A LaunchPoint game

First Semester

Search real colleges, then live a semester at one. Plan your weeks, juggle money and energy, and see what your choices cost, with real data from the school.

This is a simulation. The real LaunchPoint plans your actual path.

Tap View profile for cost, admissions and how to apply. Tap Play here to try a semester there. Use Compare on up to four schools.

Can't find your school? Try a nickname or initials, like UCLA or Penn State, or

Your character

Set up your first semester

Everything is optional. Nothing is ranked.

Quick start (optional): pick a story

Your look

Skin tone

Your bag (your toolkit lives inside)

What you do outside class (tap once for "a little", twice for "a lot", a third time to clear)

How will you pay? (pick any)

This sets your starting cash, how much help you get, and how much money pressure you face.

Your situation (pick any)

These change your energy, time and money. International students have limited work hours and no federal aid.

About you (optional, stays on this device)

GPA Test Score Interested in

Where are you now? Credits completed Second field

Used for fit labels and to shape your courses. Never sent anywhere unless you sign in and agree.

Your semester

Your weeks

Energy (orange), belonging (pink), grades estimate (blue).

Where this path leads (an example, not a prediction)

Your goals and badges

What caused what

What if you had played it differently?

About this school

Questions worth asking this school

The real cost check

Careers to explore

Schools to try next

Keep going

Your shortlist

This was practice

Now do it for real.

You planned a semester by trading time, energy and money. LaunchPoint does the same with your real deadlines, requirements, GPA and opportunities, so your shortlist and plan can carry over when it opens.

Simplified simulation using public national data. General guidance only, not advice. Rules and costs vary by school, so check with the school.