Last updated: September 13, 2026
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These Terms govern the public website, forms, educational content, and linked public policy pages of McNeil Admissions LLC d/b/a Sierra Admissions ("Sierra," "we," "us," or "our"), a Washington company. Please review these Terms before using the website. If we ask you to accept them, your affirmative acceptance creates an agreement covering that use.
These Terms address public website use. Paid services are governed by the Sierra Admissions Terms of Service or other client agreement you accepted for your purchase, together with any service descriptions, purchase-page terms, and written amendments incorporated into that agreement (your "Client Agreement"). Your Client Agreement controls the purchased scope, fees, payment schedule, renewal and cancellation, refunds, service dates, deliverables, resource access, and contractual record-retention obligations. General website content does not expand or amend that agreement; this does not exclude purchase-page descriptions or other promises expressly incorporated into it.
These website Terms do not create a paid engagement, authorize recurring charges, or replace the acceptance and disclosures required for a purchase or subscription. Updating a public webpage does not amend an existing Client Agreement. Amendments must follow that agreement's requirements and applicable law. Mandatory consumer and privacy protections remain applicable.
Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle information. Accepting these Terms does not replace any separate consent required for tracking, transcription, marketing, or publication of student work.
Students may use age-appropriate content with parent or guardian involvement. An adult must authorize paid services for a minor. A child's website visit does not by itself make a parent contractually responsible or eliminate a minor's nonwaivable rights. Children under 13 must not submit personal information through the website.
Provide accurate information and only material you are authorized to share. Do not misuse the website, impersonate others, introduce malicious code, bypass security, access another person's records, infringe rights, or use our services for fraud, plagiarism, or academic dishonesty.
Public content is general educational information. Admissions policies, deadlines, testing rules, programs, and financial-aid requirements change; confirm important requirements with the relevant institution or official source. Sierra is an independent consultant, not an admissions office, and does not control institutional decisions.
We do not guarantee admission, scholarship funding, a test score, or another particular outcome. Testimonials and past results do not predict individual outcomes. Nothing in this section excuses Sierra from obligations under a client agreement or applicable law.
Students remain responsible for truthful applications, their own authorship, final review, deadlines, and submission. Coaching and editing do not authorize fabricated achievements, misrepresented authorship, or violations of an institution's rules concerning assistance or AI. Our services are educational and are not legal, medical, or financial advice.
Sierra or its licensors owns our original website content, curricula, exercises, templates, videos, software, and branding. You may use materials made available to you for your or your student's personal educational purposes, subject to any applicable course or Client Agreement. For paid resources, the Client Agreement determines the duration and scope of access and use; these website Terms do not extend access beyond that period. Except as permitted by law or written permission, do not republish, resell, sublicense, bulk-extract, build a competing product from, or use those materials to train AI models. Ordinary public search-engine indexing consistent with our technical instructions is permitted.
Students retain ownership of their original essays, drafts, resumes, and application materials. Providing materials to Sierra grants only the limited permission necessary to store, transmit, review, annotate, and otherwise process them to provide and administer the student's services, secure our systems, comply with law, and maintain necessary records. Approved providers may perform these functions for us under appropriate restrictions.
This permission does not authorize selling student work, publishing it in an essay library, marketing with it, or training generalized AI models on it. Those uses require separate appropriate permission. Removing a name does not transfer copyright or authorize publication. We also obtain separate appropriate permission for testimonials, identifiable outcomes, photos, or recordings.
We use Granola for AI-assisted sales-call notes as described in our Privacy Policy. We obtain the required participant consent before transcription; accepting these Terms or booking a call is not that consent. You may decline and request ordinary notes instead.
We may respond to inquiries and send necessary service communications. Marketing emails include an unsubscribe option. Providing a phone number or accepting these Terms does not by itself authorize automated marketing calls or texts; separate consent is obtained where required.
The website may link to or embed third-party tools and content. Their independent services are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. We do not control third-party content or availability, and linking does not by itself imply endorsement. This does not remove Sierra's legal responsibilities for integrations it selects or information it discloses.
We may maintain, update, or restrict the public website and address misuse or security threats. These actions do not eliminate obligations under an existing client agreement.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the free public website and general content are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of uninterrupted access, completeness, accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. This disclaimer does not alter an express promise in a client agreement or a warranty that cannot legally be excluded.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sierra is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses arising from use of the free public website. Sierra's total liability arising solely from that free public website is limited to $100.
These limitations do not apply to paid services, our handling of personal information, fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence. They also do not limit liability or remedies that applicable law does not allow us to limit, including nonwaivable consumer rights and public injunctive relief.
The laws of the State of Washington govern these Terms, subject to nonwaivable protections under applicable law. Except where applicable law requires otherwise, any lawsuit arising out of or relating to these Terms or use of the website must be brought exclusively in a state or federal court located in the State of Washington, and both parties consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.
Please contact [email protected] with any concerns so we can work toward a resolution. A separate client agreement governs disputes concerning paid services.
We may revise these Terms and update the date above. Changes operate prospectively after legally sufficient notice and acceptance where required. Posting revised website terms does not amend a signed client agreement or retroactively change an accrued dispute.
If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to apply to the extent permitted by law. Not enforcing a provision does not waive it. Provisions concerning ownership, necessary record retention, liability, and disputes survive where their purpose requires. Nothing in these Terms restricts lawful, honest consumer reviews.
Questions and privacy requests: [email protected]
Operator: McNeil Admissions LLC d/b/a Sierra Admissions
Formal legal notices through our registered agent:
K&S Canon, PLLC
1200 5TH Ave Ste 1950
Seattle, WA 98101-1183
United States