
There is now a clear support policy that explains what we help with, how to reach us, and when to expect a reply. The privacy policy and terms of use are also finalized for the beta.
New- A new support policy page covers what support covers, how to reach us, response-time targets, hours, and how account, billing, and data requests are handled. You can find it in the help center under Get help and in the site footer.
Improved- The privacy policy and terms of use are finalized for the beta, including a stated 14-day money-back guarantee on new paid subscriptions and a clear operating entity.
- v0.25.1Jun 21, 2026
Clearer public/private indicator on school records
The public or private status of each school now appears as a color-coded pill, making it easier to spot at a glance across your list and the school detail panel.
Improved- School records now display a color-coded pill for public or private status in the school list, the detail panel, and the parent view -- replacing the plain gray text that appeared before.
- v0.25.0Jun 21, 2026
Faster waitlist responses
If you join the waitlist, you now hear back sooner. Approved signups get an email with a sign-in link, and anyone we cannot fit in yet gets a warm note instead of silence.
New- Waitlist signups now get a clear response. When you are approved you receive an email with a sign-in link so you can start right away, and if we cannot offer a spot yet you get a short, friendly note letting you know we are adding people in stages and will reach out.
- v0.24.0Jun 20, 2026
Time-limited beta access
Beta access to a paid plan can now carry an end date and returns to Free on its own when it lapses, so complimentary and trial upgrades stay accurate without anyone having to switch them off by hand.
New- Standard or Premium access granted during the private beta can now come with an expiration date. When it lapses the account returns to Free automatically, and starting a paid subscription at any point takes over cleanly and keeps your access uninterrupted.
- v0.23.6Jun 20, 2026
More reliable email and onboarding saves
Outgoing email now recovers from a stalled send without risking a duplicate, and onboarding tells you if your activities did not save instead of moving on.
Improved- Outgoing email now times out and retries safely if a send stalls, with a safeguard so a retried message is never delivered twice.
Fixed- If your activities cannot be saved during onboarding, you now see a clear error and can try again, rather than the app continuing as though they were saved.
- v0.23.5Jun 20, 2026
Cleaner wording in three outreach templates
The coach and waitlist templates now read smoothly around the details you fill in, instead of leaving an awkward gap.
Improved- The coach intro, coach follow-up, and waitlist letter-of-continued-interest templates now frame the spot where you add a recent result or update, so the sentence reads naturally whether you write a short phrase or a full clause. A stray casual phrase in the coach follow-up is gone too.
- v0.23.4Jun 20, 2026
Beta badge on the sign-in page
The sign-in page now carries a Beta badge while CollegeVerge is in private beta, matching the one inside the app.
Improved- The sign-in page shows a Beta badge for as long as CollegeVerge is in private beta, so it is clear at a glance that you are using an early release. It clears automatically at general availability.
- v0.23.3Jun 20, 2026
Parent progress ring now reflects the full cycle
The Application cycle progress ring on the parent dashboard now moves as your student logs recommendations, supplemental essays, and financial aid, so it shows real progress instead of stalling partway.
Fixed- The parent dashboard's Application cycle progress ring counted only the resume, college list, and applications, so it could not climb past the low 40s even when a student was well underway. It now reads counselor recommendations, supplemental essays, and FAFSA status from each school's checklist, so the ring reaches 100 percent once the tracked cycle is complete.
- v0.22.2Jun 20, 2026
More dependable parent approval and consent steps
The under-18 approval and parent consent steps now confirm they actually went through, and ask you to try again if something does not.
Fixed- If the approval email to a parent or guardian cannot be sent during signup, we now say so and let you try again, instead of finishing as though it had been sent.
- Parent approval, accepting an invite, and declining an invite now report a clear error if the change does not save, rather than appearing to succeed.
- v0.22.1Jun 20, 2026
Premium starter lists now use the full school cap
When a Premium member finishes onboarding, their starter list now fills up to the Premium school limit instead of stopping short.
Fixed- Premium onboarding was building a starter list of at most 12 schools, the Standard limit, rather than the full Premium allotment. New Premium members now receive recommendations up to their plan's school cap.
- v0.22.0Jun 11, 2026
Your list now keeps up with your profile
Fit ratings recalculate the moment you save profile changes, and a new Refresh list action rebuilds your recommendations around the schools you are already working on.
New- Refresh list, available on the dashboard and under Settings, rebuilds your recommendations from your current grades, scores, budget, and preferences. Schools you pinned, marked as applying, moved past Interested, or logged activity on stay on your list; only untouched recommendations are swapped out.
- Refreshing from Settings shows the same Likely / Target / Reach / Far Reach summary you saw at the end of onboarding, so you can confirm the new list at a glance.
Fixed- Saving a new GPA, SAT or ACT score, or test plan in Settings now recalculates the fit rating for every school on your list, pinned schools included. Ratings were previously set when a school was added and did not follow your profile.
- v0.21.0Jun 10, 2026
Sport and major signals on the dashboard school panel
The school panel on your dashboard now tells you up front when a school fits what you want to study and where you want to compete.
New- Athletes see an Athletics section on the dashboard school panel: a gold medal highlight when the school sponsors your varsity sport, with its level (NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA), plus a direct link to the coach directory.
- When a school is strong in one of your intended majors, the panel highlights it under the fit breakdown. No mark does not mean the major is missing; the data covers each school's most popular majors.
Improved- The coach contact block on the dashboard panel made way for the new Athletics section. Coach contacts live in the coach directory and on the full school record, where there is room to act on them.
- v0.20.0Jun 10, 2026
Your sport, visible across Explore and the coach directory
Athletics data now follows you through the app. Explore flags the schools that sponsor your sport, and the coach directory covers every school on your list with a program in your sport, even before we have a verified coach contact.
New- A gold medal marker on Explore rows for Premium athletes, showing at a glance which schools sponsor your varsity sport. Sponsoring schools also show their level (NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA) under the school name.
- The coach directory now lists every school on your list that sponsors your sport. Where we have a verified coach contact you see it as before; where we do not yet, you see the program confirmed with its division, roster size, and season.
Improved- Clearer guidance on the coach directory when your profile has no sport set or none of your schools sponsor your sport.
- A cleaner Explore table: centered, single-line column headers with the sort arrow beside the label, fit badges that no longer wrap, and a simpler Cost column. The average GPA column is set aside until the data behind it is loaded.
- v0.19.0Jun 10, 2026
Athletics data for every school, with sport and division filters
CollegeVerge now knows which varsity sports each school sponsors and at what level, sourced from the federal Equity in Athletics survey. Athletes can filter Explore by their sport and target division, and every school record shows its athletics program.
New- An Athletics card on each school record showing the school's level (NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, and others) and its full varsity sport list. If you are an athlete, it confirms whether your sport is sponsored, with roster sizes for the latest season.
- Sport and division filters on Explore for Premium accounts. The sport filter starts on your own sport, so the list opens to schools where you could actually compete.
- Varsity sport sponsorship and roster data for more than 1,250 schools, refreshed annually from the U.S. Department of Education's Equity in Athletics survey.
Improved- The sport field in onboarding and settings now suggests the standard sport names, so your profile lines up with the athletics data.
- The coach panel now tells you when a school fields your sport but we do not have a verified coach contact yet.
Fixed- The top majors list on the school record no longer collides with its label; it now sits on its own line.
- v0.18.2Jun 10, 2026
The app address goes straight to sign-in
Visiting app.collegeverge.com while signed out now lands on the sign-in page directly. The home page at collegeverge.com is unchanged.
Improved- Returning users who bookmark app.collegeverge.com skip the home page and land on sign-in, one step closer to their dashboard.
- v0.18.1Jun 10, 2026
A clearer path between the sign-in page and the home page
Small polish on the sign-in page: the CollegeVerge wordmark now matches the logo, and a back link returns you to the home page.
Improved- The sign-in page header now shows the CollegeVerge wordmark in its proper typeface, and both it and a new back link take you to the home page.
- v0.18.0Jun 10, 2026
A public front door, with a waitlist
CollegeVerge now has a real landing page. Visitors can see what the product does, compare plans, join the waitlist for launch, and reach us directly, all without an account.
New- A public landing page at the site root with an overview of fit scoring, deadlines, outreach, plans, and the parent portal, in both light and dark mode.
- A waitlist signup. Leave your name, school, and email and you will get a confirmation right away and a note the moment we open to new students.
- A contact form on the landing page, so questions reach a person before you ever create an account.
- v0.17.1Jun 9, 2026
A few small fixes across the app
This release smooths out a handful of rough edges: your interest letter edits now stick, school size reads in plain language, and the gold accent borders look right in dark mode.
New- A Reset to template button on the interest letter that rebuilds the draft from the selected school and recipient whenever you want a fresh start.
Improved- The interest letter now closes with the email signature you saved in Settings, falling back to your name and email when you have not set one.
Fixed- The interest letter no longer discards your typed edits when you switch the school or recipient. The draft only refreshes from the template while you have not changed it yourself.
- A school's size now shows as Small, Medium, or Large on its record header instead of a raw data value.
- Gold accent borders, used on tips and highlight cards, now render in their proper dark tone in dark mode rather than a bright pale edge.
- v0.17.0Jun 8, 2026
A quick link to each school's net price calculator
College records now link straight to a school's own net price calculator, so you can estimate your real out-of-pocket cost in a click instead of hunting for it.
New- A net price calculator link on college records, drawn from federal data. Because these calculators are often hosted by an outside provider, the link asks you to confirm before it opens the estimator in a new tab.
- v0.16.0Jun 8, 2026
Richer, fresher school data
College records now show each school's most common areas of study, and the data behind every record refreshes on a regular schedule so the figures stay current.
New- Top majors now appear on college records, drawn from federal completion data, so you can see what each school actually graduates students in.
Improved- School data now refreshes on a monthly schedule from the College Scorecard, keeping each record's admissions and cost figures current without manual updates.
- v0.15.0Jun 7, 2026
At-a-glance summary panels for parents
The parent dashboard now shows the same four summary panels as the student view: fit distribution, lowest net prices, public versus private, and application status, so you can read the shape of the list at a glance.
New- Fit distribution, Lowest avg net price, Public vs private, and Application status panels on the parent dashboard, with the lowest-net-price schools linking straight to their records.
Improved- The student and parent dashboards now share the same summary panel components, so the two stay consistent as the panels evolve.
- v0.14.0Jun 7, 2026
Parents can explore each school's full record
The parent portal now has a Schools view and a full, read-only record for every school on your student's list, with the same fit, admissions, cost, deadlines, and application detail the student sees. It updates as your student makes changes.
New- A Schools page in the parent portal listing every school on your student's list, filterable by My List and Applied, each opening a full read-only record.
- A read-only college record for parents showing fit, admissions, cost and aid, academics, essays, deadlines, and your student's application status and checklist.
Improved- School names in the parent dashboard's deadlines, and the Schools, My List, and Applied figures, now link straight into the schools view, carrying the matching filter.
Fixed- A school your student is actively applying to now consistently counts as on their apply list across the dashboard, schools view, and record.
- v0.13.0Jun 7, 2026
A clearer home for the parent portal
The parent portal now has a side navigation, so the dashboard and your student's resume each have their own place, with room to grow as we add more for families.
New- A side navigation in the parent portal with Dashboard and Resume, plus a Settings area for notification preferences that is coming soon.
Improved- Your student's resume now lives on its own Resume page instead of sitting at the bottom of the dashboard, so each view stays focused.
- v0.12.0Jun 7, 2026
Track an application from the school's record
A school's full record page now carries the same apply list and application tracking you have on your dashboard. Add the school to your apply list and, once it is on, set its status, watch its progress, and work the checklist without leaving the page.
New- The college record page now has an "On my apply list" toggle and, once a school is on your list, its status selector, progress meter, and application checklist, matching the dashboard.
- A "My List" count on the student and parent dashboards shows how many schools you plan to apply to, sitting next to the "Applied" count of how many you have submitted.
Improved- The status, progress meter, and checklist on a school's record stay tucked away until you add it to your apply list, so each record stays focused until you commit to applying.
- Renamed the dashboard "Apps sent" figure to "Applied" on both the student and parent dashboards, so the two views use the same wording.
- The "My List" and "Applied" cards are now clickable filters on your dashboard, and the "Application status" panel gained an "On my list" row, so you can narrow your schools to those you plan to apply to or have already submitted.
- Reordered the school detail panel so Website and View full details sit together, with Send package set apart below as a green action.
- v0.11.0Jun 7, 2026
Mark the schools you are applying to
You can now flag which schools are on your apply list, separate from where each application stands. A new "Apps sent" figure on your dashboard, and on your parent's, shows how many of those applications you have submitted.
New- An "On my apply list" toggle on each school marks it as one you intend to apply to, so your apply list is explicit and not just inferred from status.
- An "Apps sent" figure on the student and parent dashboards shows submitted applications out of the schools on your apply list, with both views using the same count.
Improved- A school's status, progress meter, and application checklist now appear once you add it to your apply list, keeping each school's record focused until you commit to applying.
Fixed- The parent dashboard no longer counts in-progress applications as submitted, so the "Applications submitted" milestone and its count reflect only applications you have actually sent.
- v0.10.0Jun 7, 2026
A fuller picture in the parent view
Parents now see the same resume preview you build on your package, with a download to match, plus the school behind each week's activity and the full deadline schedule instead of only the next few.
New- Parents can preview your resume exactly as it appears on your package and download it as a PDF, right from the parent dashboard.
Improved- The parent weekly activity feed now names the school tied to each touchpoint, so it is clear which conversation went where.
- The parent deadlines card now opens to the full upcoming schedule, not just the first five.
- Reordered the parent dashboard so this week's activity sits up top next to progress, with the deadline schedule alongside the financial snapshot.
- Added a short explainer on the parent "application cycle progress" figure, so it is clear the percentage tracks six milestones across the cycle.
- v0.9.0Jun 7, 2026
Your package, laid out section by section
The package page is now a single scrolling layout instead of tabs. Activities and Awards are their own sections at the top and flow straight into your resume, with quick links to jump to any section. Recommendation letters and essays are on the way.
New- Placeholders for upcoming Recommendation letters and Essays sections, so you can see where they will live in your package.
Improved- The package is now one page of stacked sections (Activities, Awards, Resume builder, Interest letters, Transcripts) with a sticky bar to jump between them, replacing the old tabs.
- Activities and Awards now stand on their own and feed your resume, so it is clearer how each piece shapes what you share. Volunteer and work hours still roll up into your Bright Futures totals.
- v0.8.2Jun 7, 2026
IB and Honors courses on your resume
Your resume now shows your IB and Honors course counts alongside AP, so your full course rigor comes through. The numbers come straight from your academics, in onboarding or settings.
Fixed- The resume education line now includes IB and Honors course counts, not just AP. This shows across the resume PDF, the shared resume link, and the package preview.
- v0.8.1Jun 6, 2026
Undecided is a real answer
Not sure of your major yet? You can now say so. Mark yourself as undecided in onboarding or settings and we'll keep your profile moving without forcing you to pick.
New- An "I'm undecided / still exploring" option for your intended major, in both onboarding and settings. Choosing it sets the majors field aside, and your matches and resume adjust on their own.
- v0.8.0Jun 6, 2026
Clearer numbers on every school
We added plain-language explanations to the figures that students told us were hard to read at a glance. Hover the info icons to see what each fit score, the average net price, and the school-size labels actually mean.
Improved- Your fit breakdown now explains what the Academic, Financial, and Athletic scores measure and how each is derived.
- Average net price now spells out what it includes: tuition, fees, housing, books, and other costs, after typical grant and scholarship aid.
- The cost panel spells out the out-of-state sticker price in full instead of abbreviating it.
- Small, medium, and large school sizes now show their enrollment ranges, so you know what each label means when you set your preferences.
- v0.7.1Jun 6, 2026
Clearer text in dark mode
We tightened up our color system so text that could appear too dim now reads clearly, especially in dark mode.
Fixed- Fixed low-contrast text in dark mode in spots where some labels and descriptions were hard to read.
- v0.7.0Jun 6, 2026
Send feedback from anywhere
A Feedback button now sits in the corner of every page. Tell us about a bug, share an idea, or flag something confusing in a few seconds, and we attach the page you were on to help us track it down. You get an email confirmation with a reference number so you can follow up.
New- App-wide Feedback button for students and parents: pick a type (bug, idea, confusing, praise, or other), add a short summary and details, and send. The current page is captured automatically.
- Every submission gets a reference like UAT-1000 and an email confirmation you can reply to.
- v0.6.0Jun 6, 2026
Activity-type-driven resume builder
The Activities editor now shows the right fields for each activity type. Pick Sports, Club, Arts, Community Service, Work, or Other and only the fields that matter for that type appear. Bright Futures volunteer and paid-work hours are auto-totaled live from your entries, with a manual override when you need it.
New- Per-type field sets in the Activities editor: Sports (sport, setting, season/year, stats), Club (name, position, setting, years), Arts (program, role, setting, years), Community Service (org, location, role, years, volunteer hours), Work (company, location, role, dates, paid hours), Other (activity name, years).
- Typeahead inputs for Sport and Arts program fields - filter from a curated list or type anything.
- Bright Futures hours auto-total live from Community Service and Work entries; edit the input to override, then reset back to the auto-sum with one click.
Improved- Each activity and award row now has a stable identity, so removing a row no longer causes focus to jump.
- Empty-state messages appear when there are no activities or awards yet.
- Live preview uses the shared activityView helper for consistent title, role, meta, and timeframe display across preview and PDF.
- Description textareas capped at 600 characters.
- v0.5.8Jun 6, 2026
More merge fields for your templates
Templates can now fill in more details automatically, like your graduation year, high school, sport, and the school's city and state, so your own templates feel personal with less typing.
New- New auto-filled merge fields: graduation year, high school, home city, sport, and the selected school's city and state. The template editor lists all available fields.
- v0.5.7Jun 6, 2026
Sharper, more personal email templates
Every email template was rewritten in a more polished voice and now leans on your school and program details, and we added templates for a few more moments in the process.
New- New templates: a financial aid appeal, a program-specific interest note, and an admitted-student next-steps question.
Improved- Every template was rewritten in a more mature, personal voice that pulls in your school and program, so the emails read as specific to you rather than generic.
- v0.5.6Jun 6, 2026
Change the email you sign in with
You can now update your sign-in email from Settings, and an admin can change it for you if you have lost access to your old inbox.
New- Settings > Security now lets you change your sign-in email. For your safety we email a confirmation link to both your current and your new address.
Improved- Lost access to your old email? An admin can update it for you so you are not locked out of your account.
- v0.5.5Jun 6, 2026
Passwords: sign in, reset, and change
Sign-in now starts with your email and password, you can reset a forgotten password right from the sign-in page, and you can change your password anytime in Settings.
New- Forgot your password? Reset it from the sign-in page and we will email you a link to set a new one.
- A new Security tab in Settings lets you change your password, with your current password to confirm it is you.
Improved- Sign-in defaults to email and password. Prefer a link? Tap 'Use a magic link instead' and we will email you one.
- v0.5.4Jun 6, 2026
Easier to use with a keyboard and screen reader
Form fields and menus across the app now label themselves properly and work with the keyboard, so the whole thing is easier to use with assistive tech.
Improved- Fields in settings, onboarding, explore, templates, the dashboard, and the admin tools now announce their labels to screen readers, and clicking a label jumps you straight into that field.
- Lists and menus you could only click before now respond to the keyboard too.
- v0.5.3Jun 5, 2026
Friendlier loading and error screens
Pages now show a clean loading state while they load, and a friendly recovery screen if something goes wrong, instead of a blank or broken page.
Improved- Added a loading indicator while pages fetch your data.
- A failed page now shows a 'something went wrong' screen with a Try again button, and unknown links show a proper Page not found screen.
- v0.5.2Jun 5, 2026
More screen-reader friendly Communication Package
The resume builder, share link, and interest letter fields now announce themselves properly to screen readers.
Improved- Screen readers now read out the summary, activity type, share link, and interest letter fields in your Communication Package, so the page is easier to use with assistive tech.
- v0.5.1Jun 5, 2026
Account suspension now takes effect everywhere
If an account is suspended, that now applies across the whole app, the linked parent view, and any public share links.
Fixed- A suspended account is now signed out everywhere and shown a clear notice instead of keeping access.
- A suspended student's progress is hidden from their linked parent and their public resume links until the account is restored.
- v0.5.0Jun 5, 2026
Control your share links and keep contact info private
You can now turn off a resume share link whenever you want and see how often each one has been opened, plus a few privacy and account-safety improvements.
New- Manage your resume share links from the Communication Package: see each link's view count and expiry, and turn any link off in one click.
Improved- Public resume links no longer show your email address, so your contact info stays private when you send a link to a coach or counselor.
- If a parent or guardian already has a CollegeVerge account, they now confirm the connection with a clear Accept step before approving an under-18 account.
Fixed- Hardened sign-in so a link always returns you to a CollegeVerge page.
- Closed a gap where a student's account could be changed without their say-so when another student entered their email.
- v0.4.2Jun 4, 2026
Easier to use with a screen reader
The Explore filters and the email composer now announce themselves properly to screen readers, with some behind-the-scenes cleanup.
Improved- Screen readers now read out the Explore filters (Fit, school type, and state) and the subject and message fields in the Templates composer, so the app is easier to use with assistive tech.
- v0.4.1Jun 4, 2026
Stronger account and parent-approval protections
Parents now approve an under-18 student's account with a clear, deliberate step, and we tightened the protections around account and billing settings.
Improved- Parents of students under 18 now give consent by clicking Approve on their parent dashboard, instead of approval being implied at sign-in.
Fixed- Hardened account, billing, and consent settings so they can only be changed through the proper, secure flows.
- The weekly parent digest endpoint now refuses to run unless its security key is configured.
- v0.4.0Jun 3, 2026
Choose how your emails open
Compose from a template straight into Gmail, Outlook, or your device's default mail app, with your signature already attached.
New- A Mail app preference in Settings (Auto-detect, Gmail, Outlook, or your default mail app) that controls how the Templates composer opens your draft.
- A Contact support section in the Help center, so reaching us is no longer buried at the bottom of a page.
Improved- The Templates “Open in…” button now matches your chosen mail app and prefills the recipient, subject, body, and your saved signature.
- v0.3.0Jun 3, 2026
Release notes and a few fixes
You can now see everything that ships in CollegeVerge in one place, plus a couple of polish fixes.
New- Release notes page (this one) with the full history of what has shipped, newest first.
- A What's new section on the Support page that surfaces the latest update.
Improved- The help center side navigation is easier to read in dark mode.
Fixed- Stale sign-in sessions now clear themselves automatically instead of showing a refresh error.
- v0.2.0Jun 2, 2026
In-app help center
A complete help center now lives under Support, no more guessing how a feature works.
New- A step-by-step user guide covering every module, from your first school list to coach outreach.
- A searchable FAQ and a one-page quick reference cheat sheet.
- Product screenshots throughout the guide, in both light and dark mode.
- A contact form for reaching us directly during the beta.
- v0.1.0May 30, 2026
CollegeVerge is live in private beta
The first build of CollegeVerge, your home base for the whole college process.
New- Build a school list with fit scoring across Likely, Target, Reach, and Far reach.
- Explore the full college database and track every application deadline.
- Email templates, demonstrated-interest tracking, the communication package, and a coach directory for athletes.
- Free, Standard, and Premium plans.