College & Career Guidance App for High School Students

A Guided Exploration App for High School Students

Laikan develops deep self-understanding and guides career and pathway exploration, strengthening student agency and supporting educators.

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1,300+ program graduates 2,700+ top-100 university offers 190+ Oxford and Cambridge offers

Laikan app: a student's My Story draft, written with their mentor

Laikan app: careers picked for a student inside the world they chose

Laikan app: the student's locked-in path with top three pathways, ready for application planning

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For the Educator

Synthesizes each student's evolving profile into an always up-to-date picture, giving parents and counselors insights and a shared understanding.

For the Student

Recommends personalized activities and pathways that build clarity and confidence in their direction as they change and grow.

Not a new startup

The digital version of a proven methodology

Built by the team behind Milestone Institute, one of Europe's most successful in-person mentoring programs, Laikan brings the same methodology to college and career guidance, scaling and amplifying what one-to-one counseling can achieve.

1,300+ graduates from an academic system co-founded by our CEO

2,700+ university offers from top-100 institutions

190+ offers from Oxford and Cambridge alone

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Why Counselors Trust Laikan

Developed with school counselors and youth-development specialists who work closely with students and families.

Laikan gives students a private, purpose-built space: no ads, no tracking, no selling of personal data.
Every journey follows a structured, evidence-based framework, refined through real student outcomes, not a one-off quiz or personality label.
Rather than telling students what to choose, Laikan supports them in developing the confidence and judgment to make well-founded decisions about the future.
Built for how students engage with digital tools, with an engaging design that makes exploration and reflection something students keep coming back to.

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What Students Say

94% of students report greater clarity about their future path

87% of students say they understand themselves better: how their interests and strengths fit together

78% of students say Laikan feels safe and private enough to open up more than they would with people around them

What Students and Educators Gain

Laikan app screens: a student's values, their My Story draft, and their interests orbit

Channel
Curiosity

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, shaped with AI-powered guidance

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

Laikan app screens: role models from a chosen world, a pathway card, and the careers inside that world

Laikan app screens: the weekly compass recommendation, the journey map, and the plans board

Continuous Guidance
to College and Career

Weekly guidance: inspiring content, internships, volunteering opportunities, and academic competitions that build a student's profile
Support on every academic decision along the way: electives, projects, tests, and more
Each decision builds toward the strongest possible application profile

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