Workchat for Admissions

Applicants who actually finish applying.

Transcripts, recommendations, deposits, orientation forms — Workchat keeps every applicant moving on WhatsApp, in their language, on their phone, until the file is complete.

Free for your first 30 days, up to 100 applicants.

The pain

You don't lose students at the offer. You lose them in the deposit, the transcript, the form they didn't understand.

Yield is decided in the silent two weeks between the offer letter and the deposit deadline. Email reads stop. Portals get forgotten. Parents call to ask things students were too shy to ask.

Every melted admit is a real number — for a bootcomp at $12K tuition, ten lost cohort spots is a six-figure hole. And the team chasing them is your most expensive person.

A real applicant thread

From admit to arrived.

The moment a student is admitted, Workchat opens a thread on WhatsApp — the app they actually answer.

Transcripts, recommendation chasers, deposit reminders, visa documents, orientation prep — every step gets walked through. When the student asks "what is an I-20?", Workchat explains. When their parent needs to be looped in, Workchat handles the warm intro.

No portal logins, no missed deadlines.

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Workchat
on behalf of Riverside Academy Admissions
Tue · 10:02
Hi Tomás 🎉 Riverside admit confirmed for the September cohort. Three things to lock your seat: deposit by May 1, official transcripts, and one recommender form. Want me to walk you through?
10:02
my recommender said she sent it but you havent received?
10:11 ✓✓
Let me check. Nothing yet from prof. Levin — sometimes the form lands in spam. I can resend her the link right now in your name. Okay?
10:11
yes please
10:12 ✓✓
Sent ✓ I'll let you know when it's in. On the deposit — payment plan or full?
10:12
whats the payment plan exactly?
10:13 ✓✓
3 instalments — $4K now, $4K July 1, $4K Aug 1. No interest. Most students choose this. Want it?
10:13
yes. and how do i pay
10:14 ✓✓
Sending you a secure payment link in this thread. Once paid, your seat is held — I'll move on to transcripts after.
10:14

The math

$12K

walks out the door every time an admitted student melts before deposit.

+3pts

in yield is what one good closing thread can buy you per cohort.


Recover one admit per cohort. Workchat pays for itself.

How it works

From offer letter to orientation.

01

Send your admit list.

CSV from your CRM or SIS, or paste names. Tell us deadlines and the document checklist for each program.

02

Workchat walks every student.

Personal WhatsApp threads chase deposits, gather transcripts, answer visa questions, loop in parents — in the student's language.

03

Watch yield climb.

A live dashboard shows file completeness, who needs human help, and which students just need one more nudge.

What admissions teams ask first

Questions, before yield season.

What about FERPA and student data privacy?+

All applicant data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and stored in a tenant isolated to your institution. We are an authorised WhatsApp Business provider. Full data-handling and FERPA-aligned posture details are shared before pilot.

Will it work with international applicants?+

Yes — WhatsApp is the dominant messaging channel in most of the world. Workchat replies in the language the student writes in, and handles timezone phrasing automatically. Especially strong for India, LATAM, MENA, and Africa-based applicants.

Can parents be looped in?+

Yes — when the student opts in, Workchat can run a parallel parent thread for financial questions and visa prep, separate from the student's. Especially useful for under-21 admits.

Does it integrate with our SIS or CRM?+

No integration needed to start — bring a CSV. We later add lightweight syncs to Slate, Salesforce Education Cloud, and most SIS exports for institutions that want write-back.

When should we start?+

The day offer letters go out. Workchat compounds — every silent student is a future melt. The earlier the thread opens, the warmer the relationship by deposit deadline.

Get started

Run your next cohort
with Workchat.

Free for your first cohort, up to 100 applicants. We'll script your playbook with you in the kickoff call.

Cohort early access

Tell us about your programme.

Running a university or multi-cohort bootcamp? Email education@worklyn.chat and we'll plan the first cohort with you.