What is Northstar?
A career-navigation tool for students. A short behavioral assessment builds a transparent profile of how you think and work, then turns it into future paths, real opportunities with reasons attached, and a plan you can act on.
Questions & answers
FAQ
How Northstar works, and what it will and won't do.
Is this just an AI chatbot?
No. The recommendations come from an interpretable scoring engine — every match shows the exact reasons behind its score. Nothing is a black box, and no AI decides who you are.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. Northstar is free for students.
Where do the opportunities come from?
They are gathered from public sources through official APIs, then screened by an automated verifier — which checks each one is a real, current opportunity — before it enters the catalog, with human spot-checks. Nothing unscreened is shown as a real program.
Is my data private?
Your profile is private by default. Public evidence pages and friend comparisons are opt-in, and negative outcomes are never made public.
Who built this?
Northstar is a student project — built, and its algorithms designed and validated, by one person.