Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions from parents, guardians, students, and families using FuturePath Intelligence™.
FAQ 1: What is FuturePath Intelligence™?
FuturePath Intelligence™ is a parent-friendly student success, opportunity, and funding intelligence platform by The Resourceologist. It helps families organize planning from high school to life after graduation, including scholarships, college cost awareness, apprenticeships, career pathways, and young entrepreneur opportunities.
FAQ 2: Is FuturePath Intelligence™ only for scholarships?
No. Scholarships are an important part of the platform, but FuturePath Intelligence™ is not just a scholarship database. It is being built as an opportunity operating system to help families track scholarships, deadlines, college planning steps, career options, apprenticeships, trades, and youth entrepreneurship resources.
FAQ 3: Who is FuturePath Intelligence™ for?
FuturePath Intelligence™ is designed for parents, guardians, students in grades 9–12, college students, graduate students, community college students, trade and apprenticeship students, military-connected families, first-generation students, foster youth or ward of state students, students with disabilities or IEP/504 plans, low-income or Pell-eligible students, rural students, counselors, schools, nonprofits, and young entrepreneurs.
FAQ 4: Does FuturePath Intelligence™ guarantee scholarships, college admission, financial aid, apprenticeships, jobs, or business funding?
No. FuturePath Intelligence™ does not guarantee scholarships, admissions, financial aid, apprenticeship placement, jobs, business funding, reduced college costs, or any specific outcome. The platform provides educational planning, organization, opportunity discovery, and AI-assisted explanations only.
FAQ 5: Should families verify scholarship and opportunity information?
Yes. Scholarship deadlines, eligibility rules, award amounts, application requirements, college policies, apprenticeship details, and program information may change. Families should always verify details directly with the official scholarship provider, college, financial aid office, apprenticeship provider, workforce agency, nonprofit, or program website before making decisions.
FAQ 6: Does FuturePath Intelligence™ provide official financial aid advice?
No. FuturePath Intelligence™ does not provide official financial aid advising and does not replace a college financial aid office, Federal Student Aid, a counselor, legal advisor, tax advisor, financial advisor, or scholarship provider. Any financial aid explanations are educational and AI-assisted.
FAQ 7: Can FuturePath Intelligence™ complete the FAFSA for families?
No. FuturePath Intelligence™ does not complete FAFSA forms. Families should use the official Federal Student Aid website and contact their school or college financial aid office for FAFSA questions.
FAQ 8: Why does the platform ask for student information?
FuturePath Intelligence™ uses student profile information to help organize planning steps and identify potential scholarships, opportunities, roadmaps, and resources that may fit the student’s grade, interests, goals, and background. Families should avoid entering unnecessary sensitive information.
FAQ 9: Who controls accounts for students under 18?
Students age 18 or older can create and manage their own account. For students under 18, the parent or legal guardian should be the primary account holder and payer. Student accounts under 18 must not activate until parent/legal guardian consent is captured. For students under 13, verifiable parent/legal guardian consent is required before collecting personal information or activating an account.
FAQ 10: Does FuturePath Intelligence™ sell student data?
No. FuturePath Intelligence™ should not sell student data or use student data for unrelated advertising, behavioral advertising, or unrelated profiling.
FAQ 11: What pricing plans are available?
FuturePath Intelligence™ uses monthly pricing only. Plans include a Free Plan, Founder Plan at $19/month, Pro Plan at $29/month, Premium Plan starting at $49/month, and future school, nonprofit, counselor, and enterprise licensing options.
FAQ 12: Are live payments active right now?
Yes. Live checkout is connected through Stripe for paid plans. Free preview accounts remain available at no cost.
FAQ 13: What should families do first after signing up?
Families should complete onboarding, confirm parent/guardian consent if required, add student profile information, review the dashboard, begin the roadmap, and start tracking scholarships or opportunities with upcoming deadlines.
FAQ 14: How can families contact support?
Families can contact FuturePath Intelligence™ through the Contact page or by using support@theresourceologist.com.
FAQ 15: Is FuturePath Intelligence™ accessible?
Accessibility is a core requirement. FuturePath Intelligence™ should support keyboard navigation, visible focus states, readable contrast, screen-reader-friendly structure, accessible forms, mobile usability, and plain-English instructions where practical.
FAQ 16: Does FuturePath Intelligence™ help college students too?
Yes. FuturePath Intelligence™ is designed to support students across multiple stages, including high school, community college, undergraduate college, graduate school, trade/apprenticeship pathways, and career exploration. The current MVP focuses first on planning, scholarships, opportunity tracking, and grade-aware next steps. During College Mode will continue expanding support for internships, fellowships, study abroad, research opportunities, training programs, campus jobs, summer opportunities, and semester or quarter deadlines.