Admissions Engagement for Parents | College Guidance Network

Empower Families. Strengthen Enrollment.

CGN supports the families behind your future students.

Learn how CGN supports college admissions leaders across the country.

Parents matter, now more than ever…

Parents are the decision-drivers and truly want to help.
They fund the journey and shape the final choice—yet many feel overwhelmed and uninformed.

Engage parents early,
Empower them with answers

Here’s how CGN creates confidence in parents, providing them with the tools they need to stay informed:

Empower families with a clear plan

From admissions timelines to financial aid questions, CGN gives families the tools to become better school partners and so they can support their teens with confidence.

Personalized Roadmaps for 9-12th grade, tailored to interests and goals
Checklists to keep them on track
Timely reminders so nothing falls through the cracks

Provide on-demand, expert-backed support

Families get 24/7 access to Eva, the AI advisor trained exclusively on trusted content from 400+ college and career experts.

Build a personalized college list
Explore job trends
Brainstorm and refine essays
Prepare for interviews
Get 24/7 expert answers to questions

Monthly live programming

Families receive expert guidance and answers to all of their questions in real time (or on-demand) from credible experts in college admissions, financial aid, job trends, and more.

Customized for your institution

Provide families with a branded experience aligned with your institution’s values and messaging.

Custom Branding: Your school’s name and logo to create a familiar, trusted experience.
School-Specific Guidance: Tailor checklist items, reminders, and key dates—like college fairs and deadlines—to your school community.
Insightful Reporting: Anonymized data on parent engagement and trending questions asked to Eva.
Seamless Integration: Easy sign-on with Google accounts and a personalized experience for every student.

Built for Equity. Designed for Access.

Available in 8 languages and accessible via desktop or mobile, CGN meets families where they are—no matter their background or device.

Why colleges choose CGN

Build trust with the real decision-makers—parents. By offering expert-driven tools and powerful data-backed insights, institutions foster deeper engagement and stand out in a competitive admissions landscape.

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FAQs

To take full advantage of College Guidance Network (CGN) and all of its success tools requires a paid membership, and we certainly recommend that option for families who are serious about college and career planning.

But we’ve made a limited version of our Eva AI Advisor available as a free mobile app through the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.

Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that can create new content based on patterns it learns from existing data.

CGN’s Eva is a conversational AI platform that takes the power and capability of AI and puts it in the hands of families and schools to help create better outcomes for students on their college and career journey. Eva is the first “AI in Counseling” solution that is trained only on expert content to ensure the best, trusted results.

Experts are people that know the ins and outs of the college and career planning process. They are people like Fran’Cee Brown-McClure (Jackson State University), an expert in student affairs, or Mary Nucciarone (University of Notre Dame), a college financing expert. They are people who are the most knowledgeable about the college and career planning field.

Traditionally, only students from wealthy families had access to experts to guide them on their journey. CGN has changed this by creating “Experts for Everyone, All in One Place®. CGN gives every family access to expert advice from hundreds of experts. CGN is truly leveling the college and career planning playing field.

The college and career landscape is rapidly evolving. Changes to FAFSA, admissions (test required versus test optional), and new career opportunities are happening in real time.

For most people, it is difficult to keep up. So CGN does that work for you and presents you with the latest information in our live, interactive events. Each program allows you to learn what experts have to say about key topics and ask questions, so as Counselors you have the latest information you need to best help students, and as parents you and your child can make better, informed decisions.

Office Hours are exclusive and more intimate live sessions compared to our regular, live programming. Your personal director of college counseling, Brennan Barnard is here to provide support. These sessions allow families to ask questions and receive real guidance from a college admissions expert that understands what it’s like to go through the college and career exploration process.

CGN empowers families to better support their child through the college and career planning process.

By providing a personalized, step-by-step guide for each family based upon their child’s interests, families now have access to hundreds of college and career experts to ensure they have the best, most up-to-date information available. Reminders ensure that you never miss a key date or required action item. Additionally, CGN’s Eva provides answers to many of the most frequently asked questions families have – instantaneously! CGN truly empowers families everywhere!

CGN provides a personalized, step-by-step college and career planning process for each student based upon their interests. All students now have access to hundreds of college and career experts to ensure they have the best, most up-to-date information available. Additionally, CGN Eva provides answers to many of the most frequently asked questions students have – instantaneously!

We built CGN from the ground up for the privacy and security needs of schools and districts. We do not sell your data, do not use PII to train models, and have world class security and privacy standards. You can find our up-to-date and comprehensive policy documentation on our privacy page: https://www.collegeguidancenetwork.com/privacy.

Yes, College Guidance Network (CGN) is proud to be a member of the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC). This membership reflects our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of data privacy and security for all students, families, and educators using our platform. We ensure that our practices align with the stringent requirements set by the SDPC to protect your data and privacy.

Ready to see how CGN can empower your future families?

Explore how CGN builds parent trust, drives earlier engagement, and gives your institution a meaningful edge.