Slate.org directly links your institution to colleges and universities that use Slate. Each Slate institution determines which of the following applicant data, if any, to share with high schools in Slate.org:

• Application round and deadline

• Application status

• Application decision and Decision date

• Checklist Items

Data sharing for high schools

High schools can use Slate.org to help keep counselors up-to-date with their students' application statuses.  

Uploading materials individually

Uploading materials for a high school student's application to a college is an easy process.  Uploading requires that the high school student have an active application and that the college accepts material uploads via Slate.org.

To upload a material for a single student:

1. From the main navigation, select Students.

2. Select the student of interest from the list.

3. Select an Application from this section.

4. Find the Supporting Documents section on the bottom right side of the page. Select an option from the Document Type list, then click Choose a File.

   

5. Select the appropriate material for upload, then click Upload File

   

Uploading materials in batch

You can also upload materials in batch. This attaches the uploaded material to all institutions with which a student has an active application.

To upload a materials in batch to a student's record:

1. From the main navigation, select Students.

2. Select the student of interest from the list.

3. Find the Supporting Documents section on the bottom left side of the student's page. Select an option from the Document Type list, then click Choose a File.

How Colleges Interact with Slate.org

A college's view of Slate features a single configuration page for data sharing with high schools through Slate.org. Application rounds reflect the different types of applications colleges offer. No data is shared with a high school via Slate.org unless a college chooses to share at least one Application round.

Sharing application rounds

Colleges may choose to share specific applications via Slate.org. For example, a college might share information about their Freshman application, but not their Pre-College or Transfer Application. Colleges also control whether Slate.org users can view deadlines. In the example below, a college shares undergraduate application rounds, allowing Slate.org high schools to view data from those rounds.

Sharing application statuses

Application statuses track the progress of the student's application as it works its way through the college's admission process.  Colleges may adjust the manner in which Application statuses are shared which can to situations where the data displayed to a high school in Slate.org may appear or disappear.  For example, if a college decides to un-share a particular Application status, that status will no longer appear to high school counselors.

Sharing application materials

Materials required by a college's admission process are contained in a Checklist.  Colleges may choose to share a Checklist with a high school, allowing the high school counselor to see what materials have been received or are missing.  Shared materials may be uploaded to the college directly through Slate.org.  

A college can also enable Batch material upload which allows a high school to upload a specific material to all colleges to which a student has applied.

Sharing application decisions

Lastly, a college can choose to share decisions with high school counselors via Slate.org.  Decisions can be shared immediately or after a high school student sees the decision.  An additional choice allows the college to wait a number of days after the decision is released before sharing the decision with high school counselors.  

📝 Note

Students can never view their decisions on Slate.org.  Depending on the college's preferences, students may need to log into their Slate student portal to view a decision, or they also may receive a decision via traditional mail, or both.

The choices colleges make regarding data sharing with high schools vary widely from institution to institution.  Colleges can update their data sharing choices with high schools at any point in time causing the data displayed in Slate.org to change over time or appear radically different when viewing different colleges.