# Building your target list

Learn how to add schools to your target list, set status and tags, re-rank by priority, and understand the size limits on trial and paid plans.

Your target list is the working shortlist of schools you're actually recruiting toward: every program you add here shows up with a status, tags, and contact history so you always know where things stand.

## Add a school to your list

From [College search](/docs/colleges/college-search) or a program's profile page, click the heart icon to add it. The school lands on your list with a default status of **Researching**, and the **"Add to List"** modal opens right away so you can set its status and up to three tags before moving on.

The **Target List** table shows each school's rank badge, name, division, status, last contacted date, and tags. Removing a school (heart icon again) deletes it from your list entirely. It doesn't archive, so re-add it if you change your mind.

## Set status and tags

Every target moves through a recruiting pipeline — Researching, To Contact, Initial Contact Sent, In Contact, Campus Visit, Offered, Committed, Signed, Not Interested, or Not Offered. Change it from a target's row menu (**Change Status**) or right from the program profile page. See [Tracking status](/docs/colleges/tracking-status) for what each stage means.

Tags help you organize beyond the pipeline — things like "Dream School" or "Safety." Add up to three per target from the row menu (**Edit tags**), and manage your full tag list in [Tags & prioritization](/docs/colleges/tags-and-prioritization).

> **Committed and Signed are exclusive**
>
> Setting a school to **Committed** or **Signed** also records that program as the commitment on your athletic profile, and moves whichever school previously held that status back to **Researching**. Only one school can be your commitment at a time, so changing your mind is a normal, supported thing to do, not something you need to undo by hand first. See [Marking your commitment](/docs/profile/commitment).

Removing a school deletes it outright, with no undo. If you just want it out of your way rather than gone, set its status to **Not Interested** instead. It stays on the list with its history intact and you can filter it out of view.

## Filter and search your list

Use the **Filters** popover to narrow by division, status, tags (up to three at once), or last contacted — options range from "In the last week" to "Never contacted." The search box matches by school name.

## Re-rank by priority

If you have more than one target, a **Re-rank** button lets you drag and drop schools into priority order. While re-ranking, the list shows everything unpaginated so you can see the full picture. Click **Done re-ranking** when you're finished, and your order saves immediately.

## Know your list size limit

- On the free trial, standalone athletes can add up to **10 schools**. Subscribing to [Recruit Pro](/pricing) removes the cap entirely.
- Athletes in an organization without an active subscription are capped at **5 schools**. An admin needs to upgrade the org for unlimited access.
- Everyone else (paid athlete accounts, or athletes in an org on a paid plan) has no limit.

If you hit the cap, you'll see a toast explaining why the add didn't go through. Check [Trials](/docs/billing/trials) for details.

## What's next

- Dig into what each pipeline stage means in [Tracking status](/docs/colleges/tracking-status).
- Set up tags that fit how you think about schools in [Tags & prioritization](/docs/colleges/tags-and-prioritization).
- Explore a program's coaches, admissions data, and activity feed in [College program profile pages](/docs/colleges/program-profiles).

Source: https://productiverecruit.com/docs/colleges/target-list