The six-step application
- Personal details — name, contact, demographics
- Education history — transcripts, credentials, prior institutions
- Program selection — picks one of the pathways you've configured
- Personal statement — free-response prompts specific to the pathway
- Supporting documents — letters of recommendation, portfolios, ID
- Review & payment — applicant reviews their submission and pays the fee
Each step autosaves. Applicants can leave and come back via a magic-link email to finish later.
Pathways
A pathway is a named program with its own application rules. Configure per pathway:
- Which steps are required (e.g., a certificate program may skip transcripts)
- Which documents applicants must upload
- The prompts on step 4
- The application fee amount (or waive it)
- Which reviewers see submitted applications
You can run unlimited pathways in parallel — undergraduate, graduate, certificate, bootcamp, executive education — each with its own configuration.
The review workflow
Once submitted, applications land in the Review queue. Reviewers see:
- A summary view with key facts
- Full access to every uploaded document
- A scoring rubric specific to the pathway
- Collaboration comments (other reviewers' notes)
- Decision buttons — Admit, Waitlist, Reject, Defer
Decisions trigger templated email notifications. Admits can include a link to accept the offer and pay a deposit.
Application fees via Stripe
Fees are collected via Wigmorean Stripe. On step 6, the applicant sees a Stripe Checkout redirect. Once payment completes, the application flips from "In progress" to "Submitted" and enters the review queue.
Applications with unpaid fees stay in limbo — they don't show up for reviewers until payment is confirmed via the Stripe webhook.