CollegeBroke.com

A social fundraising platform for college dreams.

CollegeBroke.com helps students and parents share real tuition journeys, track progress, and rally a community around creative ways to pay for college.

Follow @usernames, cheer them on, comment on milestones, and celebrate every win. Transparent, authentic, and built for support.

Student planning with laptop and notes

Core concept

Goal-based fundraising

Set tuition, housing, or book goals with transparent progress bars and timelines.

Progress tracking

Community support

Followers can comment, cheer, and send digital gifts to keep motivation high.

Social layer

Strategies that work

Share real methods: scholarships, side hustles, work-study, and family help.

Strategy library

Parent & supporter view

Parents can follow progress with approvals and privacy controls.

Supporter mode

What students can do

Track what is in the bank

Log earnings, donations, and spending to stay transparent and accountable.

Show every action taken

Record tutoring gigs, scholarship wins, rent payments, and more.

Build a public profile

Share your story at collegebroke.com/@username.

Celebrate milestones

Automated badges for first $100, 50% funded, and more.

Visualize the journey

Planning and progress

Progress dashboards with milestones, timelines, and community reactions.

Family support

Parents and supporters can follow, cheer, and celebrate responsibly.

Student studying

Showcase real journeys from “broke” to “on track.”

Social fundraising features

Follow and subscribe

Follow students, parents, and mentors. Get updates in a personalized feed.

Comments and cheers

Encouragement reactions to help people stay on track.

Digital gifts and tips

Optional micro-support for books, groceries, or a semester push.

Shareable pages

Instant share cards for milestones and goals.

Platform plan

User onboarding

Social login, claim @username, and complete a guided setup wizard.

Goals and transactions

Create tuition goals, add transactions, and visualize progress over time.

Strategy library

Community strategies with upvotes, testimonials, and “I’m trying this” tags.

Gamification + achievements

Badges, streaks, leaderboards, and school-based highlights.

Custom admin /control/

Moderation, analytics, user management, and reports.

Privacy first

Per-goal privacy, parent approval, and public/private profiles.

Why it matters

CollegeBroke.com is about honest storytelling. Students share what is working, parents see progress, and communities rally around achievable goals.

  • Transparent tracking, not just fundraising.
  • Community knowledge on real ways to pay for school.
  • Support without pressure, competition, or shame.

Join the early access list

Be the first to build your journey or support one.

Planned build roadmap

Phase 1 MVP

Social login, profiles, goals, basic feed, and a small set of achievements.

Phase 2 Growth

Advanced gamification, school-based communities, and parent approval tools.

Phase 3 Monetization

Premium tiers, sponsored strategies, and optional tipping.

AI acceleration

Recommendations for strategies, milestones, and goal pacing.