Free to start, with no card. Spike Pro is $39 a month and you can cancel whenever you want. A private counselor is usually $3,000 to $10,000 for one application season, paid upfront.

For parents

Help your teen get real guidance
without taking over.

Q: Does Spike replace my child’s school counselor?

No, it complements them. School counselors are stretched thin. Spike covers the day-to-day questions, so in-person meetings can focus on the hard decisions.

Q: Is Spike trying to recruit my child for colleges?

No. Colleges don’t pay Spike to recommend them, and Spike doesn’t put your teen into a recruiting funnel.

Q: Is my child’s information safe?

Spike does not sell personal information. It’s built to student-privacy standards, and the privacy policy has the details.

Spike is a specialized AI that guides high school students through the whole college application. Here’s what it does, what it won’t do, and what you’ll see.

The weekly email

One update a week, and nothing to log into.

If your teen adds your email address, Spike sends you a short read every week: what they worked on, what’s coming up, and the one thing that would help most. Enough to know whether to step in.

Added by your teen, and theirs to turn off at any time.

SubjectA good week for Jordan

This week

Early Decision application to Amherst College is due on November 1. This is a good week to offer another pair of eyes, if Jordan wants them.

Jordan finished four things:

Draft the Amherst supplement
Ask Ms. Reyes for a recommendation letter
Register for the October SAT
Email Dr. Rolston about a lab visit

They also added Bowdoin and Colby to the list.

Coming up

Early Decision application to Amherst CollegeNov 1
Application to Coca-Cola Scholars ProgramOct 31
Regular Decision application to Bowdoin CollegeJan 1
Application to Colby CollegeJan 1

You’re getting this because a student chose to share their progress with you.
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Safety & privacy

What Spike will and won’t do.

Student data stays separate from recruiting

Spike doesn’t sell personal information or use student profiles to market colleges.

Clear limits

No admissions guarantees, no ghostwritten essays, and no pretending AI is perfect.

You get a summary, not a feed

The weekly email covers progress and upcoming deadlines. Your teen’s conversations with Spike stay private to them.

Getting started

How to get started.

01
Your teen starts free
No card needed, and they can stay on the free plan as long as they like.
02
They talk to Spike
There’s no form to fill in. Ten minutes of conversation is enough for Spike to start helping.
03
They add your email
Optional, and theirs to turn off. From then on you get the weekly update instead of having to ask.

Questions parents ask

Common questions.

Does Spike replace my child’s school counselor?

Is Spike trying to recruit my child for colleges?

What will it cost?

Is my child’s information safe?

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