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The Resolve! Planner

A counselor-ready AP or IB plan that weighs major signal, transcript context, school availability, time budget, and the courses to skip.

Picking AP or IB Courses by Gut Is Expensive.

The Problem

Most students sign up for APs based on what friends took, what looks impressive, or what happens to fit in the first draft of a schedule.

Whatever your friends took
Every exam in the College Board AP catalog scored against your own constraints
Whatever looks impressive
Your major direction, transcript context, and target colleges read as evidence
Whatever fits the first draft of a schedule
Current courses, school course options, time budget, and hard constraints
At an IB school, so the AP advice does not apply
The same engine plans the full Diploma Programme package, HL/SL, TOK, EE, and CAS
The Sample

One Engine, Two Course Systems.

Sample Only. Two fictional students, one planner. Maya Chen is a rising junior on a biology and pre-med track at a US high school; Sofia Marchetti is a 10th grader entering the IB Diploma Programme on an economics track. Switch tracks below to see the plan each of them got. These are the full samples that used to sit on two separate pages, now built right into this one.

AP Track · Maya Chen

The Load Board

Three APs Now, One Held Back on Purpose

Maya is a rising junior on a biology and pre-med track with a GPA that is trending up. The plan plants the two courses that define a pre-med transcript, then protects the trend by refusing to stack a second lab science.

Junior Year3 APs
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP English Language
Spanish 4, continuing

Ceiling: 3 APs

Senior YearPlanned
AP Chemistry, moved here on purpose
Second science slot, decided after AP scores
AP Statistics or AP Spanish, if the load allows

Settled the summer between

Why Chemistry Waits. Doubling two lab-report-heavy AP sciences in one year is the most common way a balanced student slips from A's to B's. Deferring it also means Calculus is finished before Chemistry starts.
Top 3 Picks

Why Each One Earned Its Slot

AP BiologyHigh Confidence

A biology major that does not show AP Biology reads as a gap to every admissions reader. Honors Biology is cleared and Honors Chemistry is finishing, which is the exact runway it assumes.

AP Calculus ABHigh Confidence

The math runway selective pre-med programs expect. Readiness hangs on a strong second-semester finish in Honors Precalculus.

AP English LanguageThird Slot

The highest-value junior humanities AP that will not overload a science-heavy schedule.

Risk Flags

What the Plan Is Watching

  • AP Biology and AP Chemistry in the same year would push a balanced workload into heavy territory. The plan splits them on purpose.
  • AP Calculus AB readiness depends on a strong second-semester finish in Honors Precalculus. A dip there is the main thing to watch.
  • Three APs plus Spanish 4 is a full junior load. Protect the upward grade trend rather than adding a fourth AP.

Tempting APs to Skip

AP Environmental Science reads as AP-lite next to AP Biology. AP US History would collide with Biology's labs. AP Statistics is genuinely useful, but Calculus AB is the math these programs want to see first.

Counselor Script

The Words to Walk In With

I'm a junior on a biology and pre-med track, and I'd like to take AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, and AP English Language next year. I'm intentionally holding AP Chemistry until senior year so I'm not carrying two lab-heavy AP sciences at once, which would put my rising GPA at risk. Could we confirm the AP Biology prerequisites and lab schedule, check whether Calculus AB or BC fits my Precalculus pace, and make sure none of this collides with Spanish 4?

IB Diploma Track · Sofia Marchetti

The Diploma Package

Six Subjects, One from Each Group, Three at Higher Level

Sofia is heading into DP1 aiming at economics in the UK and EU, where offers name specific Higher Levels rather than an HL count. The package locks three HLs around that target, then solves the remaining groups with two moves the IB rules allow.

Group 1
English A: Language and LiteratureHL

Her strongest academic language, and Lakewood's only Group 1 offering for native English speakers.

Group 2
Spanish Ab InitioSL

The true-beginner course, and the only honest option starting from zero.

Group 3
EconomicsHL

The major anchor, and the Extended Essay host.

Groups 3 + 4
Environmental Systems and SocietiesSL

The interdisciplinary subject that clears a Group 3 and a Group 4 requirement in one course, without adding a second heavy lab science.

Group 5
Mathematics: Analysis and ApproachesHL

LSE-tier economics offers routinely name Math AA HL as a condition.

Group 6 ← 1
Italian A: LiteratureSL

A second Language A takes the arts slot, which the IB allows in place of an arts course. It also qualifies Sofia for the bilingual diploma.

3 HL / 3 SL · Bilingual diploma

The Core

TOK, Extended Essay, CAS

Theory of Knowledge

Her strongest knowledge questions sit where Economics meets language: what happens to a concept like "value" when it moves between English and Italian?

Extended Essay

In Economics, the HL she already knows best. Scope a narrow, testable question over the summer between DP1 and DP2.

Creativity, Activity, Service

Newspaper and volleyball already cover Creativity and Activity. Add one Service-only commitment and log entries dated as you go.

Risk Flags

What the Plan Is Watching

  • Math AA HL is the heaviest pick in the package. Protect it in year 1 rather than letting English A or Economics crowd it out early.
  • Confirm ESS acceptance at UK targets before locking it in as the science requirement; some programs want a single-group lab science instead.
  • Three HLs plus two Language A subjects is a full load. Do not add a fourth HL to chase extra rigor.
  • CAS and the Extended Essay both compete for attention if left too late. Start logging and scoping in DP1, not DP2.
Coordinator Script

The Words to Walk In With

I'm heading into DP1 aiming for an economics degree at UK and EU universities, and I'd like to confirm a six-subject package: English A HL, Spanish ab initio SL, Economics HL, Environmental systems and societies SL, Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL, and Italian A: literature SL in place of an arts subject. I'm hoping Economics HL can also be my Extended Essay subject. Could we confirm that Spanish ab initio and Italian A will both run for two years, check whether my target universities require a specific science beyond ESS, and make sure this combination still qualifies for the bilingual diploma?

Three Steps. One Course Strategy.

What Goes In What Comes Back
1

Pick AP or IB, Then Answer about Your Transcript, Targets, Schedule, and Course Options.

Your Roster profile can supply your major, grade, school, current courses, GPA context, targets, activities, and notes as starting points; you can edit anything.

Goes In:Your Track, AP or IB Transcript, Targets, Schedule What Your School Actually Offers
Comes Back:An Intake Pre-Filled from the Roster, All of It Editable
2

We Build the Evidence Before the Plan Is Written.

Each AP or IB subject is checked for major fit, transcript story, readiness, workload and time budget, school availability, target-college credit value, schedule feasibility, and strategic balance. The explanation layer only chooses from the closed shortlist; it cannot invent courses.

Goes In:Your Answers and Constraints
Comes Back:Every Subject Scored on Eight Checks A Closed Shortlist the Explainer Cannot Add To
3

Get Picks, Fallbacks, Risks, and the Counselor Conversation.

The AP plan gives three picks plus two backups; the IB plan gives a full six-subject diploma package with HL/SL levels and TOK/EE/CAS guidance. Both include sequence advice, risk flags, tempting courses to skip, a counselor checklist, and one included adjustment pass if a pick is unavailable, too difficult, already taken, or rejected.

Goes In:The Scored Shortlist
Comes Back:Three Picks plus Two Backups, or a Six-Subject IB Package Risk Flags and Courses to Skip A Counselor Checklist
The Same Eight Checks, Both Tracks

Every Subject Clears Eight Checks Before It Reaches Your Plan.

1Major Fit
2Transcript Story
3Readiness
4Workload against Your Weekly Time Budget
5Availability at Your School
6Target-College Credit Value
7Schedule Feasibility
8Overall Balance

The checks run on every candidate, not on a shortlist someone picked first. Whatever survives them is the only thing the explanation layer is allowed to choose from, which is why it cannot invent a course your school does not teach.

42AP exams scored 30mainstream IB Diploma subjects 8evidence checks each 3 + 2AP picks and backups

What Carries In, What Carries Out.

Carries In The Roster! Board
Your Shared Profile Current Courses and GPA Context
Major, grade, school, current courses, GPA context, targets, activities, and notes arrive as starting points. You can edit any of them before the plan is built.
Carries Out Your Counselor Conversation
Picks, Backups, and Risk Flags A Counselor Checklist An Optional Counselor Sign-Off
The plan is built to be discussed rather than just read, and one adjustment pass is included if a pick turns out to be unavailable, too difficult, already taken, or rejected. If your counselor uses EduFinder and you approve their request to see the plan, they can record an Approve or Reject call on each recommended course, with comments, right on it.

Parents See the Plan, Never the Answers.

A family link starts with one side asking and the other side confirming. Once it is confirmed, this planner shows up on a parent's own dashboard as a few plain facts.

What a Confirmed Parent Reads Here.

The AP course or IB subject names on the plan you generated, whether it is an AP or an IB plan, the date it was generated, and how many of the planner's questions you have answered. The eight evidence checks, the risk flags, the courses to skip, and every answer you typed stay off a parent's card.

One more line can appear, and only if you put it there. If you separately share the plan with a school counselor and that counselor records a decision on it, a confirmed parent can read that decision too. That is the only place the two links touch, and both of them stay revocable from your side.

See Everything a Family Link Shares

Fair Questions, Straight Answers.

What we would want to know before trusting an admissions tool.

What Is EduFinder Actually Built On?

EduFinder is built on specialist materials and structured admissions data: human-written SAT-style questions based on released-test patterns, acceptance-record calibration for chance bands, hand-curated college data, and intake flows designed by educators. AI helps synthesize a student's answers into the final output, but the product is the underlying data, structure, and judgment.

How Does It Choose Which APs to Recommend?

It scores every exam in the College Board AP catalog (42 in all) against eight evidence checks: major fit, transcript story, readiness, workload against your weekly time budget, availability at your school, target-college credit value, schedule feasibility, and overall balance. You get three top picks plus two backups, with the reasoning shown for each, so you can take the plan straight to a counselor. Nothing is recommended that your school does not offer or that your stated constraints rule out.

Does It Work for IB Schools?

Yes. Pick the IB track at the start of the wizard and Resolve plans the full Diploma Programme package: one subject from each group with the official substitution rules, exactly three (or four) Higher Levels, and TOK, Extended Essay, and CAS guidance. It scores all 30 mainstream IB Diploma subjects with the same eight evidence checks the AP track uses, so the plan stays counselor-ready.

Can My Counselor See This Plan?

Only if you approve it. A school counselor with an EduFinder account builds a caseload one student at a time, by email, and you confirm for yourself; that one confirmation covers both your Shortlist facts and the course plan itself, and a no is final for that link. A counselor you have approved can record an Approve or Reject call on each recommended course, plus comments and an overall note, and that decision appears on your own plan page. That counselor also reads the plan itself, exactly as your own plan page shows it, including the reasoning behind each pick and the snapshot you gave the planner. If you have also confirmed a family link, a parent can read that recorded decision too, but never the plan itself: a parent's card stays the course names, the track, the date, and the answered count. Neither of them sees your raw answers to the planner's questions beyond the count and what the plan itself carries.

Can I See a Sample First?

Yes. You can read a complete sample AP plan and a complete sample IB diploma plan, each built from a realistic student profile, before you answer anything or sign in.

Who Built This?

A small team of educators with US-college admissions experience, based in Seoul, plus engineers. The same people designed the question bank, the prediction model, and the editor, and tested them in real classrooms before anything shipped publicly. The "Who We Are" page has the longer version.

What Happens to My Answers?

Your intake answers, saved work, and reports stay in your account. We do not share them, sell them, or use them to train models. You can delete the whole account from settings at any time.

One Plan. One Counselor-Ready Course Strategy.

Answer first. Generate yours.

What You Give It
AP or IB Your Transcript Target Colleges Your School's Course List A Weekly Time Budget Hard Constraints
What Comes Back
3 Picks + 2 Backups Or a Six-Subject IB Package Evidence for Every Pick Risk Flags Courses to Skip A Counselor Checklist One Adjustment Pass
The Resolve! Planner

An AP or IB Plan Built around Real Constraints.

  • Top 3 AP picks plus 2 backups, or a full six-subject IB diploma package with HL/SL levels
  • Major, transcript, target-credit, schedule, availability, and workload evidence
  • Risk flags, sequence advice, courses to skip, and unavailable-course fallbacks
  • Counselor questions, TOK/EE/CAS guidance on the IB track, and one included adjustment pass

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