OpenAI launches College Planner application planning tool for teen ChatGPT
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According to OpenAI officially (October 7, 2026) and The Verge (October 8), OpenAI announced a new College Planner feature for the teen version of ChatGPT launched in August 2025. The feature helps students manage the college application process, consolidating school application requirements, deadlines, tasks, and financial aid application steps into a single plan that students can update as they progress. The tool will launch "soon," initially for U.S. 10th- to 12th-grade students planning to attend four-year universities. Alongside College Planner, OpenAI also announced new flashcards and quiz features, and the formation of a Teen AI Council to let teenagers help shape the future development of AI. The features have not yet launched, and no specific launch date has been announced.
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- The Verge · AIChatGPT is getting college planning tools
OpenAI added a College Planner feature to the teen version of ChatGPT launched in August, consolidating school application requirements, deadlines, tasks, and financial aid steps into a single plan that students can update as they progress. It will roll out soon, first to US students in grades 10 through 12 planning to attend four-year colleges.
- OpenAI NewsHelping teens learn, plan, and shape the future of AI
OpenAI is introducing College Planner in ChatGPT for Teens to help students manage the college application process, while adding flashcards and quizzes, and forming a Teen AI Council to let teens help shape the future development of AI.