MyFit raises $1M to help parents with college applications
MyFit, a new services that helps parents figure out how to get their children into the college of their choice, has raised $1 million in a first round of funding, led by New Enterprise Associates. The Mountain View, Calif. company says it looks at data about graduates from more than 3,500 higher learning institutions, and uses that information to tell users where they should focus their academic and extracurricular energy to get into a specific school.
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