Pricing
Choose the strategy stage for where your student is now.
Each plan combines a Tafel Read of the profile your family enters, the student workspace, structured knowledge across more than 400 colleges, and expert-edited strategy memos at key decision points.
Foundation helps students build the proof behind the read. Application turns that proof into school strategy, essays, recommendations, final review, decisions, and waitlist planning.
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Foundation Guided
Everything in Self-Guided plus expert-edited strategy memos during the 12-month access term.
$3,499 total for 12 months
10th grade: the last full build year. Move to the Application package the summer after 10th grade, entering 11th grade.
Lower-cost option
Foundation Self-Guided
Full Tafel System and planning tools. No expert memo review.
$1,499 total for 12 months
Higher-touch option
Foundation Guided Plus
Everything in Guided plus live strategy calls during the 12-month access term.
$6,499 total for 12 months
Talk to us to startFixed-term access. No automatic renewal. Prefer to compare yourself? The full plan details are below.
Plans
Start with a fixed 12-month Foundation plan while you build, then move to the fixed 24-month Application package when the student is entering 11th grade. Each stage has three lanes, chosen by how much you want done for you. Self-Guided gives you the full read and system to run yourself, or a serious second opinion. Guided — what we recommend — adds an expert who reads your student's whole file and writes back a specific strategy at each decision. Guided Plus adds live strategy calls.
Build Early
8th to 10th grade · fixed 12-month access · no automatic renewal
Foundation Self-Guided
For families who want the full read and system and will run it themselves, or want a serious independent second opinion.
$1,499 total · 12 months
- ·Full Tafel System for early admissions planning
- ·A step-by-step plan with your next actions
- ·You run the read and plan yourself — full software, no expert file review
Fixed-term access. No automatic renewal.
Foundation Guided
An expert reads your student's whole file and writes back a specific strategy, at each key decision.
$3,499 total · 12 months
- ·Full Tafel System for early admissions planning
- ·A step-by-step plan with your next actions
- ·3 expert-edited strategy memos: a Tafel expert reads your student's whole file — transcript, activities, essays, direction, school list — and writes back what is working, the gap that matters, and the next moves
Fixed-term access. No automatic renewal.
Foundation Guided Plus
Everything in the memo plan, plus live strategy calls when you want to talk it through.
$6,499 total · 12 months
- ·Full Tafel System for early admissions planning
- ·A step-by-step plan with your next actions
- ·4 expert-edited strategy memos: a Tafel expert reads your student's whole file — transcript, activities, essays, direction, school list — and writes back what is working, the gap that matters, and the next moves
- ·4 live strategy calls during the 12-month access term, for the school-list decision, major positioning, essay strategy, and a pre-submission review
Fixed-term access. No automatic renewal.
Live strategy calls are scheduled with our team after purchase.
Execute Applications
Summer after 10th grade, entering 11th grade, through senior-year decisions · fixed 24-month access
Application Self-Guided
For families who want the full read and system and will run it themselves, or want a serious independent second opinion.
$2,999 total · 24 months
$1,500 per year
- ·Full Tafel System for applications, essays, final review, interview prep, decisions, and waitlists
- ·A step-by-step plan with your next actions
- ·You run the read and plan yourself — full software, no expert file review
Fixed-term access. No automatic renewal.
Application Guided
An expert reads your student's whole file and writes back a specific strategy, at each key decision.
$6,999 total · 24 months
$3,500 per year
- ·Full Tafel System for applications, essays, final review, interview prep, decisions, and waitlists
- ·A step-by-step plan with your next actions
- ·6 expert-edited strategy memos: a Tafel expert reads your student's whole file — transcript, activities, essays, direction, school list — and writes back what is working, the gap that matters, and the next moves
Fixed-term access. No automatic renewal.
Application Guided Plus
Everything in the memo plan, plus live strategy calls when you want to talk it through.
$14,999 total · 24 months
$7,500 per year
- ·Full Tafel System for applications, essays, final review, interview prep, decisions, and waitlists
- ·A step-by-step plan with your next actions
- ·8 expert-edited strategy memos: a Tafel expert reads your student's whole file — transcript, activities, essays, direction, school list — and writes back what is working, the gap that matters, and the next moves
- ·8 live strategy calls over the plan term, for the school-list decision, major positioning, essay strategy, and a pre-submission review
Fixed-term access. No automatic renewal.
Live strategy calls are scheduled with our team after purchase.
Strategy Memos are expert opinions based on information you provide. Reviewers do not independently verify records or factual claims.
Fixed-term access. No automatic renewal. Each memo explains what is working, what is missing, and what to focus on next. Live calls are reserved for Guided Plus or purchased call add-ons.
Optional pathway specialization
BS/MD and BS/DO Pathway Specialization
Add focused combined-degree medicine strategy to the core plan that matches the student's stage. The specialization adds grade-aware pathway direction, evidence-gap analysis, and BS/MD and BS/DO program tools. It keeps the traditional undergraduate pre-med route open.
Build Early
BS/MD and BS/DO Pathway Specialization
$2,499 per year
Requires an active Build Early plan. Runs with the annual plan term.
Execute Applications
BS/MD and BS/DO Pathway Specialization
$5,999 · 24 months
$3,000 per year
Requires an active Execute Applications plan. Runs with the fixed 24-month package.
Choose the core plan first. After the matching plan is active, unlock the specialization from the student workspace.
What you are buying
10-day fit promise
Try Tafel for 10 days. If your plan does not give your family a useful holistic read of strengths and gaps, a clear strategy stage, or a next step plan, contact us within 10 days. We will either fix the issue or refund your eligible plan purchase.
We do not guarantee admission, scholarships, or school outcomes. Tafel helps improve and organize the decisions and application materials you control.
The 10-day fit promise covers the Tafel platform plans. Second Opinion has its own guarantee: it is refundable any time before your report is generated, and if the report does not surface at least three specific things worth acting on, we refund it.
Common questions
How do I know which plan to buy?
Use timing first. Students in 8th to 10th grade usually start with a fixed 12-month Foundation plan. When the student is entering 11th grade, families typically move to the fixed 24-month Application package through senior-year decisions.
Do plans renew automatically?
No. Tafel plans are fixed-term purchases. Access ends at the conclusion of the purchased term unless your family chooses to make a new purchase.
Why is the Application package 24 months?
Application strategy continues after submission because decisions, updates, letters of continued interest, waitlists, and final college choice still need a plan. The package runs from entering 11th grade through senior-year decisions.
Does this include essay writing?
Tafel helps with essay strategy, evidence selection, prompt fit, repetition risk, and final review. It does not ghostwrite applications.
Does this guarantee admission?
No. Tafel helps families improve the decisions, evidence, school strategy, and application materials they control. Admissions outcomes depend on schools and applicant pools.
What is an expert-edited strategy memo?
A written read of the student’s profile and plan. It explains what is working, what is missing, and what to focus on next. Each memo is edited by an expert before you receive it.
What is Tafel’s read based on?
A holistic look at the full profile your family enters in Tafel: academics, activities, major direction, school list, essays, and timing. It is a read that points to clear next moves.
Do we get live calls?
Most guidance comes as written strategy memos, so you have a clear record to reread and act on. Live strategy calls are part of the Guided Plus lane, or available as an add-on.
Start with the diagnostic to see which stage fits.