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Know how it’s going without asking every night.

The Common App doesn’t give parents their own view. Bema does, once your student says yes. You see progress, deadlines and drafts, and you can help without taking over.

Create a parent account

What you can see and do

  • Overall progress, the next deadline and what’s left before it
  • Each school’s requirements, including steps after submission
  • Essay drafts: read them, comment on any sentence, suggest wording
  • Your own part of the FAFSA, with every step tracked
  • Deadline reminders, sent to you as well as your student
  • A weekly summary of what changed
  • Private notes on each school in the Decision Center

What you can’t

  • Edit your student’s draft. Suggestions wait for them to accept.
  • Read their conversations with the AI coach or counselor
  • See anything before they accept your invitation

We think that balance is what keeps a student working in Bema, rather than around it.

Maya’s season, parent view
Overall readiness 64%on track
Next deadline Oct 30submit-by date University of Michigan, Early Action
Personal essay Draft 3 Your suggestion is waiting for Maya
Your FAFSA section 3 of 5steps Next: sign and submit your part
Hers, not yoursYou can read, comment and suggest. You can’t edit her draft or read her chats with the AI coach.

How connecting works

  1. Create a parent account

    Use your own email. Parents and students have separate logins.

  2. Invite your student

    Enter their email. They get an invitation, and nothing is shared yet.

  3. They accept

    Once they say yes, their progress appears on your dashboard. Invitations expire after 14 days.

  4. Help where it counts

    Comment on a draft, work through your FAFSA section, keep an eye on deadlines.

Built for families that live in two houses

Separated and divorced parents are a normal case in Bema, not an exception.

Separate accounts

Each parent connects on their own. Neither sees the other’s account, notes or email.

Independent access

If the student removes one parent, the other’s access is untouched.

Which parent files the FAFSA?

A short set of plain questions works it out, and flags when a school also wants the CSS Profile from the other parent.

Be in the loop, not in the way.

Free during the beta. Your student decides when to connect.

Create a parent account