Maia Learning

STA students and parents utilize Maia Learning, an online college planning tool specific to The Academy. This compliments the work of STA’s college counselors.  Students register with Maia Learning in the winter of sophomore year and parents in the spring of sophomore year (separate accounts).

Features of MaiaLearning:

  • Manages the college application process
  • College search and in the career-planning process
  • Provides historical STA college application decision data
  • College visit information

MaiaLearning Tools

Once students or parents log on, there is a welcome page and several tabs for the students to explore:

Colleges

  • College Search: Helps the student narrow down colleges by criteria such as size, location, type of school, religious affiliation, etc. Once the student completes the survey, a list of schools matching that criteria will be given. This search can be repeated using different criteria.
  • College Lookup: Students can look up specific colleges and can view information about admissions, financial aid, and majors offered.

Careers

  • Explore Careers and Interests
    • Explore Careers and Clusters: Students can use this tool to help them discover types of work activities and careers that match their interests.
    • Career Interest Profiler: This is 30-minute assessment tool that can help students discover the types of work activities and careers that match their interests. The interest profiler has 180 questions about potential work activities. This is a summer assignment for rising juniors.

About Me

  • Cumulative GPA (updated each semester)
  • Test Scores: Results of the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and AP testing will be listed here. Official tests only, no practice scores are posted.