Releases 10 & 11 – December 19, 2021

    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.

    Citizenship and Residency Information Editable After Submission

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs that use the standard Citizenship and Residency questions. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

Under the Citizenship Information section, applicants who do not list themselves as a US citizen can now update their citizenship and residency statuses after submitting their application. Non-US citizens have been able to edit their visa information since 2018's Releases 25 & 26.

    Updated DENTPIN Question

This enhancement is automatically available for use by ADEA AADSAS, ADEA CAAPID, ADEA DHCAS, and ADEA PASS. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

The DENTPIN question was updated for clarity.

Former DENTPIN Question

Updated DENTPIN Question

    Improved Error Message for Coupon and Invitation Codes

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs that use coupon codes and/or invitation codes. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

Some CASs offer coupon codes, which offset the application fee, and invitation codes, which are individual program deadline extensions. Both codes are unique to a CAS and cycle. If an applicant tries to apply a coupon or invitation code to the incorrect CAS and/or cycle, they receive an error message. With this enhancement, the error message now clarifies that the applicant must use the code in the correct CAS and cycle.

    Conditional Answer Options Question Rule Workflow Improved

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

The Conditional Answer Options Question Rule has several improvements, including adding:

• A search field for answer values.
• The ability to batch check and uncheck answer values.

These changes improve your experience as you can more easily and quickly identify the answers for this Question Rule.

Former Answer Page

Updated Answer Page

    New Universal Advisor Portal Account Request Form

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

    Updated Advisor Reports

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

The 2020-2021 cycle reports available under Advisor Documents have been refreshed to include the most commonly accessed applicant data for the 2020-2021 cycle. Only applicants who authorize releasing their data to advisors at their primary college attended are included in these reports. Additionally, these reports are based on school decision codes entered through October 5, 2021.

    IPEDS Code Updates in Master College Code List

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

IPEDS codes for numerous colleges were added. You can download the latest Master College Code List for an updated, holistic list of college data.

    Automatically Activate WebAdMIT Features for Programs Added Mid-Cycle

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

WebAdMIT now allows you to select if the following features are activated automatically for programs added mid-cycle through the Configuration Portal:

• Admissions Users
• Local Statuses
• Custom Fields
• Applicant Header

Note that:

• You must select Make this item available for all new programs that are added to WebAdMIT for each user and template. This allows you to control the specific users and templates that have new programs automatically available to them.
• After programs are automatically added, you can later edit the users and templates to remove the new programs.

This enhancement is especially useful if your CAS allows you to add programs mid-cycle through the Configuration Portal, as you won’t need to add your new programs to each user and template. For example, if you select Make this item available for all new programs that are added to WebAdMIT for your users and later create program D mid-cycle, then all your admissions users will automatically have program D added to their account once your program is approved.

    Program Search and Result Updates on the Admissions Users Page

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

On the Admissions Users page, the program data in the search results table was updated to include two columns: Program Name and Program Label (which corresponds with the WebAdMIT Label field in the Configuration Portal). The programs in these columns are sorted alphabetically.

Additionally, the Program search field on the Admissions Users page was updated to Program Name, to more clearly identify which program data you can search by. Previously, the Program search field would gather results from a program’s Program Label, and if one wasn’t available, its Program Name.

    CAS Updates Field Selections

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

The CAS Updates field grouping in the List Manager identifies data that the applicant updated after submitting their application to your program. The available fields that you can select from have been updated to reflect the data collected after submission. Review the Transferring Applicant Data into WebAdMIT guide to learn which parts of the application an applicant can edit after submitting their application to your program.

We recommend that you review your existing lists to confirm that the most up-to-date fields are included.

    Observation Hours Street Address 2 Field Available

This enhancement is automatically available for use by PTACAS and PTCAS. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact your Account Manager for more information.

For CASs that collect observation hours that are verified by a clinician, you can now view the facility’s Address 2 field under the Experiences panel on the Applicant Details Page. This field is also available in the List Manager and Export Manager.