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A family's college search · Web app

Every scholarship, deadline and application in one list the whole family can see.

Scholarship season means a pile of deadlines, essays and recommendation letters, a lot of them due in the same few weeks. This keeps all of it in one list that a parent and a student can both open, and it sends an email before anything comes due.

Reminders
14, 7, 3 and 1days before each deadline
Shared with
Everyone invited to the family's list
Views
Dashboard, status board, calendar and a full list
Built with
React, Supabase, Resend, Netlify
Scholarship dashboard showing 13 scholarships, $20,450 potential value, upcoming deadlines and a status breakdown
The dashboard. Every scholarship on these screens is made up.
Version two

The first version lived in one browser. That turned out to be the problem.

The first version

  • Everything was saved in one browser, on one device.
  • A phone and a laptop showed two different lists.
  • Clearing browser data could wipe it. So could Safari's own cleanup of sites you haven't opened in about a week.
  • No reminders. You had to remember to check it.

What it is now

  • Real logins and a shared database, so the list is the same everywhere.
  • Invite a student or a grandparent by email and they see the same list.
  • Every morning it checks the deadlines and emails everyone at 14, 7, 3 and 1 day out.
  • Anything saved in the old version came across with a one-click import.
How it works

Three ways to look at the same list.

Where each application stands

Each scholarship moves across the board: Saved, In Progress, Submitted, then Awarded or Rejected. Every column shows its dollar total, so you can see how much is still in play.

Status board with columns for Saved, In Progress, Submitted, Awarded and Rejected, each with dollar totals
The status board. Each column adds up what's in it.

What's due, and when

The calendar puts every deadline on the month. Anything overdue gets called out in red, so nothing slides past quietly.

Month calendar for September 2026 with scholarship deadlines on their dates and an overdue count
The calendar view, with overdue items called out in red.

Everyone on the same list

Invite someone by email and they share the same list and get the same reminders. Nobody has to forward anything.

Members page listing two current members, one pending invite and an invite form
Invite someone by email and they share the list and the reminders.
Worth knowing

What it is, and what it isn't.

It doesn't find scholarships. It keeps track of the ones you've found, and makes sure you hear about each deadline four times before it passes.

The data can leave with you. There's a CSV export on the list page.

Is there a deadline in your week that only gets met because someone remembers?

Reminders are one of the simplest things to hand off, and one of the easiest to get wrong. I'm happy to look at yours.

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