Raise Me
Academic advising software
Education software
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What is Raise Me
Raise Me is a college affordability and student engagement platform that lets colleges offer micro-scholarships to prospective students for specific academic and extracurricular achievements. It is used primarily by higher-education enrollment and financial aid teams to attract, engage, and convert applicants, and by students to track earned scholarship amounts and college-going milestones. The product centers on pre-enrollment engagement and scholarship incentives rather than degree planning, case management, or in-term advising workflows.
Micro-scholarship engagement model
Raise Me supports awarding small, rules-based scholarship amounts tied to student actions and achievements. This creates a structured engagement mechanism during the prospect-to-applicant phase rather than relying only on general communications. It is distinct from platforms focused on advising notes, alerts, and retention interventions after matriculation.
Prospective student pipeline focus
The platform is designed around recruiting and yield use cases, including motivating students to complete college-prep steps and applications. It aligns to enrollment management workflows more than academic advising operations. Institutions can use it to differentiate financial incentives earlier in the funnel than traditional aid packaging.
Student-facing progress visibility
Students can see earned micro-scholarship totals and the actions that drive additional awards. This provides a clear, trackable value proposition that can be referenced in outreach and counseling conversations. The student experience is oriented to pre-college milestones rather than course planning or degree audit.
Not a full advising system
Raise Me does not primarily provide core academic advising capabilities such as appointment scheduling, advising case notes, early-alert triage, or coordinated care networks. Institutions typically still need separate systems for in-term student success management and degree progress tracking. As a result, it may not meet requirements for academic advising software on its own.
Limited SIS/degree workflow coverage
The product is not positioned as a student information system, degree audit, or curriculum planning tool. It is less suitable for registrar-driven processes, academic policy enforcement, or graduation clearance workflows. Schools seeking end-to-end student lifecycle administration will require additional platforms.
Value depends on scholarship strategy
Program impact depends on an institution’s willingness and ability to fund and administer micro-scholarships at scale. If scholarship budgets, eligibility rules, or compliance processes are constrained, the platform’s differentiating mechanism can be harder to operationalize. Institutions may also need internal coordination between enrollment, advancement, and financial aid to run the program effectively.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Student (personal profile) | Free | Students can sign up for a free Raise Me profile and earn micro-scholarships; site homepage and app store listing state the student experience is free. |
| Institution / College partner | Not publicly listed (contact sales) | Raise Me describes solutions for colleges on its "Higher Ed" / "College" pages but does not publish public pricing; institutions are directed to contact Raise Me (Contact Us) for details. |
Seller details
RaiseMe, Inc.
Oakland, California, United States
2012
Private
https://www.raise.me/
https://x.com/raiseme
https://www.linkedin.com/company/raiseme
