Laikan
Not a matching quiz: a guided mentor to college and career
Students who use Laikan leave with a clearer path, and take action with confidence
No test hands back a single answer. Laikan guides students through real mentoring sessions, starting with who they are, moving through the futures they could choose, and staying with them as recurring guidance once a direction is set.
Not another quiz. A mentor that actually gets what you're figuring out.
The Lightswitch Moment
Students today face more college and career options than ever before, and less time to make sense of them before decisions lock in.
Laikan closes that gap early: students who start sooner explore more directions, arrive at applications with a clearer story, and walk into counselor meetings already prepared.
Laikan is a gamified college and career guidance platform for high-school students. Through a quest-based journey guided by an AI mentor, students discover their values, interests, and strengths, explore pathways and career outcomes, and receive continuous, personalized guidance and action plans each semester: the kind of one-to-one counseling support that has historically only been available to a privileged few.
Built by a team from the Milestone Institute, McKinsey, and Morgan Stanley, with a track record of getting students into the world's best universities.
What Students Gain
Interpreted
Identity
- A safe, private space to open up, without judgment, without an audience
- A comprehensive profile of values, interests, and strengths, not a vague impression
- A "My Story" pitch, co-authored with the AI mentor
Future-Ready
Pathways
- 550 career pathways available, covering both academic and vocational paths, aligned with the modernized 14-cluster National Career Clusters Framework
- Each pathway grounded in real subjects, careers, and role models, not an abstract label
- Pivots are expected: direction can change as interests and understanding deepen
Continuous Guidance
to College and Career
- Weekly guidance, not a one-time report that sits unread after week one
- Support on every academic decision along the way: electives, projects, tests, and more
- Each decision builds toward the strongest possible application profile
Why Families and Educators Trust Laikan
A framework built on evidence, not guesswork. Designed with educators and validated by the students who use it.
Built with educators and counselors
Developed with school counselors and youth-development specialists who work closely with students and families.
Robust methodology
Every journey follows a structured, evidence-based framework, refined through real student outcomes, not a one-off quiz or personality label.
Guidance that builds agency
Rather than telling students what to choose, Laikan supports them in developing confidence and judgment for future decisions.
Safe, private, and responsible
Students already turn to general AI chatbots to talk things through. Laikan gives them a private, purpose-built space instead: no ads, no tracking, no selling of personal data.
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What to expect
- A guided first session to build your profile: values, interests, and strengths
- Weekly quests that keep exploration moving, not a one-time quiz
- A private space with an AI mentor, built for how you actually think things through