How do I assign priorities on an application?

What is a Priority

Types of Priorities

Manually Assigning Priorities in an Application

Overriding Automatic Priorities  in an Application

 

What is a Priority?

Priorities are used to determine where a student's application sits relative to others and how "high" that student is placed. Students with "higher" valued priorities are more likely to get into a school/program when the lottery is run or will sit higher on the waitlist if there is no space

Example, a School gives highest preference to students who are siblings of students attending, then to students who live in district, and then finally everybody else. We would need to build priorities for Sibling Attending and In District so we could know which applications to pick first in the lottery.

 

Types of Priorities

There are two types of priorities

• Manual Priorities: These are applied manually by the admin to an application. This is usually done when there is more scrutiny to awarding this priority and we don't want to let parents self-report for the priority (Example: a special Admin Override priority)

• Automatic Priorities: These can be calculated automatically using student data. Most often, these are tied to questions on the application or info about a student (Example: In District, Sibling Attending)

 

Note: You can learn more about creating priorities here!

 

Manually Assigning Priorities in an Application

To manually assign a priority, you can go into the Edit area of an application, and find the priority list. From there, you can update the student as Eligible or Ineligible:

Once the priority has been updated, don't forget to click Save Application at the top of the screen:

Overriding Automatic Priorities in an Application

In scenarios where the system is automatically assigning a priority, admins can still have permissions to override the automatic assignment, should something be discovered outside the system that makes the student eligible or ineligible. If the priority is configured to allow overrides, you can go into the Edit area of an application, and find the priority list. From there, you will want to first enable the Override option, and then you will have the ability to update the student as Eligible or Ineligible:

Once the priority has been updated, don't forget to click Save Application at the top of the screen: