Navigating the complicated path through college can be a difficult task. The report analyses the problems students have on graduating on time--such as earning unnecessary credits--which costs them collectively billions of dollars and millions of hours each year. It also proposes a possible solution--Guided Pathways to Success (GPS), which can provide a step-by-step roadmap and intrusive guidance for students to get to on-time completion. Finally the report describes how some state institutions' are applying GPS in their schools and the results they have seen with the program.