Empower Your Students with College UnMazed
A Comprehensive Curriculum for Schools, Programs & Counselors
Whether you're a school district leader, college advisor, or independent counselor, College UnMazed delivers a plug-and-play curriculum that empowers students and families to navigate the high school to college journey with confidence and clarity.
How We Support Your Student Program
Free Resources
College & Career Readiness Curriculum
Professional Development
Free Resources
Free College Knowledge Assessment
Download and use College UnMazed’s exclusive College Data Organizer (CDO) to easily access data-based information about colleges.
College Data Organizer
Mindmap Posters
The College UnMazed Mindmap Posters visually break down complex college planning concepts into clear, student-friendly pathways. These posters are perfect for classrooms, counseling offices, and workshops to support guided learning and big-picture thinking.
Award Letter Comparison Chart
The Award Letter Comparison Chart helps students and families make sense of financial aid offers by organizing key data like direct costs, grants, loans, and net price.
Worksheets & Printables
The College UnMazed Counselor-Student Connectedness Scale is a short, easy to use 4-item scale. Counselors and educators can use this scale to evaluate how connected students are to the counselors in their schools.
Counselor-Student Connectedness
The College Knowledge Quiz and College Decision Making Quiz are free research-supported, interactive, knowledge-based assessment that measures the college knowledge counselors, students and their families need to make informed college decisions.
College UnMazed offers a collection of additional worksheets and printables that reinforce key college planning concepts through hands-on activities, reflection prompts, and planning tools. These resources are perfect for classrooms, advising sessions, or independent student use to deepen understanding and track progress.
College & Career Readiness Curriculum
College UnMazed was developed by school counselor educators to be a comprehensive curriculum. The curriculum includes the College UnMazed student workbook, ready-made slide decks for each chapter, infographics, parent letters, and detailed lesson plans with additional links and resources.
Our flagship student workbook, College UnMazed: Your Guide to Navigate the High School to College Process, comes with matching digital tools, a robust Parent Guide, and companion resources that cover critical topics like dual enrollment, homeschooling, and financial planning.
The College Fit Priorities Card Sort is an interactive tool that helps students identify what matters most in their college experience—from academics and location to campus culture and financial fit. It's a hands-on activity designed to spark meaningful conversations and support informed college decisions.
College UnMazed was designed to be an engaging conversation starter between the school, parents, and students. Each chapter includes a letter than can be sent to parents and families to guide at-home discussions.
College UnMazed offers specialized mini-curriculums to support families at every stage of the college planning process. From guiding parents through admissions, to helping students navigate dual enrollment or document a homeschool experience, each resource delivers expert advice in a clear, accessible format.
The College UnMazed Conversation Cards are a set of guided prompts designed to spark meaningful dialogue between students, parents, and counselors about college and career planning. These cards encourage reflection, goal-setting, and open communication to support informed and confident decision-making.
College UnMazed: College Planning in a Box is a complete, turnkey curriculum that includes student and parent guides, mini-books, mindmap posters, and lesson resources. Designed for schools, counselors, and families, it simplifies every step of the high school to college journey with engaging, research-based tools.
College UnMazed provides a step-by-step guide to help students and families successfully navigate the high school to college maze. College UnMazed is a colorful, interactive, infographic-based workbook that is designed to foster conversation while building necessary college knowledge and higher-order thinking skills.
College UnMazed Student Workbook
Parent Engagement & Support
College UnMazed is a comprehensive, research-based college and career readiness curriculum that guides students step-by-step from high school to college. Through engaging workbooks, mindmaps, lesson plans, powerpoints, parent letters, and digital tools, students explore their strengths, build academic and career plans, and make informed college decisions with confidence.
Print & Digital Curriculum Options
My College Fit Priorities Card Sort
Program Assessments
Based on the College Admissions Knowledge Evaluation (CAKE) research, there are two critical quizzes to measure student progress. Surveys such as these can provide critical data for program stakeholders. Surveys include the College Knowledge Quiz and College Decision Making Quiz.
Curriculum-In-A-Box
Specialty Mini-Curriculums
Conversation Cards
College UnMazed Curriculum
Our mission statement
College UnMazed was developed by school counselors, counselor educators, and higher education administrators who integrate research and data-informed practices to create an effective and efficient school-based curriculum that 1) Helps students and families navigate the college-going process, and 2) Provides practitioners with the tools and resources to foster the necessary conversations to build college knowledge and higher order thinking skills.
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