What HIYP actually does for you.
Know your next move
A short list of what actually matters for your grade right now — not a 40-item checklist you'll ignore.
Keep the receipts
Log activities, awards, projects, and moments as they happen. Future-you writing essays will thank present-you.
Find opportunities
Scholarships and summer programs matched to your interests, grade, and goals.
Build your story
By senior year you'll have four real years of material — not a blank page and a deadline. You still write it. It's yours.
Year by year
Every grade has a different job.
9th grade
Try things. Build habits. Start the record early — it costs you almost nothing now and saves everything later.
10th grade
Go deeper on two or three things instead of collecting ten. Start paying attention to course rigor.
11th grade
The year that carries the most weight: testing, rigor, college research, and leadership.
12th grade
Applications, essays, recommendations, and scholarship deadlines — built from what you already captured.
Free tools you can use right now.
No account needed — calculators and score guides used by students every week.
Admissions calculator
Estimate where you're competitive based on your GPA, test scores, and course rigor.
Weighted GPA
Calculate your weighted and unweighted GPA from your high school courses.
SAT → ACT
Convert SAT scores to ACT scores using the official concordance table.
ACT → SAT
Convert ACT scores to SAT scores using the official concordance table.
SAT percentiles
See what your SAT score means nationally and how it stacks up against other test takers.
PSAT → SAT
Predict your SAT score from your PSAT and find the right prep window.
SAT vs ACT
Side-by-side comparison to help you decide which test fits your strengths.
ED vs EA
Understand the difference, the trade-offs, and when each strategy makes sense.
Prepare for college
A year-by-year guide to grades 9-12 - courses, activities, testing, and applications.
College checklist
An interactive, grade-by-grade checklist you can work through and save as you go.
Application timeline
Month-by-month application calendar from junior spring through senior spring.