Allow Candidate Families To Request Transcripts Via The Checklist
Many independent schools do not allow families to upload their own transcript files for admission. We currently use the Recommendation step type and have reworked it so that families can use it to request recommendations from schools and have them sent directly to us. However, this means that in order to have the transcripts attached to current school records, our Admissions team must manually download and re-upload them into the candidate record. This also causes complications when we use things like the Committee Review feature because transcripts and recommendations are mixed together.
It would be fantastic to have a Request Transcripts step type that functions like the Recommendation step, but maps the submitted file to the transcript rather than the recommendations.
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Jess Moxley
- Oct 8 2021
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Automating Transcript Release Process
Merged It would be so helpful if, similar to the online recommendation process, parents could sign a transcript release form, enter their child's school guidance counselor/school secretary and the release was automatically sent to them along with instruc...1 Implemented
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Similar format for Transcript request as for Teacher Rec
Merged We require an official transcript from a student's (current) school when applying. It would be best if the registrar had the same abilities as a teacher--to upload the form directly through the link that was provided.1 Implemented
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Ability for Transcript to Upload Similarly to Recommendation in Checklist
Merged Currently, transcripts can only be uploaded by families on the checklist. We would like the transcript upload to be similar to the recommendation request upload in that our registrar could upload this as well.4 Implemented
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Upload Grades to Checklist
Merged Schools should be able to upload a student's grades to a checklist, just as a teacher can upload a recommendation form.1 Implemented
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Online Transcript Form
Merged It would be of great help if onBoard had the ability for the parents to enter the registrar's email and the registrar can upload the transcripts and grades right up to the applicant checklist.1 Implemented
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We were very much looking forward to using this feature but I just checked with tech support and was told file size is limited to 100mb. Our process requires 2 years worth of transcripts, fall transcripts and two years worth of standardized test results. And this feature only allows for one attachment so how would one fit all the above in a 100mb file? Impossible!
Please increase the file size limitations!! Otherwise, this feature for us is useless.
Our admissions department is REALLY looking forward to this feature. Please implement it before September.
@Kelsey Huijgen any update on when this may be implemented?
When implemented, please add the functionality to both Admissions Checklists and Student Checklists by the time you need the final transcript for the admissions cycle, the Candidate is likely in the Incoming Student role, and the parent no longer has access to the Admissions Progress.
This is extremely important! Schools should not have to print student records and mail them. Emailing these files is not safe and shouldn't happen. Schools should be able to securely upload the student files (and multiple ones, not just one). We are also using a work around with the recommendations, but this is not an effective solution. If you can do it for recommendations, it should be easy for you to set it up for transcripts as well.