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Free university planning tools

Six free tools. Tell us your grade and start with the ones that fit.

How Stellar works

People first. Our free tools and AI Adviser help between sessions.

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  2. Join live group sessions

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  3. Use the free guides and tools

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  4. Ask the AI Adviser between sessions

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Which tool should you start with?

Start with your grade. Each tool answers one question well.

What each tool does

The course planner shows the Grade 11 and 12 courses a program asks for. The Scholarship Finder lists checked awards, sorted by the next deadline. The cost calculator and deadline planner estimate one year of costs, keep your application dates in one list and compare two schools. The transfer planner shows routes from a college diploma into a degree. The top-6 average calculator works out your Grade 12 average and the entrance scholarship band it reaches. My Stellar Profile keeps your grades and interests in one place and suggests schools to look at.

Grade 9 or 10

Start with the course planner. Pick a program you're curious about and see which Grade 11 and 12 courses it asks for. Keeping math and science open now gives you more choices later. Then try the cost calculator with a parent to see what a year away from home might cost.

Grade 11

Check your Grade 12 plan in the course planner, then look at scholarships early. Some big national awards close in the fall of Grade 12, months before most university deadlines. The Scholarship Finder shows what's open and when it closes.

Grade 12

Work out your average with the top-6 average calculator. Use the Scholarship Finder for deadlines, then build your application dates in the deadline planner. Compare one year of costs at each school you're considering. My Stellar Profile suggests schools to look at based on your grades and interests.

College students and gap years

The transfer planner shows checked routes from a college diploma into a degree, with the published credit and conditions. The Scholarship Finder also covers current undergraduate and college students.

How the tools stay honest

Every tool uses official sources from universities, colleges, scholarship providers and governments, and shows when we last checked them. If a source changes, the official page wins over ours. None of them predicts admission or promises funding. They all work without an account. A free account keeps your results in one place.

Share with students / cite this tool

Add a plain link to your guidance page, student newsletter or article. Students can open Stellar Advisers planning tools directly.

Get the counsellor resource kit for a printable handout and existing deadline table embeds.

Questions about the tools

Quick answers for students and parents.

Yes. Every tool is free and works without an account. A free account saves your results in Saved results.

From official sources: universities, colleges, scholarship providers and governments. Each tool shows the date we last checked its sources. Our editorial standards explain how we check them.

No. They show requirements, costs, dates and awards. They never predict admission or promise funding.

To Saved results in your dashboard. Course plans, cost estimates, transfer routes and scholarship searches all live there.

Yes. They're written for students and parents together. The cost calculator and the deadline planner are a good place for a parent to start.

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