Competencies

Create Introductory and Finishing Text

The text you include in the Activity Introduction displays to the applicant before they select competencies.

The text you include in the Finishing Statement displays when the applicant completes the activity. You can use this space to explain the timeframes in which the admissions team reviews the information or any additional steps the applicant needs to complete.

See Content Formatting Tips below for additional guidance when completing this section.

1. Enter a header/title for the Activity Introduction.
2. In the next field, enter your introduction text.
3. Enter a header/title for the Finishing Statement.
4. In the next field, enter text that acknowledges the applicant successfully completed the activity.
5. Click Save.
6. Click Continue to move to the next section.

Create Competency Instructions

In this section, you can add instructions for matching competencies. Note the following:

• The Activity Display Name defaults to 60 days, but you can adjust this setting in the Activity Expiration drop-down. The following options are available:
  • Default Expiration: use the default of 60 days from activation.
  • Number of Days from Activation: specify the number of days from activation the activity will expire.
  • Calendar Date: enter a date on which the activity will expire.
  • Rolling: activity will not expire and applicants can submit it on a rolling basis.
• Expired activities are not visible to applicants.
• You can opt to allow applicants to submit competencies after the program’s deadline date.
• Use the Applicant Instructions field to give additional details about competency matching.

Add Competencies

1. Click + competency.
2. Enter the following details for each competency.
   • Title: enter a descriptive title (e.g., “Community Service”).
   • Description: enter a description that is 255 characters or fewer.
   • Minimum Hours: enter the minimum number of hours an applicant must complete to fulfill the competency.
3. Click + competency to continue adding competencies as needed.
4. Click Save.

Submit for Review

Visit the Submitting Activities for Review page to learn more about submitting your activities for review by the Client Support Specialist team.

Applicant Updates

Note that updates to competencies are reflected in WebAdMIT when an applicant performs any of the following actions:

• Makes selections for all competencies and clicks Complete Activity.
• Makes selections for some competencies, clicks Save & Exit, and then completes any other activity in the Applicant Gateway (e.g., Documents, Prerequisites, etc.).
• Updates and saves their AMCAS application.

Therefore, some competencies may appear to be fulfilled (and show fulfillment dates) with matched experiences even if the applicant has not yet completed the entire Competencies activity.