Guidance and Tools that Empower Families and Strengthen Your Counseling Department.
Informed by 400+ experts. Powered by AI.
Learn how CGN supports school districts and
colleges across the country.
Step-by-step checklists, informed by hundreds of national experts in college admissions, financial aid, career navigation, and parenting.
Features and Benefits
Experts for Everyone, All in One Place®
CGN gives you access to expert guidance, time-saving tools, and real-time support, all in one place. Navigate post-secondary planning with clarity and confidence.
Personalized roadmap & checklists
Your personalized roadmap with step-by-step checklists, starting in 9th grade, lays out:
- What to do
- How to do it
- Why to do it
- When to do it
Eva, your personal AI Advisor
Eva, your AI Advisor for college and career, trained on guidance from top experts. Use Eva’s tools to:
- Build your college list
- Explore careers
- Choose an essay topic and get feedback on writing
- Prepare for interviews
- Get 24/7 access to advice from top experts
Exclusive Office Hours
Brennan Barnard, CGN’s director of college counseling, will answer all your questions live in these regular Q&A sessions on Zoom. Brennan is a nationally respected expert in college admissions, a regular Forbes contributor, Co-author of The Truth about College Admission (John Hopkins University Press), and the college admissions advisor to the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Timely reminders that move you forward
Never miss a deadline. Stay organized with proactive, grade-specific reminders, designed to keep families on track every step of the way.
Resource Center
Access videos, guides, and downloadable PDFs on:
- Navigating the college application process
- Understanding your options for financial aid
- Exploring careers
Live, monthly programming
Join live sessions, ask questions in real time, and get answers to college and career questions from top experts.
Focused College Guidance. Real Expert Answers.
Introducing CGN Original Series.
Watch the short trailer to learn more.
The CGN Original Series brings together CGN’s most trusted experts in curated, topic-focused video collections, designed for parents seeking support, confidence, and actionable answers as they guide their teen through high school and beyond.
Each series delivers 3–7 tightly edited episodes intended to make complex topics easy to understand and simple to act on.
The Art and Science of Parenting Teens in Anxious Times.
Help your teen thrive amid stress, pressure, and digital distraction. Leading psychologists and educators share practical tools for staying connected and supporting emotional health.
Experts include: Lisa Damour, Ana Homayoun, David Gleason, and more.
The Real Price of College.
Understand what college really costs , and how to pay less. Top financial and education experts share strategies for scholarships, aid, ROI, and smart borrowing.
Experts include: Ron Lieber, Kristina Wong Davis, Nicole Smith, and others.
New to CGN?
Learn how your school’s families can gain access to the CGN Original Series, plus hundreds of other expert-led programs and monthly live events.
For Families
Confused by college and career planning? You’re absolutely not alone. We built CGN to give families and their college-bound teens expert-backed guidance, smart AI tools, and timely advice—so you can stop guessing and start navigating.
Start your free, 14-day trial to create your personalized roadmap with step-by-step checklists, and get started with Eva, your AI Advisor and exclusive Office Hours Q&A sessions.
For High Schools
Support families. Lighten your team’s load.
CGN delivers expert-backed guidance to every household—without adding work for your staff.
Parents want to help. CGN shows them how.
Give families 24/7 access to trusted tools, checklists, and an AI advisor trained on guidance from 400+ college and career experts. Translated into eight different languages.
Built to complement your counseling team.
CGN brings parents into the process, easing pressure on counselors and boosting positive engagement. Insightful reporting and deep customization options help foster a familiar, school-branded experience.
For Colleges
Parents shape college decisions.
They’re key influencers — and often the ones footing the bill. But most feel stressed and confused by the application process.
Colleges can help.
By sponsoring CGN your college can give families access to expert guidance, personalized tools, and an AI advisor trained by 400+ admissions leaders. Available in eight languages.
Build trust with families by providing genuine value up-front.
Offer real support during a stressful process—and stand out in a crowded landscape.
As a CGN partner you offer prospective families:
a custom, branded experience and gain powerful insights with in-depth usage tracking and anonymized conversations.
Experts for Everyone, All In One Place®
CGN brings over 400 of the top experts on the college and career journey into the homes of students and families across the country. Below are just some of the experts that have been featured in our live and on-demand programming.
Author of Grit
Founder & CEO
NYT-Best Selling Author
Podcast Host
Research Professor and Chief Economist
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
Author of The One World Schoolhouse
CEO & Founder
Founder, Rise & Design
Author, Long Life Learning
Advisory Council Member
Assessment for Good
Vice Provost and Dean of Admissions
University of Pennsylvania
CEO of NACAC
Vice President of Student Affairs
Jackson State University
Chief Technologist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Founder & CEO
CareerGirls
President of Babson College
Author of The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
NY Times Columnist
Author of The Price You Pay for College
Author of Job Moves
The numbers don’t lie! Our users rely on CGN to keep them on track.
What Our Members are Saying
Your Journey Starts Here.
Join thousands of families already navigating the high-school-to-post-secondary journey with confidence. Whether you’re at your desk or on the go, CGN is there with helpful tools and guidance on demand.
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The Student Journey Starts Here.
Whether you’re at your desk or on the go, CGN is there with helpful tools and guidance on demand.
See how easy it is to bring expert-powered guidance to every family—without adding to your staff’s workload.