Sending Emails

Video Overview

Overview

You can correspond with applicants through WebAdMIT for AMCAS. Emails sent from WebAdMIT for AMCAS come from donotreply@webadmit.org, and the name of your organization appears as the Sender Name (e.g., Liaison University <donotreply@webadmit.com>). If the applicant replies to the email, their response is routed to your selected reply-to address.

When applicants receive emails from WebAdMIT for AMCAS, their email address is listed in the To field and anyone you chose to copy into the email is listed in the Cc field. However, if you send an email preview to yourself or you are cc'ed in an email, your email address is listed in the To field. The email body still contains all applicant-specific content, including from merge fields.

Gaining Access to This Feature

Sending Emails from the Applicant Details Page

From the Applicant Details page, click the email button under the Contact Information panel or New Email under the Emails panel.
Select the CC, BCC, and reply-to options. When an applicant responds to an email you sent in WebAdMIT for AMCAS, their reply is not sent back to WebAdMIT for AMCAS; instead, it is sent to the email address you designate under Reply-To. By default, the email address you use to log in to WebAdMIT for AMCAS with is provided. You can create alternate CC, BCC, and reply-to options in Email Addresses.
Select a template, if applicable. If you use a template and make changes to it, the changes only apply to that instance. To make permanent changes to a template, edit it in Email Templates.
Enter a subject. Using certain buzzwords in the subject line or image-only emails can trigger spam filters. As a best practice, keep your subject lines as clear and concise as possible and avoid excessive use of capitalization and punctuation. For example, the subject line “Congratulations” may be marked as spam while “Congratulations on your acceptance to Demo University!” will clear spam filters.
Add email attachments, if applicable. Click Add Attachment and then click to browse or drag and drop your attachments. To remove an attachment, click the delete icon. Note that:
- You can add the following file types (.jpeg, .jpg, .png, .txt, .rtf, .doc, .docx, and .pdf), up to 15 MB per file.
- There is no limit to the number of attachments for emails.
- When applicants receive the email, all attachments are located at the bottom of the email and either open in a new browser tab or download, depending on the applicant's browser configuration.
Compose your email and format it, if applicable. Review the Email Formatting Options section below.
When you are finished composing your email, you can click:
- Send to send the email.
- Save Draft to save the email as a draft, but not send it. Drafts are stored in the applicant's Emails panel.
- Send preview… to send a preview of the email. The available email addresses here include your own and any other email address that has been added in the Email Addresses section. When you send a preview of an email, a draft is saved in the applicant's Emails panel with a delivery status of Unknown. The Send Preview option only sends an email to the email address you indicate, not to applicants.
- Return to Applicant to cancel the email.

Email Formatting Options

Email Formatting Option	Additional Notes
Add general formatting options	Bold, Italicize, and Underline text Change font type Change font size Change font color and background color Create a numbered list or bullet points Increase or decrease the indentation Create block quotes Left, Center, or Right justify text Single space by using Shift+Enter
Use mail merge fields with the lightbulb icon	To personalize the message using mail merge fields, click the lightbulb icon, then select the information you want to merge into the message. If you use date merge fields (e.g., Interview dates, Custom Fields built as date fields, etc.), the date merge field format is MMMM d, yyyy (e.g., July 9, 2022). If you use a merge field with more than one possible value (e.g., an applicant with more than one interview of the same type), WebAdMIT for AMCAS will include all possible values and add commas and "and" between the multiple values. For example, if an applicant has two interviews of the same type, the Interviewer merge field will populate as Last Name, First Name and Last Name, First Name (e.g., Stark, Tony and Rogers, Steve). If an applicant has three interviews of the same type, each at different times, the Time merge field will populate as Time, Time, and Time (e.g., 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:00 PM). Finally, the merge field values will populate as they were created in WebAdMIT for AMCAS in chronological order. For example, if you assigned an interview to Tony Stark first, then Steve Rogers, then the Interviewer merge field will list Tony Stark first, then Steve Rogers. When using Interview Locations in a mail merge, the Interview Type is included with the Interview Location. For example, if your Interview type is First Interview and your location is Conference Room 243, the resulting email will display First Interview: Conference Room 243 for the Interview Location merge field. See Managing Interviews for a video overview of using Interview merge fields.
Create a hyperlink with the link icon	To add a hyperlink, highlight the text you want to become the link, then click the hyperlink icon. Enter the link details, then click OK. To remove a hyperlink, highlight the link text and click the unlink icon.
Insert an image	Obtain a URL link for the image. You can do this by either searching online for your image or working with your IT or Marketing staff. Drag and drop the image from a website into the email template (be sure you are using the same browser). Alternatively, click the image icon, then enter the image's link. An error message displays when an incorrect image link or data URL is used. Right-click on the image to edit its properties, including size.
Insert the current date using the clock icon	This field will enter the date the email template is sent to the applicant. It is formatted as MMMM d, yyyy (e.g., July 9, 2022).

Sending Emails in Batch

You can send batch emails through the:

Search features using the Search Actions button.
Clipboard feature using the Clipboard Actions button.
List Manager using the List Actions button.

You can exclude applicants from your email by unchecking them before initiating a batch update. Applicants cannot view who else you send an email to in batch.

Follow the steps below to send batch emails through the List Manager; you can follow similar steps for the Search and Clipboard features.

Using the Menu Bar, open the Applicant Lists panel, then click List Manager.
Click on a list name to run it.
Click List Actions.
Click Email Checked Applicants.
Follow the steps under the Sending Emails from the Applicant Details Page section above.

Email Statuses

Once you send emails in WebAdMIT for AMCAS, you can track the email status. These statuses include:

Bounced: the message was rejected by the recipient’s email server; you should verify the recipient’s email address. If incorrect, the applicant should update this information by returning to their CAS application. If correct, contact the Client Support Specialist team at aamcwebadmitsupport@liaisonedu.com.
Clicked: the recipient received the message, opened it, and clicked a link or image.
Deferred: the message was not sent and is in queue for redelivery.
Delivered: the recipient’s email server received the message; however, this does not indicate that the applicant opened or viewed the message. The recipient may have recently changed their email address, or they may have rules or junk mail settings enabled that prevent the email from reaching the inbox. In the CAS Applicant Help Center, applicants are encouraged to maintain updated contact information and disable junk mail filters.
Dropped: the email provider is preventing delivery of the message. Messages are typically dropped when they contain an invalid or non-existent email address, or when the recipient marks a previous WebAdMIT for AMCAS message as spam. Contact the Client Support Specialist team at aamcwebadmitsupport@liaisonedu.com. Additionally, you may want to confirm with the recipient that you have the correct address and that they added donotreply@webadmit.org to their "safe senders" list.
Failed: the message was not sent. Try manually sending the email.
Opened: the recipient received the message and opened it.
Sent: the message is being processed for delivery to the recipient.
Spam Report: the recipient reported the email as spam.
Unknown: the status of the email can’t be determined. This status typically appears for recently sent emails and is replaced by another status within 24 hours.

Some emails will remain indefinitely in a status of Sent or Delivered if the recipient’s email server fails to process read receipts.