Releases 10 & 11 – December 19, 2021

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New Features and Enhancements

Admissions by Liaison Enhancements

The following enhancements are now available in Admissions by Liaison. All enhancements are automatically available to all CASs and participating programs using Admissions by Liaison. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. If you have any questions about these features, contact your Account Manager or support.

Export Schedule History now Honors Roles

This enhancement was originally released for select CASs in January's Release 1. It is now available for all CASs in this release.

Generate Decision Letters

You can now generate decision letters for any applicant in Admissions by Liaison. Customize your decision letter templates by going to Decision Letters in the Application Review section of the Settings menu. Each decision letter template can be linked to the Decision Codes of your choice.

Once configured, a View Letter option appears on the Information Panel for applicants with an eligible Decision. This allows you to preview, print, or download the decision letter. Decision Letters can also be downloaded in batch by creating a File Export and including Decision Letter File in the export. Lastly, if you use the Admissions by Liaison Applicant Portal, you can set decision letters to display to applicants there.

View Decision Letter

Generate Decision Letter

CAS Application Enhancements

Liaison’s suite of portals work together to help you collect and manage applications. The CAS application, also referred to as the Applicant Portal, is the system where applicants find and apply to your programs. You receive these applications in WebAdMIT or Liaison Outcomes, where you perform your review processes. The appearance of your program and your requirements are customized in the Configuration Portal, where you establish the program-specific elements that your applicants will interact with. Additionally, your program may use one or more of the following tools and platforms:

Analytics by Liaison and Othot: advanced analytics solutions and data reporting tools.
API: a data integration tool.
Applicant Gateway: a platform for applicants who have already submitted their CAS application to complete and upload additional materials requested by their programs.
Enrollment Marketing and TargetX: customer relationship management (CRM) systems for student lifecycle management.
Letters by Liaison: a platform for evaluators to submit their letters of recommendation.
SlideRoom: a platform for collecting digital portfolios.
Time2Track: a platform for tracking, verifying, and managing experiences.

Date of Birth Only Listed in Birth Information

This enhancement was originally released for select CASs in June's Release 5. It is now available for all CASs in this release.

Fee Waiver Eligible Status

This enhancement was originally released for select CASs in June's Release 5. It is now available for all CASs in this release.

Fee Waiver Eligible Status Updated

This enhancement was originally released for select CASs in August's Release 7. It is now available for all CASs in this release.

Show or Hide Required Documents in Supporting Information Section

This enhancement was originally released for select CASs in July's Release 6. It is now available for all CASs in this release.

Personal Pet Animal Type Added to Experiences

This enhancement will be automatically available for use by VMCAS in the next cycle. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

A new Personal Pet animal type is available for the Animal and Veterinary experience types. This helps applicants distinguish personal and professional experiences, as they can use this new animal type for animal-related experiences outside of professional settings.

Applicant Portal

When entering an Animal or Veterinary experience, applicants can select Personal Pet for their animal type.

CAS API

No changes are required to include this animal type in your existing API calls.

WebAdMIT

You can view the Animal Types Personal Pet and Veterinary Animal Types Personal Pet fields in the experience details under the Experiences panel. Additionally, you can access these fields in the List Manager and Export Manager.

New International Baccalaureate (IB) Mathematics Tests

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs that collect International Baccalaureate tests in the Standardized Tests section. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

Four math tests are now available in the International Baccalaureate (IB):

Mathematics: analysis and approaches SL
Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL
Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL
Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL

Applicant Portal

For CASs that allow applicants to self-report their International Baccalaureate (IB) test scores in the Standardized Tests section, applicants can now select these tests.

Admissions by Liaison

Where applicable, these tests appear in Admissions by Liaison in the Standardized Tests panel.

CAS API

No changes are required to include these tests in your existing API calls.

WebAdMIT

You can view these tests in the Standardized Tests panel on the Applicant Details Page. These tests are also available in the List Manager and Export Manager.

New Documentation

Please review the list of new reference guides, all accessible in the Admissions by Liaison Help Center.

Document	Details
Navigating Admissions by Liaison	To help you get familiarized with the enhanced user interface in Admissions by Liaison, review our Navigating Admissions articles in the Admissions by Liaison Help Center.
Display College Transcripts Not Received	We are building an Advanced Configuration Library for Admissions by Liaison. This library provides guidance to help you build custom configurations in the software. As it is built out, you'll find more options that you can implement to enhance the way Admissions data is presented, exported, or filtered. This configuration allows you to build three different fields that indicate if transcripts are missing, how many are missing, and from which schools they are pending, respectively.
Display Letters of Recommendation Not Received	Similar to the advanced configuration described above, this configuration allows you to build two fields that display the number of missing LORs (letters of recommendation) and the names of pending recommenders, respectively.