Release 1 – February 1, 2026

TOEFL Scoring Scale Changes

This enhancement will be automatically available for use in the next few weeks 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 has a new 1-6 scoring scale for each section and overall total score. This new scale is more directly aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). To accommodate this, the following changes were made:

• CAS Applicant Portal: applicants can 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.
• CAS API: the CAS API Application response models (v1 & v2) have been extended with the following two new JSON nodes to support these changes: academicHistory->tests->reported->TOEFL2026 (for applicant-reported tests) and academicHistory->tests->official->TOEFL2026 (for official tests). For more information, including supported properties under each node, see the application response models on the CAS API Swagger page.
• Liaison Analytics: TOEFL scores on the new scale are available in the existing TOEFL dashboards.
• Liaison Outcomes: the updated scoring scale is reflected in the existing TOEFL score table. Because of this, you do not need to update data integrations. You should review any score-based filters to accommodate the new scoring scale.
• WebAdMIT: a new set of TOEFL-related fields for this new scoring scale is available: Applicant Reported TOEFL Banded, Official TOEFL Banded, and Official TOEFL MyBest Banded. You must add these fields to any place you may already pull in TOEFL fields (e.g., lists, exports, scoring, etc.).

If you have data integrations set up for WebAdMIT or the CAS API, you must review and update them to import the new TOEFL scores into your target system. Be sure to review your target system first so you know what adjustments to make. For WebAdMIT, we recommend adding the new TOEFL fields to your exports. For the CAS API, we recommend mapping the new TOEFL score fields.

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 only get a 4 (on the new scoring scale) for the Reading section). Be sure to review all your templates and imports to accommodate the new scoring scale and capture the data you need.

SmartyStreets Current and Permanent Mailing Address Validation

This enhancement will be automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs 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.

SmartyStreets is a tool to validate mailing addresses. When applicants enter their current and permanent mailing address in the Contact Information section, their address can be validated with SmartyStreets, which helps programs know they can mail materials to applicants at a verified address.

CAS Applicant Portal

When an applicant enters an address that's not in the SmartyStreets database, they can either update it to a verified address or choose to use the address they entered.

WebAdMIT

Two new fields, Verified Current Address and Verified Permanent Address, are available under the Current Address and Permanent Address field groupings in the List Manager and Export Manager. The answer values for these fields are:

• Verified
• Not Verified
• Incorrect Apartment Number

Official MCAT Tests and CAS-Verified GPAs Included in Deferral Process

This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the current cycle. If activated, this enhancement is available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact a member of your account team for more information or to enable this feature.

For CASs deferring applicants on demand via WebAdMIT, CASs can now choose to carry forward the following applicant data in the transfer process:

• Official MCAT scores
• CAS-verified GPA calculations (e.g., GPAs by academic year, GPAs by course subject, etc.)

This enhancement simplifies the review and data collection process for schools building their matriculation class data. This data will appear in Liaison Analytics and WebAdMIT.

Role and Phone Extension Fields for Primary Contacts

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 a member of your account team for more information.

Each CAS maintains a list of primary contacts for each organization to refer to when questions arise within the organization, the association, or the Liaison support teams. To more easily identify the role a primary user has within their organization, as well as format their phone numbers, two new optional fields are now available when entering primary contact information:

• Role
• Phone Extension

If needed, admissions users can contact a member of their account team or their association contact to update this information.

Association users: the configuration export also includes these new fields and lists every organization within the CAS, even if it has no primary contacts.

Reorder Panels and Subpanels on Applicant Details 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 a member of your account team for more information.

You can now reorder the panels and subpanels on the Applicant Details page by dragging and dropping. Your reordering is unique to your WebAdMIT account and allows you to prioritize the applicant information most important to you and your review process. Note the following:

• The Applicant Header cannot be moved and stays at the top.
• As a best practice, minimize (i.e., close) your panels before you reorder them; panels with a lot of data may be harder to move based on your computer's display settings. You can reopen your desired panels after you're done reordering them.
• The panels and subpanels you see are set in Work Groups.
  • If a panel or subpanel is removed from your Work Group, it will be removed from your view.
  • If a panel is added to your Work Group, it will be added at the end of all your panels.
  • If a subpanel is added to your Work Group, it will be added to the far right of the panel.
• You need to set your panel order in each CAS and cycle of WebAdMIT; it is not included in the Transfer Settings.
• You can only reorder panels for applicants you have full visibility rights for; you cannot reorder panels for partial (i.e., limited) visibility, such as applicants in the On Hold application status.

This enhancement was inspired by user feedback via the Ideas Portal.

Deactivation for Inactive Accounts

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 a member of your account team for more information.

Users who haven't logged in to WebAdMIT in the past 18 months have had their accounts deactivated. This enhances the security of WebAdMIT and ensures only current and active users can access applicants and admissions data. To learn more about this and review best practices, visit the Managing Users page.

Advanced Review with WebAdMIT Holistic

This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association client for use in the current cycle. If activated, this enhancement is available for participating programs. CAS association clients: contact a member of your account team for more information or to enable this feature.

You can now perform a holistic review of your applicants using WebAdMIT Holistic. A holistic review approach identifies individuals whose unique strengths align with a program's goals by considering multiple dimensions – such as personal attributes, experiences, skills, and academic performance – rather than focusing disproportionately on just one or a few factors like test scores. While a CAS largely decides the review metrics, each school has the autonomy to make adjustments to fit its specific needs.

With this enhancement, you can view and manage your holistic review scores within WebAdMIT. CASs can also customize the feature name to align with their preferred terminology (e.g., Advanced Review, etc.). New features and functionality include:

• A new Holistic Review feature under the Management panel. Here you can adjust the percentages/weights of scoring components (i.e., domains and subdomains).
• A new Holistic Review panel on the Applicant Details page, where you can view the applicant's individual score.
• A new Manage Advanced Review permission in Work Groups, so you can choose who can edit your program's holistic review model.
• The Holistic Review components are available in the List Manager, Export Manager, and Scoring features.
  

New Applicant Gateway User Help Center

For CASs and products that use the Applicant Gateway tool, the existing Applicant Gateway user help content has been migrated to the new Applicant Gateway User Help Center. This help center includes all the existing documentation and guides, with updated screenshots and best practices.