Add rubrics

A rubric allows a reviewer or reference to evaluate an applicant on a numbered scale.

You may want your reviewers to rate your applicants on various categories, such as Academic Merit or Financial Need.

  1. On your reference questionnaire or reviewer group, go to the Rubrics tab.

  2. For each rubric, enter the following information:

    • Name

    • Help Text: Provide additional context or instructions for reviewers

    • Min Score

    • Max Score

    • Offset: Sets interval between scores (e.g., an offset of two would allow scores of 2, 4, 6, 8, etc.)

    • Weight: Multiplies the importance of your rubric by this value (e.g., a weighted average). Commonly used for items like Financial Need, Community Service, or Essay.

  3. Select Create Rubric.

Note: For more information about how total scores are calculated, see Understand qualification points and reviewer scores.

You can edit existing rubrics in the following ways.

Update rubric order

To change the order reviewers see your rubrics:

  1. Under Enabled Rubrics, use the ≡ icon to drag and drop rubrics as needed.

  2. Select Update Order.

Edit rubrics

To update a rubric:

  1. Under Enabled Rubrics, locate a specific rubric.

  2. Select Edit.

  3. Update the rubric as needed.

    Note: To remove a rubric from a reviewer questionnaire, deselect Enabled.

  4. Select Update Rubric.