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What can you browse before you sign up?

Before you create an account, you can read the guides and open a small public sample: the name of a college, program, or opportunity, where it is, what type it is, and the season applications usually fall in. Costs, test ranges, who can apply, and application links are not on these pages. The homepage preview suggests a direction. It does not search the full catalog.

Public preview of colleges, programs, and opportunities in Scout

What the sample includes

You can read every guide, open any public card, and use the homepage preview without an account. Guide source links go to the organization that runs the program, not into Apprentice's private catalog.

The preview repeats published examples. It does not write essays, and it does not show another student's list.

What a free account adds

A free student account includes Scout, college lists, saved opportunities, application tracking, tasks, and writing, with usage limits. Pro and Max raise those limits. They do not unlock a separate set of tools, and essay evaluations are not part of the free limit.

Deadlines and costs for a specific school or program stay in the account because they change. The public pages exist so you can see the shape of the help before you join.

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