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Stop Guessing. Turn Your College List
Into a Plan You Can Trust

Right now, you're probably wondering if your list is balanced, if those "safeties" are actually safe, and whether you're making the right calls. We built CollegeStack to answer those questions.

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Yield trap detected: Northeastern may reject overqualified EA applicants.

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+35% ED boost available at Tulane for your profile.

Portfolio Confidence
Dashboard My Stack Strategy
84 Score
Excellent Portfolio Mix
List Balance Strategy
30%
40%
30%
Reach (4) Target (5) Safety (3)
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"If you're reading this, you're probably in the thick of it."

Spreadsheets with 15 tabs. Conflicting advice from well-meaning relatives. A counselor who sees 400 students. The nagging feeling that you're missing something important—but you don't know what.

CollegeStack doesn't make the process easy. Nothing can. But it makes the uncertainty manageable. It turns "I think we're okay" into "I can see exactly where we stand."

See where you stand →
The Transformation

From uncertainty to clarity

Watch how a typical college list transforms when you can actually see what's happening.

Before
52% High Risk Portfolio
  • 8 schools, but 6 are reaches
  • "Safety" school rejected 40% of similar profiles last year
  • No Early Decision strategy
  • Hollow middle — missing true targets
→
After 10 minutes
with CollegeStack
After
84% Excellent Portfolio
  • 12 schools with balanced distribution
  • 2 true safeties with 85%+ probability
  • Strategic ED placement (+35% boost)
  • Strong target layer in 30-50% range
Your Command Center

Everything you need, nothing you don't

Four screens. One clear picture of your application strategy.

Portfolio Confidence Dashboard

Your single source of truth. See your overall portfolio health, list balance, and get personalized recommendations—all updated in real-time as you refine your strategy.

  • Confidence Score that reflects true portfolio strength
  • Visual Reach/Target/Safety distribution
  • AI-powered optimization recommendations
Dashboard

My Stack

Your complete school list with probability estimates, round selection, and real-time classification. Change your ED choice and watch your odds update instantly.

  • Individual probability estimates for each school
  • ED/EA/RD round selection with boost calculations
  • Test submission strategy per school
Stack

Strategy Ledger

Every recommendation, every decision, every outcome—recorded and searchable. Never wonder "why did we add that school?" again.

  • Complete decision history
  • Accept, save, or dismiss recommendations
  • Audit trail for family discussions
Strategy Ledger

Execution Timeline

See your workload mapped across deadlines. Identify bottlenecks before they become crises. Know exactly what needs to happen and when.

  • Deadline compression visualization
  • Bottleneck detection and alerts
  • Critical path task prioritization
Timeline
What We Catch

Insights that change outcomes

Real examples of what CollegeStack surfaces—before it's too late to act.

⚠️ Critical Risk

The Fake Safety

"Your safety school rejected 40% of applicants with your daughter's profile last year. That's not a safety—that's a coin flip."

⚡ Yield Trap

Over-Qualification Risk

"Northeastern historically rejects high-stat EA applicants—they're protecting yield. Consider ED or demonstrating interest first."

💡 Opportunity

The ED Advantage

"Applying ED to Tulane gives you a +35% boost based on historical data. That moves it from Reach to solid Target."

From Families Like Yours

Trusted by families navigating the process

"We thought our list was balanced. We had 12 schools and felt good about it. CollegeStack showed us it was actually 80% Reach schools—our 'safeties' weren't safe at all for an engineering applicant. We added two real targets and two real safeties. I slept better that night than I had in months. Worth every penny just for that peace of mind."

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Sarah T.
Parent of business applicant, Class of 2026

"My counselor sees 400 students. She's great, but she has 10 minutes for me. CollegeStack gave me the data I needed to have a real conversation with her."

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Priya K.
Student, Class of 2026

"The Rigor Check caught that my odds at my dream school were much lower for Engineering. I switched my strategy just in time."

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Mark R.
Parent

"Finally, a tool that treats college admissions like the strategic decision it is—not just a checklist."

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Jennifer L.
Parent of twins, Class of 2026

Most families discover their list is unbalanced in November—when it's hardest to fix. You're here now. That's an advantage. Use it.

Simple Pricing

One plan. Full access. Through decision day.

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$349 one-time payment

Full access for the entire 2026-2027 application cycle. Updates through decision day. No subscriptions, no upsells.

  • Unlimited schools in your stack
  • Real-time probability calculations
  • Portfolio Confidence Score
  • Strategy recommendations
  • Data updates through May 2027
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Less than one hour with a private college counselor. Unlimited access through decision day.

Questions? We've got answers.

No—and anyone who guarantees college admissions outcomes is misleading you. CollegeStack provides probabilistic, range-based estimates to help you make informed decisions. We help you build a structurally sound strategy; the outcomes still depend on many factors beyond anyone's control.

We use publicly available data from IPEDS, College Scorecard, and Common Data Sets—the same sources that professional counselors use. We normalize and combine this data to produce portfolio-level insights that would take hours to calculate manually.

CollegeStack complements your counselor—it doesn't replace them. We provide the quantitative portfolio analysis that's hard to do manually when a counselor has hundreds of students. Think of it as the data layer that makes your counselor conversations more productive.

Yes. We never sell your data, share it with colleges, or use it for advertising. Your information is used solely to generate your portfolio analysis. You can delete your account and all associated data at any time.