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Family Educational Background (Custom Question Block) - Common App

Family Educational Background (Custom Question Block) - Common App

The 'Family Educational Background' custom question block is found under the 'Other Information' tile, 'Personal Information' quadrant of the application.

Rule to Use: Turning on this custom question block is optional. If it is turned on, an applicant response can be configured as required or optional. This question block is only used by The CommonApp. 

Applicant View

Display if 'Yes' or 'No' is selected:

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Post Submission Updates

This question block may be updated at any time prior to submission. Once the application is submitted, the response cannot be edited.

Validations

Validations only applicable if the question is configured as required.

Admissions View in WebAdMIT

  • Panel: The Common Application Custom Questions

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WebAdMIT Field Details

Field Category

Field Name

Field Identifier

Order

Data Type

Has Many

Required

Association Portal

Institution Portal

Advisor Portal

{CAS name} Questions: {description} {CAS name} {description} custom_questions_{question ID}_{description} N/A Per CAS Custom Question Per CAS Custom Question Yes Yes No No

*These fields are dynamic based on the CAS, the custom question block, and the custom questions within the question block. Please refer to the Custom Export Layout for all fields related to this CAS-level custom question block. In the table above:

  • Under 'Field Category', {description} will be the name of the Question Block.  For example: "CAS Name Questions: Favorite Sport"

  • Under 'Field Name', {description} will be the question text.  For example: "(CAS Name) Did you play baseball?"

  • Under 'Field Identifier', {description} will be the question text.  For example: "custom_questions_1234567890987654321_did_you_play_baseball"

WebAdMIT Field Attributes

Field Category

Field Name

Field Identifier

Available in Export Manager

Available in List Manager

Available in Scoring Manager

Available in to Merge into Emails

Available to Add to the Applicant Header

Available in Batch PDF File Name

{CAS name} Questions: {description} {CAS name} {description} custom_questions_{question ID}_{description} Yes Yes No No No No

*These fields are dynamic based on the CAS, the custom question block, and the custom questions within the question block. Please refer to the Custom Export Layout for all fields related to this CAS-level custom question block. In the table above:

  • Under 'Field Category', {description} will be the name of the Question Block.  For example: "CAS Name Questions: Favorite Sport"

  • Under 'Field Name', {description} will be the question text.  For example: "(CAS Name) Did you play baseball?"

  • Under 'Field Identifier', {description} will be the question text.  For example: "custom_questions_1234567890987654321_did_you_play_baseball"

Admissions View in the WebAdMIT PDF

Not applicable.

 

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