Admissions Options

Admissions managers can use the Admissions Options task to establish the month in which the reporting year begins.

Custom fields can also be created that can be used in the candidate's profile (in the Candidate Information section under the Record menu). Three different types of fields are available:

  • Text fields can be used if staff should be able to type in the candidates' information (for example, create text fields for Student Visa Type, Host Family Name, or T-Shirt Size).

  • Date fields can be used if staff should be able to enter a specific date (for example, create a date field for Student Assessment Date).

  • Defined fields can be used if staff should be able to create a drop down list from which they can select an existing option (for example, create defined fields for Student Ranking or Parent Volunteer Interests).   

These options can all be found under Enrollment management, Admissions, followed by Admissions setup and then Admissions options.

  1. Select the Begin Month of the admissions reporting year.

  2. If needed, you can also allow admission staff to access other staff member's candidates.

  3. Select Save & Exit.

Tip: You can add custom candidate fields to application forms. You can also filter work lists based on these fields.

Simple text fields that can be customized and then added to the profile.

  1. Choose the custom fields and enter your text.

  2. Select Save & Exit to finish.

These are custom candidate fields that are recorded as a date, and not text. You can define the label for the date that appears on the profile here.

  1. Under Publish and enable the custom fields you need. You can then enter your custom date field.

  2. Select Save & Exit.

For custom fields that need to be defined, you can add labels and choices for the field that appears on the profile.

  1. Choose Publishunder Defined Fields and enter your field name.

  2. Select Create Values.

  3. Enter how many values the field should have and a name for each.

  4. Select Save & Exit.

Higher Education institutions can now add a waiver selection to recommendation requests which will allow an applicant to indicate whether they waive their right to review their application (and ultimately their recommendations) should they be accepted. The waiver choice can be viewed while reviewing recommendations on an applicant's record. In addition, the waiver choice will also show on the landing page the recommender sees when they go to submit their recommendation, so that the recommender knows whether or not the recommendation will be confidential.

To enable this feature, select Enable FERPA waiver option for recommendation checklist steps. Under that is an area that displays the waiver text. and what the recommender will see.

Warning: Once enabled, the waiver choice will show for any recommendation checklist step, so it's an overall option and can't be turned on/off for individual steps.