Applicant Processing Reference Guide

Overview

Applicant Experience

Mid-Cycle Applicant Processes

Note that many of these are optional services; contact a member of your account team to learn if your CAS offers any of these.

Applicant Process	Definition	Process Document
Reapplications	Reapplicants are applicants who started or submitted an application in a previous cycle and want to pull their application materials forward into a new cycle.	Understanding the Reapplication Process
Fee Waivers	A fee waiver is a form of application financial assistance funded by a CAS.	Understanding the Fee Waiver Process
Coupon Codes	Coupons are application fee discounts that programs can use to incentivize applicants to apply. You purchase coupons from Liaison and provide them to your applicants. Additionally, if your CAS offers fee waivers, applicants can apply both fee waivers and coupons to their application fees.	Application Coupons Reference Guide
Letters of Evaluation (i.e., Reference, Recommendation)	Applicants request letters of evaluation (i.e., letters of reference, letters of recommendation) in the application by listing their evaluator's contact information. Evaluators then received an email request, where they can access Liaison Letters, our Recommender Portal.	Understanding the Recommendation Process
Professional Transcript Entry (PTE)	Professional Transcript Entry (PTE) is an optional service where applicants can pay an additional fee to have Liaison's PTE specialists enter their coursework.	Understanding the Professional Transcript Entry (PTE) Process
Transcripts and Foreign Evaluations	Applicants can submit official transcripts and foreign evaluations to their CAS and have them posted to their application.	Understanding the Verification Process
Verification	Verification is the process of ensuring that all of an applicant's coursework is entered correctly and consistently.	Understanding the Verification Process
GPA Calculations	Each CAS determines if they will calculate GPAs and if so, which GPAs they would like to have calculated automatically (e.g., by year, by course subject, etc.).	Understanding the Verification Process
Academic Update (AU)	Academic Update (AU) gives applicants the opportunity to update in-progress coursework grades and add new coursework after submitting their application.	Understanding the Academic Update (AU) Process
Official Test Scores	Each CAS determines which official test scores it accepts for applicants.	Understanding Official Test Scores Process
Invitation Codes	Invitation codes are individual deadline extensions that programs offer directly to applicants. Applicants can use the codes in the CAS Applicant Portal to apply to a program whose deadline has already passed.	Invitation Codes Reference Guide

Final Processing Dates

As a CAS approaches the end of a cycle, applicants must submit their materials or complete tasks by certain dates in order for the changes to appear in their application. Below is a comprehensive list of final processing dates.

Note that your CAS's final processing dates and requirements are listed in the CAS Applicant Help Center, which you can access in your CAS Program User Guide.