About The Spike Factor
We believe every student deserves a clear, evidence-based way to understand who they are and what they could become.
Our mission
The Spike Factor exists because choosing a college major and career direction should not feel like a guessing game. We give high school students and their families a structured, affordable way to discover strengths, interests, and aptitudes — then translate those insights into practical next steps.
Our goal is not to replace counselors or parents. It is to give students a stronger starting point for conversations, decisions, and planning.
What we value
- 1 Science-backed: Our assessments are built on established, peer-reviewed frameworks.
- 2 Student-first: We design for clarity, not clinical jargon.
- 3 Actionable: Every report ends with concrete next steps, not just abstract scores.
The team
We are educators, psychologists, and engineers who care about student outcomes.
Dr. Sarah Chen
Research Psychologist
Marcus Rivera
Product & Engineering
Priya Patel
Student Success
Jordan Taylor
Career Education
Scientific basis
We ground our assessments in established research and public data sources.
O*NET
The U.S. Department of Labor's occupational database informs how we map career interests to real-world job roles and required skills.
IPIP-NEO
Our Big Five assessment draws from the International Personality Item Pool, a widely used, public-domain resource for measuring personality traits.
Aptitude research
We incorporate cognitive-ability research on verbal, numerical, spatial, and logical reasoning to identify areas of natural strength.