@politeperson and @makemesmart. You’re welcome. Glad to help. My S was not eager to leave the West Coast, so my knowledge of NESCAC tips and slots is limited to what I learned from a handful of conversations we had with coaches at Williams and Tufts. My understanding from the conversations we did have was that a “tip” typically gives an athlete a slight preference versus other similar applicants in the admission process. A “slot” was more of a guaranteed position. The Pomona coach did not use the NESCAC tip and slot vocabulary, but from what the coach described, my S essentially had the equivalent of what the NESCAC schools would call a tip. The Pomona coach was very direct, honest and professional throughout the process. The coach warned us up-front that while my S had a positive pre-read, that he and the team really wanted him at Pomona, and that he thought our S had a good likelihood of admission given his overall academics/athletics/extracurriculars, there was no guarantee. So we went into the process with both eyes open and luckily Pomona came through.