The academic simulation engine that finds every path forward.

PlanMyClasses transforms institutional policies and student preferences into computable models, then searches a massive possibility space to find valid pathways. Students simulate scenarios—switched majors, failed courses, FAFSA credit floors, offering gaps—and get verified answers in seconds. Embed it in your platform as a licensed API.

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US Patent Application Filed 2026

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The gap

Every planning tool claims to give students an optimized plan. Optimized for whom, exactly?

The average student doesn't exist. A plan that loads chemistry and biology in the same term isn't optimized for the student working nights who knows they can't handle two intense lab courses at once. A plan recommending a full course load this fall isn't optimized for the student who can only take two classes this semester. Those constraints are real—they just weren't captured.

When that student tries to act on the “optimized” recommendation, the tool becomes a validator. They drag a course, get a red X or green check, try another slot, try again. The student is still the brain. The tool is a spell-checker being marketed as an optimizer—because it generated a template at the start, which is no different from an advisor handing over a PDF of a recommended path.

What students actually need is a system that lets them say: “here is my life and my constraints—now find a path designed for me.” That is the tool we built.

PlanMyClasses is not competing with SIS planners or student-success platforms. It is the intelligent feasibility engine that sits on top of those systems. The old model puts the plan at the center and checks every student edit against it. Our model puts the student's needs, preferences, and requirements at the center—and when those change, the engine solves the math and finds a new feasible path. No trial and error. No drag and drop. The student describes their life; we find the schedules that fit it.

26%

Students want better maps and planning tools—now.

One in four students say their institution could best promote their academic success by creating or clarifying program maps, pathways, and guided pathways—including 25% of fourth-year students still asking for this near graduation. Separately, 28% want institutions to introduce or enhance online platforms to help them plan and track degree progress.

Inside Higher Ed & College Pulse, Student Voice survey, July 2024

What the research says planning must do

EAB found that effective academic planning platforms must be adaptable over time as students' goals, needs, availability, and circumstances shift—and must help students understand requirements while accounting for personal interests and constraints. No current tool delivers both. PlanMyClasses was built to.

EAB, “Why academic plans can keep students on track”

Beyond planning

Not just a planner. A simulation engine for real what-ifs.

It explores the space of schedules that satisfy catalog rules and the student's requirements. Each answer arrives as a verified plan—the artifact that proves what's still possible (or why it isn't).

“What happens if CHEM 201 isn’t offered next spring?”

The engine recomputes the full remaining path, rerouting around the gap and preserving your graduation target.

“Can I switch from Biology to Chemistry and still graduate on time?”

Simulate a major change instantly—see which credits transfer, what’s left, and the new earliest graduation term.

“Keep me between 9 and 15 credits per term so I stay FAFSA-eligible without paying out of pocket.”

Financial aid floors and ceilings become formal constraints. The engine plans around them—no manual credit counting.

“Which courses would delay graduation if I fail them?”

Stress-test the plan: the engine identifies fragile gateway courses and scores recoverability before you commit.

“I can’t take classes this fall—what does my path look like?”

Remove a term entirely. The engine rebuilds the entire remaining plan around the gap in seconds.

“Avoid chemistry and physics in the same term—I can’t handle both.”

Personal preferences become formal constraints, not suggestions. The engine guarantees the pairing never appears.

How it works

From catalog data to simulation engine.

PlanMyClasses is a headless API. Your platform stays in control—we turn policies and preferences into a computable model students can explore.

Connect your catalog data

Send us your program requirements, prerequisite chains, and term-level course offerings. We ingest structured catalog data via API or bulk import.

Students express constraints in plain language

"Avoid chemistry and physics together. Only 3 classes this fall because of an internship. Graduate by Spring 2030." Freeform text is parsed into formal, verifiable rules.

The engine solves the entire possibility space

Instead of validating one schedule, the engine searches every feasible course-to-term assignment across the full constraint model and returns a verified, recoverable pathway—not a template.

Simulate, stress-test, and iterate

A plan is the starting point. Students and advisors simulate what-if scenarios—failed course, dropped term, switched major, FAFSA credit caps—and get a new verified path in seconds. No trial and error. No drag and drop. Just answers.

See it in action

Watch the engine simulate a real degree plan.

See constraints added in plain language, the solver searching the possibility space, and what happens when requirements conflict—proving what is and isn't feasible. Scripted illustration, not live output.

Research & ROI

We're the missing piece in the advising gap.

When a grade posts, a prerequisite breaks, or a required course is not offered in the term a student expected, static maps stop working. That moment is a retention risk—not because students lack ambition, but because they cannot see a verified path forward.

A verified planning engine is the catalyst: it recomputes a verified course-to-term plan immediately, keeps students on a credible path, and reduces reactive “plan rescue” work so advisors can focus on careers, life, and holistic support—not spreadsheet-style schedule crunching.

Crisis

Pathway paralysis after a shock

Gateway failure, shutouts, and term-level offering gaps silently push students off track. Without a replan, many disengage—institutions lose persistence they could have protected with a verified alternative path.

Catalyst

Immediate verified replan

The engine searches the remaining degree requirements against catalog rules and offerings, producing a verified plan students can act on—raising the odds they stay enrolled and on degree.

Advising capacity

Less plan crunching, more life-and-career advising

When feasibility is grounded in the catalog 24/7, students register with fewer mistakes and fewer emergency appointments. Advisors reclaim time for judgment-heavy conversations—internships, wellbeing, transfer, and major fit—instead of rebuilding schedules by hand.

Every statistic below is tied to a public source. Each one is a gap that verified planning directly addresses.

Institutional impact — crisis, catalyst, and illustrative persistence framing

15–46%

Gateway courses have staggering DFW rates

Nationally, DFW (D/F/Withdraw) rates in gateway courses range from 15% to 46% depending on the discipline. 85% of course retakes are concentrated in just 5% of all courses offered.