For districts, networks, and college access organizations
Xello helps students explore. Overgrad gets them there.
Overgrad turns a student's plan into tracked applications, finished financial aid steps, confirmed enrollment, and a record of where they landed.
Knowing about college is the easy part
Students rarely miss college because nobody told them about it. They miss because a deadline slipped and nobody caught it.
This comparison reflects what each product emphasizes, based on public information. What a school actually gets depends on how it is configured.
Logins tell you a student looked. Overgrad tells you whether they enrolled and stayed.
"What do I want to be?" is a good question. "How do I get there?" is the one that needs a system behind it: applications, aid steps, confirmed enrollment, and somebody checking in.
What Xello does well
Xello is good at getting younger students interested early.
- Students like using it. The experience is built for a middle schooler, and they participate.
- A deep career library. Students can look at paths they have never heard of.
- Interest and strengths assessments that give a student something to think about.
If the job is getting students curious, exploration tools do it well. Tracking who followed through is a different job.
What Overgrad adds
Overgrad picks up where browsing ends and applying begins.
See every student who is behind
Applications and milestones live in one place. A counselor can see who has not started, who is behind, and who to call today.
- Find students with zero applications
- Sort a caseload by what is missing
- Keep notes on every conversation
- Assign tasks to a group of students
Track every step up to submission
Senior year is a mess of paperwork and deadlines. Overgrad holds all of it, which is what moves your college and career readiness numbers.
- Send transcripts and documents electronically
- Track who has finished the FAFSA
- Record scholarship and award letters
- Verify career and technical certifications
Report on results, not activity
Login counts tell you students opened the app. Overgrad tells you where they enrolled and whether they were still there in the spring.
- National Student Clearinghouse sync
- Catch students who melt over the summer
- Employment outcomes where available
- Persistence reporting by school and cohort
Reach students before a deadline passes
Text the twelve students who have not started, not the whole senior class. Remind families about FAFSA night. Follow up when someone goes quiet.
- Two-way texting, so students can answer
- Deadline reminders that send themselves
- Messages to parents and guardians
- Outreach based on where a student is stuck
"What surprised us was that Overgrad didn't just simplify our systems. It unified our work. Within weeks, we had a single, end-to-end view of student progress that allowed our teams to operate more efficiently without losing clarity or personalization."
Which one fits
Xello works if:
- Your focus is early career awareness in the middle grades
- You want an interface students actually enjoy
- You mainly need a career library and planning activities
Overgrad works if:
- You are judged on college and career readiness numbers
- You need to catch students before a deadline passes
- You want to know where your graduates landed
The short version: exploration tools help a student find a path. Overgrad helps your school prove the student got down it.
See it with your own students in mind
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