We recommend that you split your applications in a manner that makes sense...
The Teacher Recommendation Form is designed for Grades PK-1 and 2-4 students...
There are many advantages to your school and your applicants when using the SAO...
SAO delivers applications as soon as the biographic profile section is submitted with your school application fees...
It is important that you set up your application each year, but don't worry, you do not have to reinvent the wheel...
Do not worry! Our exit button automatically saves the information...
Yes! SAO allows schools to accept applications for the current and upcoming academic year concurrently...
An applicant can submit the application even though an interview is required...
That information will automatically be embedded and pre-filled for students...
An application is delivered to your school once the applicant submits their profile with your school application fees...
Any EMA member access organization can enroll themselves to participate in the CBO program...
Schools can create multiple setups if their requirements differ by grade, by student type, and residential status...
Yes...
You can delete an application setup that is draft status only...
You can set up different applications for grade levels...
If your admission team does not want to see financial aid and ethnicity as part of the SAO, you can hide these by clicking on Customize Biographic Profile...
We have been working on enhancements for the 2021-2022 season...
Yes, Simply select “copy” next to the desired application...
In order to maintain consistency in our portal experience, we have intentionally kept the font control within the system...
We have found that a little over half of our applicant families are choosing to share their basic profile information...
You can create Supplement Forms in SAO 3.0 using the Form Builder tool that is embedded in your setup wizard...
In the student access portal, the SAO for families is designed to convey requirements and deadlines and track the completeness of the application in a streamlined experience...
EMA supports only SSAT and The Snapshot as configurable assessments as part of the SAO...
The logic of a domestic vs. an international student rests within the SAO...
Yes, you can view and export individual components from the tracker by clicking on the icon associated with that component...
Not at this time...
When you set up your SAO, we highly recommend that you place a badge on your website and in your communication to families and students...
To accept the SSAT and the Snapshot, indicate the SSAT and The Snapshot as Not Required or Optional for the grades you are setting up the SAO...
The last updated date reflects the date when an update to the application was delivered to your school...
School specific supplement forms are not shared with any other school...
Yes, only completed forms for submitted applications are displayed on the Applicants tracker...
Setting up the SAO is a simple four-step process that takes less than twenty minutes per application...
Please login to your Member Access Portal (MAP) at portal.ssat.org...
A student's biographic profile contains all the data about the student, their parents, address information, interests and activities...
Both buttons allow you to create a new application within the portal...
The SAO portal for families is designed to convey requirements and deadlines and track the completeness of the application in a streamlined experience...
Interests or activities are optional as part of the student profile, as we do not want to intimidate students should they not have anything to fill in...
Click on “New Application” ...
The SAO supports a library of standard forms as follows:...
EMA Member Access Portal delivers and stores data for two consecutive years...
The Standard Application Online (SAO) is a free service provided by The Enrollment Management Association to member schools...
The SAO platform collects and reports personal and sensitive data about families and students applying to schools...
We want to offer schools with as much flexibility as possible...
At this time, SAO is not integrated with an interview scheduler...
If your school has additional information you would like to give to your students, you can write it under the “special instructions” step of the setup wizard and the student will be able to view it on their SAO dashboard...
Your applicants are available in real-time through your EMA Member Access Portal (MAP)...
SAO allows the student to upload their achievements via their profile...
Yes, you may pause previous applications if you no longer have seats available for a given year...
We ask for transcripts for the past two full years plus the year in progress...
Yes, you can edit an existing published setup...
If your application does not require a component, the student may not complete that component in the SAO system if they are applying to your school only...
The SAO system operates in real time—meaning both the member and student portals are updated the moment application components are submitted...
EMA integrates with several software partners free of charge to members...
Once the application is paused, new students cannot apply to the school, but students who have already submitted an application can continue to update their application.
