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Designing a More Equitable Africa

Africa’s rapid population growth requires new thinking about how to support the infastructure development that will be needed in light of the projected surge. The World Bank estimates that by 2050, 1.2 billion people will be living in urban areas throughout Africa. According to MASS Design Group, there will be a need for 85,000 clinics,Read More

CommonApp Data Integration with Multiple SlideRoom Accounts

Many schools are beginning to ask for portfolios from across a spectrum of disciplines, not just the visual arts. These can include music, theater, architecture, science, engineering, film and many other departments. Because of this, larger schools with different departments and teams sometimes choose to have data integration with multiple SlideRoom accounts. This allows eachRead More

How Admissions Missed the Next Einstein

When Sabrina Pasterski was applying for undergraduate admissions, she was rejected by Harvard and waitlisted by MIT … until they saw a video of her building an airplane. Due to Sabrina’s persistence, this video was eventually seen by Professors Allen Haggerty and Earll Murman who strongly advocated for her. “Our mouths were hanging open afterRead More

Spotlight on NASA Space Telescope

Located on the campus of The Johns Hopkins University, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) for NASA. They operate the science program for the Hubble Space Telescope and will conduct the science and mission operations for the James Webb Space Telescope. In additionRead More

How SAIC Uses SlideRoom to Streamline IT Infrastructure for Admissions

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers nationally accredited undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate programs to more than 3,500 students from around the globe. In 2007, they were one of the earliest schools to adopt SlideRoom for portfolio review. Since that time, they have grown into using all of SlideRoom’s evaluation features forRead More

Recommender Evaluation Forms

SlideRoom’s feature set for collecting letters of reference has just been expanded so a recommender can evaluate an applicant. In addition to plain text entry and PDF uploads, institutions may now design their own evaluation form and have those presented to recommenders. This will help assist in collecting more targeted information about applicants. The exampleRead More

Viewing the Common App

Using SlideRoom, schools can import and review applicants who have applied via the Common Application. This includes the nightly import of data and PDFs for each application via the Scheduled Delivery Service (SDS). Once imported, SlideRoom can be used to search, read, and evaluate applicants. SlideRoom’s API can then be used to automate the exportRead More

When Makers Apply to College

MIT’s culture of making continues to expose how real-world projects seldom live within one distinct domain of knowledge. The practice of moving between disciplines and shifting perspectives creates new kinds of creative momentum — a learning ability MIT is looking for within their admissions process. The illustration above is a representation of their poly-math ethos, by NeriRead More

More Media Types and Sizes

We are proud to announce two new enhancements in regard to collecting media from applicants. These were prompted by requests for the system to handle longer videos and print quality images on occasion. This required accepting more media types and larger file sizes: File Types Images .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .tif, .tiff, .bmp, .tga VideosRead More

Deadline Timer and Grace Period

Historically, applicants often wait until the deadline to apply. In fact, the day and hours leading up to the deadline are always busiest periods. If the deadline cuts off at the end of that day, a large number of applicants will be shut out. So, I would like to highlight a new feature that weRead More