Our mission
No student should narrow their future because of information they never received.
Bridgeboard is a public information and planning hub for community college students considering transfer.
The information gap
Transfer decisions combine admission policies, actual cost, aid, deadlines, pathways and credit rules. That information often lives across separate pages and uses language that is hard to compare.
The result is not simply inconvenience: students may never consider an institution whose aid or transfer pathways could make it possible. Bridgeboard brings those starting points together without deciding which university a student should choose.
What Bridgeboard does
Anyone can search a public directory of more than 100 institutions, compare selected facts, and open official transfer and credit resources. An optional account lets a person save universities, organize application status, and keep private notes across devices.
Bridgeboard does not assign a match score, predict admission, calculate an official aid offer or determine whether a course will count toward a degree.
How we approach the work
Start with options
Students should be able to explore broadly before deciding what is realistic for them.
Show the source
Important facts should lead back to an official policy, tool, or university page whenever one is available.
Keep uncertainty visible
Missing data is not a negative result, and no directory can replace an institution’s final decision.
Stay student-directed
Bridgeboard helps students compare choices and keep their own planning notes without building an academic profile.
Founder story
Built from community college experience
Bridgeboard was founded by Juan, a community college student in Chicago, after seeing how much a student’s list of possibilities could depend on which facts happened to reach them. The project is building the tool he wanted: a neutral place to discover options, verify the source and walk into an advising conversation better prepared.
Start with the information
Explore without an account. Create one only if you want to save and organize your work.
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