How Archway Works — From Profile to Award
How It Works

From a student's story
to a scholarship pipeline

Archway isn't a search engine. It's an AI that reads the full picture of who a student is — and builds a personalized list of scholarships they actually qualify for.

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Build the Profile

Tell Archway your student's full story

A scholarship match is only as good as the context behind it. Archway asks for the details that actually matter: activities and achievements, background and heritage, academic goals, career vision, and the personal circumstances that make this student's path unique.

  • Grade level, intended major, GPA
  • Activities, leadership roles, awards, and volunteer work
  • Background — first-gen status, heritage, faith community, adversity overcome
  • State of residence and college of interest
  • Long-term goals and career vision
  • Save multiple student profiles — useful for families with several children or counselors managing a cohort
2
AI Analysis

Claude AI reads the profile and finds the matches

When you hit Run Scout, Archway sends the full student profile to Claude AI — the same model used by thousands of professionals. Claude doesn't keyword-match. It reasons about the student's specific combination of traits and finds scholarships that reward exactly that combination.

Each match includes a Story Fit Score (0–100), a personalized explanation of why this student is a strong candidate, the actual essay prompt, and relevant tags. You get 8–10 matches per run, including large national awards, niche and regional funds, and hidden-gem scholarships most students never find.

Nurse Corps Scholarship Program
HRSA · U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
$30,000
Due March 31
STORY FIT SCORE92/100
"Ellie's 200+ hours of hospital volunteer work, first-generation college student status, and specific goal of working in underserved healthcare settings directly align with the Nurse Corps program's mission and eligibility criteria."
3
Review & Sort

Sort, filter, and focus on what matters

Ten matches at once can be overwhelming. Archway gives you full control over how you review them.

  • Sort by Story Fit Score (default), Award Amount high or low, Upcoming Deadline, or Name A–Z
  • Collapse cards you've reviewed — expand any card to see the full fit analysis and essay prompt
  • Dismiss scholarships you're not pursuing — choose a reason (Not eligible, Applied already, Deadline passed, Amount too low, Not interested)
  • Restore dismissed cards anytime — nothing is permanently deleted
  • Your sort preference and dismissed cards persist across sessions
4
Track Applications

Move each scholarship through its lifecycle

Archway isn't just a list — it's a tracker. Each scholarship card has a status that you update as the application progresses. Add notes per card for requirements, contacts, essay ideas, or anything else you need to remember.

Saved
In Progress
Awarded 🏆
Dismissed cards are hidden by default but always recoverable. Award amounts are recorded and totaled when you mark a scholarship as won.
5
Refine & Re-run

Update the profile and run again

A student's profile isn't static. New achievements, updated GPA, a clearer career vision — each of these changes the scholarship landscape. With Archway you can update any field in the profile and run a fresh scout, and every session is saved separately so you can compare results over time.

  • Full session history — every run is stored with its timestamp and profile snapshot
  • Switch between sessions from the profile panel to compare results across different runs
  • Your application statuses and notes carry through — updating the profile doesn't reset your tracker
  • Counselors can maintain separate sessions for each student in their caseload
6
Win

Record awards and see your season total

When a scholarship comes through, mark it as Awarded, enter the amount, and Archway tallies your season total automatically. The full picture — every scholarship you tracked, its status, what you won — is captured in one place for the duration of your application season.

What's coming in Phase 2

These features are in active development and will be available to Season Pass and Counselor tiers first.

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PDF Scholarship Library

Upload official scholarship guidelines from the awarding organization. Archway reads the actual 2026 document so matches are based on real current criteria — not approximations. Shared across users for the same scholarship, with staleness warnings after 10 months.

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Letter of Recommendation Workflow

Request a letter directly from within Archway. Your recommender receives a professional briefing about the scholarship and a student highlight reel. They submit the letter through a secure link, and you get notified instantly. Full status tracking: Requested → Sent → Submitted.

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Essay & Resume Review

Upload a draft essay or resume. Archway reviews it against the scholarship's stated values and returns specific, actionable feedback — not generic writing advice. Counselor Pro tier gets access to Claude Opus for the deepest qualitative analysis.

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Printable Reports

Generate a PDF report for any student: their scholarship pipeline, upcoming deadlines, application status for each, LOR status, and AI-generated next actions. Designed for counselor meetings, parent reviews, and end-of-season summaries.

See it in action — free, right now

No account required. Fill in a profile and watch Archway build a scholarship pipeline in under 30 seconds.

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