College Waitlist Strategy 2026: What Actually Works to Get Off the Waitlist
Most families handle waitlists passively and get nothing. The families whose students get admitted from waitlists do specific things. Here is what I have seen work over 15 years.
Your student is on the waitlist. The first question families ask is: does the waitlist actually move? The honest answer is yes, sometimes significantly, and sometimes not at all. What determines whether your student gets that call depends partly on factors outside your control and partly on exactly what your student does in the next two weeks. Here is the college waitlist strategy for 2026 that actually works.
Understanding Why Waitlists Exist and How They Move
Colleges build waitlists because enrollment forecasting is imperfect. A school aims to enroll a specific number of students in the incoming class. They offer admission to more students than they need, expecting that some percentage will decline. When more students accept than expected, or when students who committed withdraw later, the school turns to the waitlist to fill the gap. The size of waitlist movement depends on the school’s yield rate that year, how many admitted students committed by May 1, and the school’s specific class composition goals. Schools that compete intensely for students with other highly ranked schools tend to have more waitlist movement because their yield rate fluctuates more. Schools with very high, stable yield rates move their waitlists less. Check each school’s Common Data Set, available at commondataset.org, for historical waitlist admission data. Some schools publish exactly how many students they admitted from the waitlist in recent years.
The Letter of Continued Interest: The Single Most Important Action
The letter of continued interest is a formal written message to the admissions office confirming that your student remains genuinely interested in enrolling if admitted from the waitlist. It is not a complaint about being waitlisted. It is not a renegotiation of the admissions decision. It is a professional, specific, enthusiastic expression of continued interest accompanied by any meaningful updates to the application. Write it within five to seven days of receiving the waitlist notification. Send it via email to the regional admissions counselor assigned to your student’s high school or to the general admissions office if you do not have a specific contact. The letter should be no longer than one page. Open by thanking the office for the waitlist offer. Confirm that your student will enroll if admitted from the waitlist. Then share two to three specific reasons your student wants to attend this particular school, citing programs, professors, opportunities, or campus culture features that are genuinely specific to this school. End with any meaningful academic or personal updates since submitting the application, such as a new award, a completed independent project, or a final semester grade. Keep the tone warm and professional, not pleading.
What Not to Include in a Letter of Continued Interest
Do not write that this is your student’s top choice if it is not genuinely true. Admissions officers are experienced at reading authenticity and inauthenticity. Do not include a list of every other school that admitted your student as leverage. Do not suggest that the school made a mistake by not admitting your student outright. Do not send multiple letters, follow-up calls, or emails every few days. One strong letter sent once is the right approach. A second brief update later in April or early May is acceptable if there is genuinely new information to share. Repeated contact without new information signals anxiety, not confidence.
What to Do While You Are on the Waitlist
Commit to a school you are admitted to before May 1. This is non-negotiable. You cannot count on a waitlist offer. Your student needs to have a real plan in place that they are prepared to follow through on. Some families treat the waitlist as a reason to delay committing to any school, which is a mistake. Committing to a school does not close the waitlist door. If a waitlist offer comes after May 1 and your student wants to accept it, they will forfeit the enrollment deposit at the committed school, which is typically $500 to $1,000. That is a cost worth understanding in advance, not a reason to avoid committing on time. Also continue to complete any outstanding requirements at the school you commit to. Housing applications, orientation registration, and financial aid paperwork should all proceed as if the waitlist does not exist.
How to Evaluate Whether Staying on the Waitlist Is Worth It
Not every waitlist is worth staying on. If a school where you are waitlisted is a program that your student can find comparable quality at a school that admitted them, the waitlist may not be worth the emotional investment of maintaining through June. If the waitlisted school is genuinely the best fit, the best program, or the most financially favorable option that admitted them, it is worth staying active. Ask the school directly if they can give you a sense of the size of the waitlist and whether they historically move it. They may not give you specific numbers, but the answer tells you something about how transparently the school communicates with waitlisted students. For the full guide on writing the letter itself, see How to Write a Letter of Continued Interest for a College Waitlist.
Frequently Asked Questions: College Waitlist Strategy 2026
How long should a letter of continued interest be?
One page or less, typically three to four paragraphs. Financial aid offices and admissions counselors are reading hundreds of waitlist letters during this period. A concise, specific, well-organized letter is more effective than a long one. Focus on confirming continued interest, providing specific reasons for wanting to attend, and sharing any meaningful updates. Every sentence should be doing work.
Does a letter of continued interest actually help?
Yes, when it is done well. Admissions offices use letters of continued interest to gauge which waitlisted students will actually enroll if offered admission. A student who has explicitly confirmed they will enroll is lower-risk for the admissions office than one who has not responded. The letter itself will not change a rejection to an admission, but it does move your student up the waitlist among candidates of similar academic profile. The quality of the letter matters. Vague or generic letters get less attention than specific, authentic ones.
Can a parent write the letter of continued interest?
No. The letter should be written by the student in the student’s voice. Parents can help edit and advise, but the letter must come from the applicant. Admissions counselors can identify parent-written correspondence easily, and it can actually harm the student’s positioning by signaling that the student is not independently engaged with the process.
How many schools can my student stay on the waitlist for?
There is no limit. Students can accept waitlist offers from multiple schools simultaneously. However, managing multiple waitlist letters and the emotional investment of several active waitlists can be draining. Focus energy on the one or two waitlisted schools where your student has the strongest genuine interest and the best fit. For the rest, either decline the waitlist spot to simplify the process or accept it passively without investing significant energy in a letter of continued interest.
When do schools notify waitlisted students?
Waitlist notifications can come as early as May 1, when enrolled students’ deposits are due, or as late as July or August if students who committed withdraw after May 1. Most waitlist movement happens in May and early June. Some schools notify all waitlisted students by a specific date whether they will be offered admission or not. Others simply send notifications on a rolling basis until the waitlist is closed.
Tony Le is a former UC Berkeley Admissions Reader and UCLA Outreach Director with 15+ years of college admissions coaching experience. A full-ride scholarship recipient to UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UCI, Tony has helped 500+ students get into top universities including Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Columbia. Featured in the Wall Street Journal. Official TikTok College Admissions Educational Partner. Founder of egelloC. Follow on TikTok @coachtonyle.
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Admitted Student Campus Visit Before May 1: What to Look For and What to Ask
The families who make the best college decisions are almost always the ones who visited as admitted students and asked the right questions. Here is what I tell families to look for and what to ask.
You have less than six weeks until May 1. If your student has not visited their top college options as an admitted student, now is the time. An admitted student campus visit is fundamentally different from the general tours your student took as a junior. You are no longer evaluating whether you might want to go here. You are evaluating whether this is the right choice given everything you now know about your options. Here is what to look for and what questions actually produce useful answers.
Why Admitted Student Visits Are Different From Regular Tours
General campus tours are designed to sell the school to every prospective student. They show the best buildings, the most enthusiastic tour guides, and the highlights of campus life. Admitted student days are different. You are sitting in academic department information sessions. You are meeting current students who are not performing for recruits. You are seeing the actual dormitory room your student might live in, not just the renovated showcase dorm. You are hearing directly from professors about their research and their teaching. This is the version of the school that you are actually committing to. Visiting now, when you have real options to compare, almost always produces more useful information than any visit that happened earlier in the process.
What to Look For During the Visit
The academic department, not just the campus. If your student has a strong intended major, attend any information sessions or open houses for that specific department. How engaged are the faculty? Are undergraduates involved in research? What does the advising relationship look like? The quality of a student’s experience at a university is heavily influenced by the department they spend most of their time in, and that department can vary significantly from the overall campus impression. The student body energy. Walk around campus at a normal time, not just during the organized tour. Go into the main library, a dining hall, and a common area on your own. What does the student body feel like? Are students engaged and talking, or is the atmosphere impersonal? Does the campus feel like a place your student could build community? The residential experience. See actual freshman housing, not just the showcase floor. Ask students on the tour or at the event how they feel about where they live and what freshman year living is actually like. Housing quality is one of the most underrated factors in freshman year experience. The surrounding area. Walk or drive the neighborhood around campus. Is there a walkable downtown? Is transportation to the broader city easy? Does the campus feel isolated or connected? Some students thrive in college-town bubbles. Others need urban access. Know which one your student is.
Questions That Actually Produce Useful Answers
Avoid questions that have pre-packaged answers. “What do you love most about this school?” produces marketing. “What do you wish you had known before you committed here?” produces real information. Ask current students: What surprised you most about your first semester? What is harder here than you expected? If you could change one thing about the school, what would it be? Ask admissions staff or faculty: What does the research opportunity pipeline look like for undergraduates in the first year? What is the average class size for sophomore-year courses in my intended major? What percentage of students in this major go on to graduate school versus industry? The questions that probe specifics and imperfections get you far closer to the real picture than general enthusiasm questions.
How to Use the Visit in Your Decision
After the visit, sit with your student that evening and ask: On a scale of one to ten, how excited do you feel about this campus right now? What specifically felt right? What felt off or uncertain? The gut reaction after a real visit is data. It should not override financial or program analysis, but it should be taken seriously alongside those factors. Many students discover that the school they felt lukewarm about on paper becomes their clear first choice after being on campus as an admitted student. Others discover the opposite. Either outcome is valuable information to have before May 1.
What to Do if You Cannot Visit Before May 1
In-person visits are ideal but not always possible. If travel cost or timing prevents a visit before May 1, use virtual alternatives actively rather than passively. Attend the school’s virtual admitted student day. Connect with current students through the admissions office’s student ambassador program. Search for the school’s subreddit, Reddit student forums, and Niche reviews and read both positive and critical comments. YouTube campus tour videos from students, not the official admissions channel, often show a more realistic picture. For more on the decision process, see How to Choose Between Two Colleges You Actually Love.
Frequently Asked Questions: Admitted Student Campus Visit Before May 1
Are admitted student days worth attending?
Yes, almost always. The information you get from sitting in a department information session and talking to current students for a full day is not available from any website or brochure. Families who attend admitted student days consistently report feeling more confident about their final college decision than families who commit without visiting. If the campus is reachable within a few hours of driving, attending the admitted student day is worth the time and cost.
Can my student attend an admitted student day at a school even if it is not their first choice?
Yes, and it is often a good idea. Sometimes visiting a second-choice school as an admitted student changes the ranking. Sometimes it confirms that the first-choice school was right all along. Either way, the information is useful and a visit to a real option costs nothing except time before May 1.
What should my student bring to an admitted student day?
A list of specific questions prepared in advance, a notebook or phone for notes, and comfortable walking shoes. Dress is casual, as current students and faculty expect this to be an informal information-gathering day. Bring any financial aid materials or questions you want to ask the financial aid office, which is often available for one-on-one conversations during admitted student days.
What if I have a bad experience on the admitted student day?
Take the specific discomfort seriously and try to identify whether it is about the school itself or about the specific context of the day. A bad weather day, an unengaged tour guide, or a session with a faculty member who did not connect with your student is not necessarily representative of four years. Ask yourself: Is what bothered me about this visit something that will be a daily part of the experience, or was it a one-day circumstance? If the campus itself felt wrong in ways that go beyond the day’s logistics, that is worth weighting in your decision.
How many admitted student days should my student attend?
Attend for every school still genuinely under consideration where an in-person or strong virtual event is available. If your student has narrowed to two or three schools, attending admitted student events at all of them is reasonable. If your student has ten admitted schools still theoretically under consideration but has not visited any of them, prioritize the top three by preference and do those first. The purpose of the visit is to get real information that improves the decision, not to check a box on every school’s calendar.
Tony Le is a former UC Berkeley Admissions Reader and UCLA Outreach Director with 15+ years of college admissions coaching experience. A full-ride scholarship recipient to UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UCI, Tony has helped 500+ students get into top universities including Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Columbia. Featured in the Wall Street Journal. Official TikTok College Admissions Educational Partner. Founder of egelloC. Follow on TikTok @coachtonyle.
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Merit Scholarships at Non-Ivy Schools: Where the Real Financial Aid Money Lives
Every year families chase Ivy admissions and overlook the schools that would give their student $60,000 or more in merit scholarships. Here is where the actual money is and how to position your student for it.
The most financially generous colleges in America are not the Ivy League schools. They are the schools in the next tier down, the highly competitive but not hyper-selective universities that compete aggressively for strong students by offering substantial merit scholarships. If your student was not admitted to an Ivy, or if they were admitted but the financial aid offer does not make economic sense, the merit scholarship landscape at non-Ivy schools deserves your full attention right now.
Why Non-Ivy Schools Offer the Best Merit Scholarships
Schools in the 25-to-75 national ranking range need to attract top students who are also considering more selective schools. Their primary tool for doing this is money. A school ranked 30th nationally that cannot compete with Harvard on prestige can compete on price. Offering a $50,000 merit scholarship, or even a full-tuition merit scholarship, to a student with a 4.1 GPA and a 1500 SAT is a rational competitive move for that school. For the student, it means potentially attending a school with a strong program in their field, a real community, genuine research opportunities, and graduating with significantly less debt than they would carry from a more prestigious school with a weaker merit award. Some of the best merit scholarship programs in the country are at schools like Tulane, University of Alabama, University of Miami, USC, Vanderbilt, Fordham, and dozens of private schools that fall outside the top-15 prestige tier.
Schools Known for Generous Merit Scholarships
Several schools are well known in college admissions circles for unusually generous merit scholarship programs that families should know about before building college lists. University of Alabama: One of the most generous scholarship programs in the country. Students with a 3.5 GPA and 1200 SAT are eligible for scholarships covering full tuition for four years. The Capstone Scholarship and Presidential Scholarship programs are among the most generous in the SEC. Tulane University: Offers substantial merit scholarships to strong applicants and has significantly raised its academic profile in the last decade while using scholarships aggressively to recruit top students. Fordham University: Strong merit awards in New York City for students interested in business, law, or liberal arts who want a Jesuit education and urban access. University of Denver: Known for merit awards that can cover a significant portion of tuition for strong out-of-state students. Miami University of Ohio: A flagship public university with honors scholarships that make it highly competitive financially for strong in-state and out-of-state students. University of Rochester: Strong merit programs alongside need-based aid, with a research focus that rewards strong STEM applicants. This list is not exhaustive, and the landscape shifts each year. Research each school’s merit scholarship programs directly through the admissions and financial aid offices.
How to Position Your Student for Maximum Merit Awards
Merit scholarships are awarded based on academic profile, sometimes supplemented by specific activities or essays. The primary levers are GPA and test scores. At schools with strong merit programs, a student’s GPA and test scores need to fall in the upper tier of admitted students for the strongest awards. This means the schools where your student is a strong candidate, not the schools where they are a borderline admit, are the schools most likely to offer competitive merit money. A student applying to a school where their GPA and test scores are at the 75th percentile of admitted students will almost always receive better merit offers than a student at the 25th percentile. Applying to schools where you are a competitive candidate is not just about admission probability. It is about financial positioning.
The Merit Scholarship Application Process
At some schools, merit scholarships are automatically considered as part of the standard application review. At others, students must apply separately to scholarship programs, sometimes with additional essays or materials. Check each school’s scholarship program website during the application process to understand what is required. Many separate scholarship applications have earlier deadlines than the regular admissions deadline. A student who applies to a school but misses the separate scholarship application deadline may be admitted but ineligible for the full range of merit awards. Know the deadlines before you apply.
Comparing Merit Offers Against Need-Based Aid
When your student has received both merit-based awards from some schools and need-based awards from others, comparing them requires looking at net price, not award size. A $40,000 merit scholarship from a school with a $65,000 sticker price produces a $25,000 net price. A $25,000 need-based grant from a school with a $55,000 sticker price produces a $30,000 net price. The school with the larger scholarship has the lower net price. Always calculate net price for comparison and factor in whether the awards are renewable under consistent conditions. For a full comparison framework, see How to Compare Financial Aid Offers From Multiple Colleges Side by Side.
Frequently Asked Questions: Merit Scholarships at Non-Ivy Schools
What GPA do you need for a merit scholarship at a non-Ivy school?
Requirements vary by school. At highly generous merit scholarship programs like those at the University of Alabama and University of Miami, students with GPAs in the 3.5 to 3.8 range and SAT scores of 1200 to 1350 can qualify for substantial awards. At more selective private schools in the 30-to-60 national ranking range, merit scholarships are more competitive and typically require students to be among the top applicants in the admitted pool. Check each school’s merit scholarship requirements directly on their financial aid website.
Are merit scholarships renewable every year?
Most merit scholarships are renewable each year contingent on maintaining a specified GPA, typically 3.0 to 3.5 depending on the school and program. Losing the scholarship for a semester due to a GPA drop is one of the most common financial aid pitfalls families encounter in college. When comparing awards, ask specifically about the renewal GPA requirement and what happens if the student falls below it temporarily. Some schools allow a probationary semester to recover; others do not.
Can I negotiate a merit scholarship offer?
Yes. Merit scholarships at many schools can be appealed or leveraged against competing offers from peer institutions. The same professional judgment process used for need-based aid applies here. If School A offered $35,000 per year and School B, with a comparable program, offered $45,000 per year, School A’s financial aid office can be informed of the competing offer and asked if there is any flexibility. Schools competing for the same pool of students are often willing to match or improve offers to secure enrollment.
Does a merit scholarship affect my need-based financial aid?
Sometimes. At schools that cap total aid, a merit scholarship might displace some need-based aid rather than adding on top of it. Ask the financial aid office specifically whether your merit scholarship is additive to the need-based package or whether it reduces the need-based component. At schools with strong institutional aid programs, merit and need-based aid are often stacked. At schools with thinner budgets, they may not be.
What are the best merit scholarship programs for California students?
California students often overlook out-of-state schools with generous merit programs that can make the total cost competitive with in-state UC schools. University of Alabama, University of Arizona, University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of Idaho, and several Jesuit universities have merit programs that can make out-of-state cost competitive with UC tuition for strong California students. Research specific scholarship programs at schools in the 20-to-60 national ranking range before assuming UC is automatically the most affordable option.
Tony Le is a former UC Berkeley Admissions Reader and UCLA Outreach Director with 15+ years of college admissions coaching experience. A full-ride scholarship recipient to UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UCI, Tony has helped 500+ students get into top universities including Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Columbia. Featured in the Wall Street Journal. Official TikTok College Admissions Educational Partner. Founder of egelloC. Follow on TikTok @coachtonyle.
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The May 1 College Decision Deadline: Complete Checklist for Admitted Students
Every year, families miss critical steps between now and May 1 and it costs them money, housing priority, and sometimes their enrollment spot. Here is the complete list of what needs to happen.
May 1, 2026 is the National Candidates Reply Date. Every college and university in the country that follows standard admissions practice uses this date as the enrollment commitment deadline for admitted freshmen. You have roughly five weeks from now to make your college decision, pay your enrollment deposit, and complete a series of critical follow-on steps that most families do not realize are part of this timeline. Missing any of them has real consequences. Here is the complete May 1 college decision deadline checklist.
Before You Can Commit: The Financial Aid Comparison Step
Before submitting any enrollment deposit, your family should have completed a side-by-side comparison of financial aid awards from every school still under consideration. The comparison should use net price, which is cost of attendance minus all grants and scholarships, not the sticker price on the brochure and not the total financial aid package including loans. Make a simple spreadsheet with five columns: school name, cost of attendance, total grants and scholarships, net price, and any conditions on grant renewal. Rank your options by net price and compare that ranking against your program fit and campus preference ranking. If there is a meaningful gap between the financially optimal school and the preferred school, consider a financial aid appeal before committing. Once you submit an enrollment deposit, your financial aid leverage decreases significantly. Do the appeal first.
Step 1: Submit the Enrollment Deposit at Your Chosen School
The enrollment deposit signals your intent to enroll. The typical amount is $300 to $1,000 depending on the school. The deposit is usually non-refundable after May 1. Once submitted, you are committed to that school for the incoming class. Log into the admitted student portal for your chosen school to confirm where to submit the deposit and what form of payment is accepted. Some schools accept credit card through the portal. Others require a check mailed to a specific office. Do not assume it is only through the portal. Confirm the exact process. Pay a few days before May 1 to avoid any last-minute technical issues with the portal.
Step 2: Decline Offers From Schools You Are Not Attending
After committing to your chosen school, formally decline your offers from every other school you were admitted to. Log into each school’s admitted student portal and find the option to decline enrollment. This step is important and many students skip it. Declining frees up a spot for another student on the waitlist at that school. It is the right thing to do and many admissions professionals notice when schools do not receive formal declines from admitted students. It takes less than five minutes per school and it is worth doing.
Step 3: Housing Application
Most universities open their freshman housing application shortly after May 1 or on May 1 itself. Housing spots are typically assigned on a first-come, first-served basis or through a lottery that rewards early submission. Log into the housing portal at your committed school immediately after submitting your enrollment deposit and complete the housing application. For schools with on-campus housing guarantees for freshmen, early submission still often affects room assignment quality and roommate matching options. For schools without a housing guarantee, a delayed application may mean less desirable off-campus options or waitlisted on-campus housing. Do not let housing fall through the cracks by treating it as a later task.
Step 4: Financial Aid Verification and Next Steps
If your student’s financial aid application was selected for FAFSA verification, the verification must be completed before financial aid will be disbursed. Check the financial aid portal at your committed school for any outstanding verification requirements or documents. Some schools also require a separate institutional financial aid form or updated tax documentation for the year you are enrolling. Complete everything the financial aid office requests within their stated timeline. Financial aid disbursement delays at the start of freshman year are almost always caused by incomplete verification documents, not by late applications.
Step 5: Orientation Registration
Most schools open freshman orientation registration in May or June. Spots for specific orientation sessions, particularly those with academic advising components, may fill quickly. Register as soon as registration opens. Orientation is where your student gets their first course registration, meets their academic advisor, and connects with the people they will spend the first weeks of college with. Missing it or getting assigned a later date because you registered late has real academic implications, especially in programs where course registration order matters for getting into required classes.
Step 6: Notify Your High School
Contact your high school counselor to let them know where your student committed. The counselor needs to send final transcripts to the enrolled school after senior year grades are released. Confirm the school has the correct mailing information. Also make sure your student understands that senior spring grades are not irrelevant. Most schools include a clause in the admission offer that grades must remain consistent with those submitted in the application. A significant drop in grades in senior spring can trigger a rescinded admission. This is rare but it does happen.
For more guidance on what comes after May 1, see Summer Before College: The Complete Checklist for Every Incoming Freshman.
Frequently Asked Questions: May 1 College Decision Deadline
Can I commit to a school after May 1?
You can, but you risk losing your spot. Schools hold enrollment spots for students who pay deposits by May 1. After that deadline, schools may begin filling any unfilled spots from their waitlist or from other sources. If you miss May 1 without contacting the school, your admission may be rescinded. If you need more time for legitimate reasons, contact the admissions office directly and explain. Some schools will grant a brief extension, but this is not guaranteed.
Can I be committed to two schools at once?
No. Submitting enrollment deposits at two schools simultaneously, sometimes called double depositing, is a violation of ethical standards in college admissions and is taken seriously by schools. It is also not strategic because most schools verify deposits against a national database. A student who double deposits risks having both admissions offers rescinded. Commit to one school only.
What happens to waitlisted students on May 1?
Students on college waitlists should commit to their best admitted school by May 1 while maintaining their waitlist status at any schools where they have submitted a letter of continued interest. If a waitlist offer comes after May 1, the student can accept it by forfeiting their enrollment deposit at the committed school and notifying both schools. The financial cost is the lost deposit, typically $300 to $1,000. Most families consider that an acceptable cost for the right school.
Are there exceptions to the May 1 deadline?
Yes. Schools that participate in rolling admissions may have different timelines. Some programs, including nursing, some engineering, and some competitive arts programs, may have earlier deposit deadlines. A handful of schools have extended their deadline by a few days in specific years due to natural disasters or system outages, but this is not something to count on. Confirm the exact deadline for each school in your student’s admitted student portal, not on a third-party website.
What should my student do on May 1 evening?
Celebrate. Your student spent years working toward this moment. Take the evening to acknowledge what they accomplished. The hard work, the stress, the uncertainty over the past months culminated in a real choice and a real commitment. That is worth celebrating regardless of which school they chose. The college chapter starts now.
Tony Le is a former UC Berkeley Admissions Reader and UCLA Outreach Director with 15+ years of college admissions coaching experience. A full-ride scholarship recipient to UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UCI, Tony has helped 500+ students get into top universities including Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Columbia. Featured in the Wall Street Journal. Official TikTok College Admissions Educational Partner. Founder of egelloC. Follow on TikTok @coachtonyle.
Tony works with a small number of families each year. Book a free strategy call to see if it is a good fit.