A cheaper, faster degree plan. Built with you, in one hour.
One live session and one written plan. The same prerequisite-chain, transfer, and credit-by-exam analysis our guides teach, applied to your transcript, your target degree, and your constraints.
What you get
- A 60-minute working session on video. We map your completed credits, target degree, and constraints against the official requirements, live.
- A written Gradical degree plan, delivered within two business days: a term-by-term path, the transfer and articulation moves that cut cost, a credit-by-exam target list, and the estimated savings versus the default path.
- Sources for everything. Each recommendation cites the catalog, articulation agreement, or policy it rests on, so your advisor can verify it in minutes.
What the written plan looks like
Below is the shape of the document you receive. Every number, name, and course in it is invented for illustration. No real client's plan appears on this site.
Illustrative sample: synthetic data. Not a real student, not a real transcript, and not a claim about any specific college's rules. Your plan cites your institutions' own published policies.
Degree plan: M.R. (sample)
Prepared by Gradical · Sample v1Terms 04–05 continue at State University, omitted here.
Move 01: Retest into precalculus before Term 01. The chain from intermediate algebra to Calculus I is three terms long. Starting one level higher removes a term from the whole plan, not just from math.
Source: sample college placement policy · illustrative only
Move 02: Test out of two general-education requirements. Two exams at exam-fee prices replace six credits of tuition, and clear a summer for the chemistry sequence.
Source: sample credit-by-exam table · illustrative only
Move 03: Finish the lower division before transferring. Every lower-division credit taken after transfer is paid at the university rate for a course the community college was going to be credited for anyway.
Source: sample articulation agreement · illustrative only
Who it's for
High-school students and parents
Planning dual enrollment, AP, and CLEP so college starts with a semester, or two years, already banked.
Current college students
The timeline is slipping, the money is real, and nobody has shown you the critical path through your remaining requirements.
Transfer students and returning adults
Community college to university, California especially. Or returning with old credits and wondering what still counts.
How it works
- Pay for the session. $100, card, on a Stripe checkout page. We never see your card details.
- Fill in the intake form. Checkout hands you straight to it: your course list, target degree, constraints, and two or three times that work. Ten minutes.
- The invitation arrives immediately. Your first workable time becomes a calendar invitation with the video link, sent the moment you submit the form.
- The session. 60 minutes on video, working through the requirement map, the chains, and the swap options together, on screen.
- Your plan arrives. The written, source-cited degree plan lands in your inbox within two business days.
How the hour runs
A working session, not a sales call. Rough shape: we follow whichever thread is worth the most to you.
Where you actually stand
We read your course list back to you as credits that count, credits that transfer, and credits that do nothing for this degree. Most people learn something uncomfortable in the first ten minutes.
The requirement map
Your target degree, on screen, as its real structure: major core, general education, unit floor, residency rule. We mark what is already satisfied.
The chains that set your timeline
Prerequisite chains decide graduation dates more than course count does. We find the longest one and look at what shortens it: summer, a placement retest, an exam, a different sequence.
The money moves
Where each remaining credit is cheapest to earn: articulated community-college courses, credit by exam, in-state options. We list the ones worth doing and the ones that only look cheap.
Decisions and what happens next
You leave with the term-by-term shape agreed, and the open questions named. The written, source-cited plan follows within two business days.
What happens to your transcript
You are about to send academic records to someone you met on the internet. Here is exactly what that means, in plain language.
A course list you type or paste as text, your target degree, and your constraints. There is no file upload, so no transcript document, student ID, or SSN ever changes hands. Don't send one. We don't need it.
Into your booking record, and into the calendar invitation for your session so it can be read before the call. Your written plan is emailed to you afterward.
Ryan. It is not sent to any school, not sold, not traded, and not used to train anything.
Email ryan.d.brodsky@gmail.com and ask. Your intake and booking record are removed. You do not have to give a reason.
Rescheduling and refunds
Free with 24 hours' notice. Reply to the calendar invitation or email ryan.d.brodsky@gmail.com and we'll find another time.
Tell us as soon as you know. Life happens; we would rather move the session than have you sit out the hour.
If the session or the plan isn't what this page promised, email ryan.d.brodsky@gmail.com and say so. We'll sort it out with you directly.
Client results
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Early client results will appear here, with names, numbers, and permission. This section stays empty until real sessions produce them.
We would rather show you nothing than show you a testimonial we wrote ourselves. In the meantime, the method is fully published: read the guides and judge the work directly.
Your consultant
Ryan Brodsky
Ryan builds Gradical, and runs every session personally. The work below is where the method comes from.
Implementation Manager, DualEnroll.com (2024–2026) (the platform behind dual-credit programs at colleges across the country). Work on the institutional side of credit pipelines: how colleges set up courses, eligibility rules, and transfer credit.
Graduated high school with roughly two years of college credit earned through dual enrollment. The same system, used the way it is meant to be used.
The analysis behind these sessions is written up in full and cited to primary sources: the Gradical guides. Nothing in the consulting rests on anything you can't read first.
Not an accredited academic advisor, and not a substitute for your college's registrar. Credit decisions belong to your institution. The plan is built from their published rules so they can verify it.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need anything before the session?
An unofficial transcript (or a simple list of completed courses, AP/IB/CLEP scores included), your target school and major or the shortlist you're deciding between, and any constraints like work schedule, budget, or a hard graduation deadline. You'll get a short intake form when you book.
What exactly do I get afterward?
A written Gradical degree plan: a term-by-term course path, the specific transfer and articulation moves that save money, a credit-by-exam list worth attempting, and the estimated cost and time versus the default path. Every recommendation cites the official catalog, articulation agreement, or policy page it's based on, so your advisor can verify it.
Can you guarantee my college will accept the plan?
No, and be wary of anyone who says yes. Credit acceptance decisions always belong to the institution. What we do is build the plan from the institution's own published rules and cite every source, which makes the plan easy for your advisor to confirm and hard to dismiss.
What happens to my transcript information?
You paste a course list as text. There is no file upload, so no transcript document changes hands. What you send is stored in your booking record and included in the calendar invitation for the session so it can be read before the call. It is not shared with any school and it is never sold. Ask for it to be deleted and it will be.
Which states do you cover?
Consulting works for any U.S. state, because the mechanics of prerequisites, transfer, and credit by exam are national. California is where our data runs deepest (ASSIST articulation, Cal-GETC, ADT).
Is this useful for high-school students and parents?
Yes. Dual enrollment planning is Ryan's specialty: they worked at DualEnroll.com on the institutional side of dual-credit programs and personally graduated high school with about two years of college credit. Parents are welcome on the call.
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