Scholified

Scholified is an American education technology company that operates a scholarship discovery and application management platform, positioning itself as "The Common App for Scholarships." The product is built around a single student profile: users enter their education, background, and goals once, and the platform surfaces scholarships that may match their eligibility, shows deadlines and award amounts, and lets students save opportunities and track application status in one place. The company describes its mission as making scholarship funding accessible to every student, regardless of how much time or resources they have to find it. Scholified's origin is tied to the personal experience of founder Sumit Karn, who won over $630,000 in scholarships to attend the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University. According to the company, he did not have access to expensive advisors but instead built a repeatable system for finding and winning scholarships, which he then taught to other students. More than 200 students went through his mentorship, and more than 40 of them collectively won over $1.2 million in scholarships, including Fulbright and Chevening awards. Scholified was created to turn that mentorship system into a scalable product, informed by several hundred customer discovery interviews with students, families, and counselors. The platform's core features include scholarship discovery from a growing list of foundations, schools, and organizations; profile-based matching by background, major, and eligibility; deadline tracking; application status organization; and, in development, AI-assisted essay feedback. Scholified also aims to pre-fill applications from a single student profile so that the same information does not have to be re-entered for every scholarship. The company is based in the United States and operates primarily in the U.S. education market. It is a private company and, as of the available evidence, does not disclose a parent organization or public listing.

Scholified was founded by Sumit Karn, whose personal experience with scholarships led to the creation of the platform. According to the company's about page, Karn won over $630,000 in scholarships to attend the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University. He did not have access to expensive advisors; instead, he built a system for finding and winning scholarships that most students are never taught. He spent years afterward teaching that system to other students. Over 200 students went through his mentorship, and more than 40 of those students went on to win over $1.2 million in scholarships collectively, including Fulbright and Chevening scholarships. The company states that the pattern was always the same: students were not failing because they lacked ability or ambition, but because scholarship information is scattered across hundreds of disconnected sources, eligibility rules are buried in fine print, deadlines live nowhere in particular, and the same forms and essays have to be redone for every application. Students without access to a private counselor simply got less feedback and applied with less confidence. Scholified was created to turn that mentorship system into a product. The company says it is informed by several hundreds of customer discovery interviews with students, families, and counselors. The platform's development has focused on three core steps: creating a profile, discovering scholarships filtered to eligibility, and tracking applications. Scholified has also stated that AI-assisted essay feedback is in development. As of the available evidence, the company is a private American education technology company. No founding year, headquarters city, funding history, or parent organization is disclosed in the supplied sources.

• Founder Sumit Karn wins over $630,000 in scholarships to attend the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and Columbia University.

• Karn mentors over 200 students; more than 40 win over $1.2 million in scholarships collectively, including Fulbright and Chevening awards.

• Scholified is created to turn the mentorship system into a product, informed by several hundred customer discovery interviews.

• Scholified platform offers scholarship discovery, profile-based matching, deadline tracking, and application status management; AI-assisted essay feedback is in development.

A free-to-use, profile-based scholarship discovery and application management platform for students, described as 'The Common App for Scholarships.'

• Scholified scholarship matching platform

  A web platform where students create a profile once and discover scholarships matched to their background, major, and eligibility, with deadline tracking and application status organization.

• AI-assisted essay feedback

  A feature in development that gives students feedback on their scholarship essays.

1. 1Scholified: The Common App for Scholarshipsscholified.com
2. 2About Scholifiedscholified.com
3. 3Scholified - Wikidatawikidata.org