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A planning workspace for students applying to selective universities. Your grades, activities, essays and deadlines live in one file — and it tells you the one thing worth doing next.

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Where students using Pathforge are aiming

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Pathforge is an independent planning platform, not affiliated with or endorsed by these universities.

Inside this issue

One workspace,
one continuous file.

One profile. Every important next move. Edit one part and the rest — your resume, LinkedIn, advisor context — stays in sync. Build depth, not a random list of certificates. Whether you're drafting a personal statement, tracking recommendation letters, or mapping out the next application deadline, it lives in the same file — read by the same advisor, in the same voice.

Built for your journey

A personalized application plan, built around where you want to go.

Editorial

“The students who get in aren't the loudest. They are the ones whose file tells a coherent story — chosen carefully, edited honestly, defended with evidence.”

That is the standard every activity, essay, and recommendation on Pathforge is held to before it enters your file.

Your file talks to everything else.

Available now

Connected today — each one has an OAuth handler, an export path, or an edge function behind it.

  • Google CalendarDeadlines and tasks sync both ways
  • GmailSend and track application email
  • LinkedInPulls your record in, keeps it current
  • GitHubRepositories as evidence of what you built
  • GoogleSign in and connect your account
  • MCPBring your own tools to the advisor
  • SupabaseYour file, stored and access-controlled
  • Google GeminiThe reasoning behind advisor answers
  • ElevenLabsTalk to your advisor instead of typing
  • FirecrawlLive web research behind college answers
  • Microsoft WordEssays and resumes exported as .docx
  • PDFYour file, print-ready
  • PowerPointPortfolios exported as .pptx
  • Google SlidesThe same deck, straight into Slides

On the roadmap

Queued, not yet available. Listed so you know what is coming, not to imply it is here.

  • SlackTeam and counsellor channels
  • NotionImport your notes and trackers
  • Google DriveAttach proof straight from Drive
  • Microsoft 365School accounts and Outlook
  • DropboxFile storage for evidence
  • ZoomCounsellor sessions on your calendar
  • CanvasCoursework and grades from Instructure
  • Google ClassroomAssignments alongside your deadlines
  • DiscordCohort and club spaces
  • Microsoft TeamsSchool-managed group work

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