Career Match Engine
Connects what you care about (interests, strengths, the life you want) to the careers that fit, with real salary and outlook data from O*NET and BLS. Shows you what a path pays, what it asks of you, and what you'd need to build to get there.
- O*NET + BLS salary and outlook data
- Lifestyle vs. career reality check
- Skills gap analysis
Program & School Matchup
Compare four-year universities, community colleges, trade schools, and training programs side by side: by cost, fit, outcomes, and location.
- Real admissions and completion data
- Cost vs. earning potential comparison
- Application timeline tracker
Funding Discovery
Scholarships, grants, and paid training matched to a student's background, field, and location, including funding specifically for trade schools, CTE, and apprenticeship programs, which almost nobody surfaces.
- $2.3B in scholarships and grants catalogued
- Deadline tracking and reminders
- Trade, CTE, and apprenticeship funding included
Stackable Credentials
See how CTE certificates, industry credentials, and community college credits stack toward a degree, and what each one is worth on its own.
Action Plan
A personalized, prioritized to-do list with deadlines and calendar sync. Guidance when you're stuck. One clear next step, always.
- Google, Outlook, and Apple Calendar sync
- Drag-and-drop reordering
- In-app guidance when you don't know what's next
Course Planning
Map coursework to where it actually leads. Mark courses completed, in progress, or planned, and see what each one opens up.
Section 7 · Reflection
Your reflections belong to you.
After a course, an internship, a job, or a hard week, Vega asks four short questions like: What did I learn? Did I enjoy it? What did I build? Would I do it again?
Over time the reflections become the most valuable thing a student owns: an honest, specific record of who they're becoming. It's what makes a college essay ring true, what makes a scholarship application specific, and what makes an interview answer sound like a person instead of a résumé.
When it's time to write, Vega helps you find your story in your own words. It doesn't write it for you.
Reflections are private to the student. Not visible to teachers, counselors, or parents.
Section 8 · Progress
Progress you can see.
Planning your life is long work with no natural finish line, so Vega makes progress visible: milestones reached, credentials earned, steps completed, opportunities unlocked.
Milestones, not rankings. Vega never ranks a student against other students. There's no leaderboard, no percentile, no score that says one teenager is further along than another. The only comparison that matters is to where you were last month.
Milestone Badges
Goal Setter
First 5 goals set
Course Master
10 courses mapped
Scholar
First funding found
Early Bird
November deadline hit
These four and more. No streak counters. No national comparisons.