Privacy policy

Admit Path (“we”, “us”), an initiative of the Rouben Malian Memorial Foundation Inc., respects your privacy. The people we serve trust us with sensitive information about their education and goals, and protecting it is central to our mission. This policy explains what we collect through admitpath.com, how we use it and the choices you have.

Information we collect

When you take the free Lite assessment: your answers stay in your browser. If you choose to send your snapshot to us, we receive your name, email, your answers and results, your choices about sliding-scale pricing and contributing anonymized data, and whether you indicated that you’re an international student. If you tell the assessment you may need disability accommodations, that choice is used only in your browser to tailor your results. It is never sent to us, even when you send your snapshot.

When you request help from an advisor: your name, email address, phone number (if given), whether you are a student or parent, the path you are interested in, where you are in the process, your target start term, the service you are interested in, whether you would like sliding-scale pricing, and any message you include.

When you request Admit Exchange early access: your name, work email, organization, role, approximate caseload, phone number (if given) and any message.

When you create an account: your email address and, if you add it, your name. We don’t use passwords: you sign in with a one-time link we email to you. If you save items to your account, we store your saved Lite assessment snapshots (your answers, scores and timeline, but never the accommodations choice or accommodation steps), your saved cost planner inputs and results, your messages with our team, your email preferences, and the requests you’ve sent us with the same email address.

When you subscribe to updates: your email address, when you subscribed and confirmed, and where on the site you signed up.

The cost planner: runs in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to us unless you choose to save or email a plan.

Technical data: our hosting provider processes standard technical information such as IP address, approximate country and browser type to deliver the site and protect it from abuse.

How we use it

• To respond to your request and deliver the services you choose.
• To determine sliding-scale eligibility, using the minimum information needed.
• To run your account: signing you in, saving your items and showing your requests and messages.
• To send the emails you ask for or need: sign-in links, confirmations of your requests, copies of your results, replies from our team, deadline reminders if you turn them on, and updates if you subscribe.
• To keep our site and services secure.

We do not sell or rent personal information, and we do not use it for third-party advertising.

Emails and your choices

Deadline reminders and Admit Path updates are optional. Every update includes a one-click unsubscribe link, every reminder includes a link to turn reminders off, and you can change both in your account settings. We only add you to updates after you confirm your subscription, or when you turn them on in your signed-in account. Sign-in links and replies to your requests are always sent because they’re part of the service you asked for.

Cookies and browser storage

We use one essential, secure cookie to keep you signed in for up to 30 days and a second cookie that only tells the site to show “My account” instead of “Sign in.” If you ask to save a snapshot or plan before signing in, we hold it briefly in your browser’s local storage until you finish signing in. We don’t use advertising or third-party tracking cookies.

Admissions data and our models

If you choose to contribute your admissions outcomes to improve our models, personally identifying information is removed before that data enters any aggregate model. Contribution is always optional.

Confidentiality

We do not reveal the existence of any client relationship without your consent or a court order. If you share your profile with a counselor or consultant through Admit Exchange, you can withdraw their access at any time.

Sharing

We share information only with service providers that help us operate (for example, web hosting and email delivery) under obligations to protect it, or when required by law. If we ever recommend a partner service, it will be clearly labeled, and we will not share your information with that partner without your permission.

Retention and deletion

We keep inquiry information only as long as needed to respond to you and provide services. If you have an account, you can download all of your account data or permanently delete your account at any time from your account settings. Deleting your account removes your saved snapshots, cost plans, messages, requests and subscription. Records of emails we’ve sent are kept for up to 90 days for security and troubleshooting. You can also ask us to access, correct or delete your information at any time by replying to any message from us or by contacting us through our contact form.

Children and students under 18

Many of the people we serve are middle and high school students. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13; for younger students, a parent or guardian should complete any form. If you are 13 to 17, please involve a parent or guardian before submitting a form. Parents and guardians may contact us at any time to review or delete their child’s information.

Security

Our site is served over encrypted HTTPS connections. Sign-in links expire after 20 minutes and work once, session tokens are stored only in hashed form, and access to submitted information is restricted to authorized staff.

Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last revised.