Only 2 conditional application categories doesn't provide or track well enough

I was talking to Scholarships INC. this morning and we came across a great idea that I think would be very beneficial for universally every admin.


In a conditional application, you have two categories "Drafted" and "Submitted". Having just these two categories have made it difficult for admins to truly see why applicants didn't finish their conditional application. Currently, "Drafted" applications are used for those applicants that did start and DO NOT start their conditional applications. This can cause an issue when an admin. is trying to find where the breakdown is as to why the applicant didn't finish. Did the applicant simply not move forward after the general application? Or did they move forward and simply not finish the conditional. Adding an additional category can help the admin cater to the needs of their applicants.

Solution: Perhaps we can use language that we already use for Post acceptance (Pending, Drafted, Submitted) This will ensure the admin knows exactly where the breakdown was.

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  • Apr 11 2016
  • Reviewed: Voting Open
Employee Name Michael Tackett
Client Name "shard name" scholarshipsincorg, mnsu, msstate, IU, wisc
User Opportunity Admin
Functional Unit Application Categories, Conditional Application
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  • Stephanie Parmentier commented
    July 23, 2020 19:40

    UW-Madison is still interested in this. It would help us identify the students who were not awarded from any of the associated auto-match opportunities.

  • Oliver Mamangun commented
    April 09, 2020 15:07

    An 'Auto-Draft' category would be helpful on the Conditional Application.

  • Deleted User commented
    November 09, 2018 21:05

    Keith Brown from wisc would also like this feature. He also requested this at the General Application level as he is using CUUI and drafted General Applications are automatically created as well.

  • Guest commented
    August 20, 2018 15:02

    Indiana (IU) would also like to see this as well. They have a conditional that is used for special/honors scholarships, and it would be helpful to see who truly started and didn't finished versus the current situation of Drafted being a catchall. 

    They also will consider drafted students in particular cases, and now it's difficult to easily identify this students in the system because you have to go question by question and see who has all blanks and see how has some blanks.

  • Deleted User commented
    January 24, 2018 01:31

    Bailey Pointdexter would like to have this feature as well.  "I need to add an "Interview" category (visible to admins and reviewers only with no award effects) to the conditional application level." 

  • Guest commented
    June 21, 2016 21:41

    Paula Halvorsen at MNSU would also like this.

  • Guest commented
    April 11, 2016 15:08

    Terrific idea!!! 2 Thumbs up.