Counseling that scales —
with outcomes to show for it

Laikan gives every student a structured path and gives your school cohort-wide visibility into where they're headed, so pathway decisions and enrichment planning are backed by data, not guesswork.

[XX]% more students engaged in pathway exploration per counselor

[XX]% improvement in higher-education placement outcomes

82% of counselors say Laikan saves them at least 2 hours per student per semester and leads to more productive meetings

Some figures are placeholders pending full pilot data.

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No integration, no training, no IT project — live in a day.

Built by a team from the Milestone Institute, McKinsey, and Morgan Stanley — with a track record of getting students into the world's best universities.

1,300+ graduates from an academic system co-founded by our CEO

2,700+ university offers from top-100 institutions

190+ offers from Oxford and Cambridge alone

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From reflection to direction: each step of the journey helps students understand themselves and make clearer choices about their future.

How Laikan Amplifies Counseling

Gain visibility into emerging student pathways across cohorts
Scale counseling with an AI assistant that prepares students before meetings:
- Grades 9–10 explore directions
- Grades 11–12 clarify direction before applications
Align enrichment opportunities and curricular pathways with emerging student interests
Satisfy mandatory CTE (Career and Technical Education) exposure requirements — students explore 24 pathways on average, tracked and documented automatically

Outcomes

[XX]% more self-directed students — measured by pathway exploration activity, not self-reported surveys
[XX]% stronger alignment between chosen university disciplines and demonstrated student interests
[XX]% improvement in higher-education placement outcomes across participating cohorts

Figures are placeholders pending real pilot data.

A Short Walkthrough of Laikan

Laikan helps students build self-understanding by connecting their values, interests, missions, and strengths.

Students explore university disciplines and careers and select up to three Pathways that align with their emerging direction.

An AI mentor supports reflection by connecting insights across the journey and highlighting patterns without prescribing outcomes.

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