Find opportunities that actually fit
Match scholarships and schools against the student’s profile, goals, documents, and family strategy instead of dumping thousands of listings into a search box.
Meet Knowi — your guide through the confusing partsFind what fits. Build what’s yours.
Ask Knowi helps students discover scholarships and schools, understand what matters most, strengthen their own writing, and manage applications without handing over their voice.
Student voice stays student-owned
Privacy-first by design
Built for students and families
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Your scholarship matches
Profile 86% complete⌕ Search scholarships by keyword, major, award, or eligibility
Best matchesRenewableNo essay$5K+
94%
Future Leaders in Health ScholarshipStrong profile + essay-material match
$10,000Oct 18
89%
Community Impact ScholarshipLeadership + service alignment
$5,000Nov 02
82%
STEM Pathways AwardAcademic and career fit
$7,500Dec 01
Why this match?
Knowi explains the fit.See which profile details, requirements, and your own saved material made the opportunity relevant.
A BETTER WAY TO PLAN
Less hunting. More understanding.
College planning is scattered across rankings, spreadsheets, scholarship sites, essay drafts, and financial-aid calculators. Ask Knowi brings the important pieces together and explains what to do with them.
Understand why they fit
See the criteria behind a match, the gaps that still need attention, and the tradeoffs that matter before a family invests time in an application.
Learn to make the work stronger
Writing guidance teaches students how to revise their own sentences and ideas. It does not hand them replacement prose and call that learning.
BUILT AROUND THE PEOPLE USING IT
One platform. Different views.
Students, families, and schools need different levels of visibility and control. Ask Knowi keeps those roles separate without fragmenting the planning process.
Know what to work on next.
Build your profile once, discover opportunities that fit, keep applications organized, and get guidance that helps you improve your own work.
✓Search scholarships and colleges using your goals, interests, and academic direction.
✓See why each match is relevant instead of relying on a mysterious score.
✓Get writing feedback that teaches you how to revise without writing the answer for you.
Knowi stays with the student across the workflow.Same guide, same language, different tasks.
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Scholarship SearchPersonalized discovery and fit explanations
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Application ManagerPrompts, deadlines, drafts, and readiness
GUIDED✎
Writing CoachTeaching-focused review in the student’s own voice
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College PlanningFit, affordability, preferences, and strategy
PLANNINGStay informed without taking over.
See the planning picture, understand affordability and deadlines, manage permissions, and support decisions while the student keeps ownership of their work.
✓Review college-planning and financial-aid strategy in one place.
✓See application progress, deadlines, and major decision points.
✓Control permissions for sensitive family information and connected services.
Knowi stays with the student across the workflow.Same guide, same language, different tasks.
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Scholarship SearchPersonalized discovery and fit explanations
FREE▦
Application ManagerPrompts, deadlines, drafts, and readiness
GUIDED✎
Writing CoachTeaching-focused review in the student’s own voice
PRIVATE◎
College PlanningFit, affordability, preferences, and strategy
PLANNINGHelp students act on what fits.
Use a consistent planning framework to support students without requiring them to surrender unnecessary private information.
✓Support scholarship, college, and application workflows from the same student profile.
✓Use explainable criteria and verified requirements instead of opaque matching.
✓Keep disclosure proportional to what a program or opportunity actually needs.
Knowi stays with the student across the workflow.Same guide, same language, different tasks.
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Scholarship SearchPersonalized discovery and fit explanations
FREE▦
Application ManagerPrompts, deadlines, drafts, and readiness
GUIDED✎
Writing CoachTeaching-focused review in the student’s own voice
PRIVATE◎
College PlanningFit, affordability, preferences, and strategy
PLANNINGWHAT ASK KNOWI DOES
From discovery to decision.
Start with the free scholarship search, then add the tools a student or family needs as planning gets more serious.
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Scholarship Search
Find opportunities by profile fit, academic direction, eligibility, and the student’s existing materials.
- Explainable match results
- Tiered scholarship recommendations
- Renewability, deadlines, and requirements
- Free to search with a profile
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College Planning
Build a strategy around academic interests, family affordability, school preferences, and long-term goals.
- Student and family planning profiles
- College preference search builder
- School-fit and financial tradeoff comparisons
- Application and aid strategy
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Writing Coach
Review essays against the assignment or rubric and teach the student how to make their own writing clearer and stronger.
- Paragraph-specific teaching feedback
- Rubric-aware review
- Revision guidance without ghostwriting
- Student keeps control of the wording
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Application Manager
Turn opportunities into an organized plan with prompts, deadlines, reusable student material, and readiness checks.
- Application and prompt tracking
- Essay-material reuse from the student’s own work
- Detailed recommendations and review workflow
- Family visibility without taking over the student’s work
PRIVACY IS PART OF THE PRODUCT
Useful guidance should not require giving away the student.
Ask Knowi is designed to minimize what leaves the student’s protected workspace. The platform can use private information to improve matching and guidance without turning that information into something opportunity providers can freely inspect.
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Student work stays student work.
Writing tools teach and evaluate. They do not return ready-to-submit replacement sentences.
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Disclosure is controlled.
Identity, contact information, and specific artifacts should only move forward when the student or family authorizes it.
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Parents can see what matters.
Family controls and transparency are built into the workflow instead of being bolted on after the fact.
Protected student space
Profile, essays, documents, family context
Private information is used to understand fit, requirements, and the student’s own material.
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Controlled opportunity layer
Match results, eligibility, invitations
Share only what is needed for the current step, with student or family control over disclosure.
AggregateNo identity
AnonymousLimited fit data
IntroducedApproved identity
SharedSpecific artifact
HOW IT WORKS
Build once. Use it everywhere.
A good profile should save work, not create another form nobody wants to maintain.
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Build your profile
Add academic interests, goals, activities, documents, and only the family information needed for the planning tools you choose.
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Tell Knowi what matters
Set college preferences, cost priorities, career direction, and other criteria that should influence matching.
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Get explainable matches
See scholarships and schools ranked by fit, with the reasons and tradeoffs shown instead of hidden behind one number.
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Turn matches into a plan
Track deadlines, strengthen writing, organize applications, and keep family decisions connected to the same strategy.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ACTUALLY ASK
Before you trust software with college planning.
Does Ask Knowi write essays for students?
No. The writing tools identify what is working, what needs attention, and how the student can revise it. The wording remains the student’s.
Is Scholarship Search free?
Scholarship Search is designed as the free entry point: students can create a profile and search for matching opportunities. Additional planning, application, and coaching tools can be enabled separately.
Do students have to complete every profile field before searching?
No. Ask Knowi should improve recommendations as the profile becomes richer, but browsing and discovery should not be blocked just because optional information is missing.
Can parents or guardians participate?
Yes. Family-facing tools can provide visibility into planning, applications, permissions, and financial strategy while keeping the student’s writing and account experience appropriately separate.
Start with one good match.
Create a profile, find scholarships that fit, and build the rest of the college strategy when you need it.
ACCESS ASK KNOWI
Pick up where you left off.
Students can continue with Google or email. Families and invited users can enter an access code without hunting through a separate login page.
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One clear entry pointAccount login and access codes live together.
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Return to your workScholarships, drafts, applications, and planning stay connected.
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Designed for students and familiesNo vendor branding or technical clutter in the experience.
Knowi keeps the door simple.Sign in, use an access code, and get back to the work that matters.
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