Spike · Matching
How well do you match a college?
Spike scores a school against your numbers for free. Pro reads your story against it, then helps you decide what to work on next.
Sample matching read
University of Michigan
Good Fit 76
- Testing78Your 1470 sits inside the range of students admitted here.
- Academics86A 3.9 with five APs is strong for this school.
- Goals90Its engineering school teaches the environmental engineering you want to study.
- Character70The creek cleanup story is yours, but it isn’t in your essays yet.
- Extracurriculars58Solid activities, but none of them show engineering yet.
- CostNot scoredNot scored yet. Spike needs your family’s income to read cost.
What to do next
- Turn the creek cleanup into a water-testing project this spring. It gives your activities an engineering thread.
- Tell Spike your family’s income so it can score cost.
One read per school, with a score for each part and the next step for the weakest one.
How is it different from a chances calculator?
| What it reads | Chances calculator | Matching |
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| Your GPA and test scores | Yes | Yes |
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| Your activities and your story | –No | Yes |
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| Whether it teaches what you want to study | –No | Yes |
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| What it would cost your family | –No | Yes |
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| Everything you’ve told Spike so far | –No | Yes |
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A calculator reads your numbers. That’s a fair first read. Matching reads the rest of you.
How it reads
Six parts, scored one at a time.
Testing
Your scores against the admitted class and the school’s test policy.
Academics
Your grades and course load against what the school reports.
Goals
Whether the school is strong in what you want to study.
Character
Your story against what the school says it values.
Extracurriculars
What you’ve done, and whether it builds toward your goals.
Cost
What the school would likely cost your family.
No guessing
If Spike doesn’t know enough, the part stays unscored and it tells you what’s missing.
Sources shown
When Spike looks something up about a school, the link is on the read.
Real data
Built on over 300 colleges’ admissions data, not a general AI’s memory.
See how you match your colleges.
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The match score is free. Story analysis comes with Spike Pro, for every school on your list.