Lock your SAT or ACT score
For the private schools: Harvard, Penn, MIT, Caltech, Stanford and more require scores for 2026-27. UCs don't read them.
+250 XP
Season 3 · Grade 11
The Boss Year
Hardest levels, highest stakes. Lock the score for the private schools, keep the grades up for UC, turn the passion project into real output, and build the list.
2,410 XP available · quarterly planning meetings, plus milestone meetings when they're due
Milestones
The work every strong applicant does this yearEpic
Scale the passion project
Real output with real users, readers, or results.
+280 XP
Land a real internship
A role with actual responsibility. The counselor network opens doors.
+220 XP
Earn real leadership
A title with results behind it.
+180 XP
Build the college list
12 to 15 schools across reach, target and likely, UC campuses included, plus an Early Decision call.