{"id":1010,"date":"2024-03-13T17:43:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/seii\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:44:37","slug":"rus-launching-of-common-app-sparks-record-setting-student-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/seii\/rus-launching-of-common-app-sparks-record-setting-student-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"RU\u2019s Launching of Common App Sparks Record-Setting Student Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Scarlet Journey initiative within our multi-year Cornerstone project has more than 238,000 reasons to celebrate Rutgers finally taking its place on the Common App.<\/p>\n

Since the app launched on Aug. 1, 2023, Rutgers has been wonderfully inundated with student applications: As of Feb. 21, 2024, the university had received more than 238,000 applications for the academic year 2024-25. That\u2019s a record-setting number.<\/p>\n

About 176,000 of these are from the Common App, which enables students to apply to many schools at once, using just one application, without filling out the same information\u2014personal data, transcripts, etc.\u2014over and over again. Such a high volume of applications is evidence that the system is user-friendly, and it works.<\/p>\n

As part of a continuing plan to integrate Rutgers\u2019 professional schools into Salesforce as a way to centralize data, and by providing a unified platform for tracking applicant information across Rutgers, the university will be integrating applicant information for the School of Dental Medicine by early spring.<\/p>\n

In addition, Rutgers will complete integration of official, final high school transcripts from the Common App by the end of spring, which will provide high school counselors with a streamlined process for loading transcripts into a centralized location.<\/p>\n

These integrations will create Rutgers\u2019 admissions process enhancements in a troika of areas: efficiency; accuracy; and transparency.<\/p>\n

Also important to note is that because the university is not simultaneously increasing the percentage of applicants admitted, Rutgers will likely see a collateral benefit to the record-setting response: higher standards. With the larger pool, Rutgers can be more selective and accept candidates who, collectively, could be stronger than any class in the history of the school.<\/p>\n

In Other Scarlet Journey News \u2026<\/p>\n