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title: "Default / Standard Application Status Page (Legacy)"
slug: "default-standard-application-status-page"
description: "Slate's standard status portal offers a comprehensive view of application updates, checklists, payments, and more, ready to use with minimal customization needed."
updated: 2026-03-18T20:31:01Z
published: 2026-03-18T20:31:01Z
---

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# Default / Standard Application Status Page (Legacy)

Slate delivers an out of the box applicant status page that allows an applicant to view updates to their application, checklists, payment details, and copies of their application, among other items. While the Slate-delivered status page does not require any customization, minor edits can be made using the [Application Editor](/v1/docs/introduction-application-editor).

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The following sections appear by default on the status page:

#### Help

Instructional text

#### Update

Ability to view a decision notification. Appears when a decision has been released with a decision letter.

#### Payment

Link to a payment vendor if you are collecting fees of any kind. Only appears if a payment is due.

#### Address

Ability to view and/or update address information

#### Material

Ability to upload documents

#### Form

Link to application scoped forms

#### Activity

Displays other activities/interactions

#### Checklist

Displays status of checklist requirements

#### Portfolio

Ability to upload media files

#### Proof

Displays application proof

#### Footer

Account Tools

## When to use a custom status page

A custom status page must be used when looking to:

- Display program content
- Display scores
- Display social Media feeds. (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)
- Reorder, remove, and conditionally display sections
- Display population dependent content
- Modify column formats
- Present (read only) student record data. (Examples: Test Scores, University ID, etc.)

We encourage you to explore using a custom status portal, and take advantage of the functionality above.

> [!NOTE]
> 💼 Check out some Slate examples!
> 
> Use [Clean Slate](/v1/docs/clean-slate-environments) to provision an Admissions Showcase environment that contains multiple examples of custom status portals. If you like one, use [Suitcase](/v1/docs/suitcase) to bring it into your Slate database!