Release 11 – December 7, 2025
New Features and Enhancements
Cross-Portal Enhancements
Disclaimer: on rare occasions, a new feature or enhancement may be moved to a future release or otherwise subject to change.
Set Maximum Number of Courses Matched for Prerequisites
For CASs on the CAS 3+ platform that also offer the Prerequisite feature in the CAS Configuration Portal, this enhancement will be automatically available for use in the next cycle. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.
For CASs on the CAS 3+ platform that allow programs to identify their coursework prerequisites and have applicants match coursework to them, programs can now identify the maximum number of courses that applicants can match for each prerequisite. This can help guide applicants and programs on prerequisite requirements.
CAS Applicant Portal
If an applicant tries to match more than the maximum number of courses to a prerequisite, they receive an error message. They must change their selections before they can save.
CAS Configuration Portal
Programs can choose to identify the maximum number of courses per prerequisite when listing their prerequisites.
As a best practice, consider how other institutions offer courses when entering a maximum. For example, some institutions offer lecture and lab courses as one course, while others separate these into two courses. In this scenario, it's best to list at least two as the maximum, so applicants have the flexibility to link courses as their institution offered them.
New International Baccalaureate (IB) Tests
This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs that collect applicant-reported IB tests. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) will offer the following tests starting in May 2026:
- Environmental systems and societies HL
- Sports, exercise, and health science HL
CAS Applicant Portal
Applicants can now select these tests when adding planned tests in the Standardized Tests section.
WebAdMIT
These tests are now included in the Applicant Reported IB field lookup values, so you can use them in the List Manager and Export Manager.
Coming Soon: TOEFL Scoring Scale Changes
This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs accepting unofficial and official TOEFL scores. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.
Starting January 21, 2026, ETS's TOEFL exam will have a new 1-6 scoring scale for each section and overall total score. To accommodate this, the following changes will be made:
- CAS Applicant Portal: applicants will be able to report their scores in both the old and new scoring scales in the Standardized Tests section. If available in your CAS, they can continue to send official TOEFL scores to their programs via the CAS TOEFL code.
- Liaison Outcomes: the updated scoring scale will be reflected in the TOEFL score table.
- WebAdMIT: a new set of TOEFL-related fields for this new scoring scale will be available. You must add these fields to any place you may already pull in TOEFL fields (e.g., lists, exports, scoring, etc.).
Important: when you receive official TOEFL scores taken after January 21, 2026, ETS will provide the historical scale equivalent for only the overall total score (i.e., both a 6 (on the new scoring scale) and 120 (on the old scoring scale)). ETS is not providing the historical scale equivalent for any section scores (i.e., you will only get a 4 (on the new scoring scale) for the Reading section). Be sure to review all your templates to accommodate the new scoring scale and capture the data you need.
More information will be shared in future release notes.
CAS Applicant Portal Enhancements
Disclaimer: on rare occasions, a new feature or enhancement may be moved to a future release or otherwise subject to change.
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This enhancement will be automatically available for use by CASs on the 3.X platform over the next few months and by CASs on the 3+ platform in early 2026. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.
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