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For many of us in the Private Catholic High School realm, the position of the Admissions Director or Enrollment Director is still relatively new. School Admin has allowed all of our schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to bring their admissions process into the digital world and interact with families in ways that we could never do in the past. With the ability to automate so much, it frees up time for Admissions Staff to personalize their family experience at even more extraordinary lengths. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is not much that I dislike, but I wish that some aspects were set up in different ways to make it easier for the user to navigate. My most prominent example would be how the Scheduling tools are structured in School Admin. If everything from setting up all before and post-event communications surrounding an event to marking families as attendees of an event could all be done from within the Scheduling module, that would make the event collection process so much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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We have been able to customize almost every part of the process so that it fits our current needs. It is the process that has worked so well for us... but now on a digital platform that parents appreciate. It has been user-friendly and aesthetically works! We've also been able to tailor our communication with parents and prospective students to really answer their questions and get them excited about specific aspects of our school!
The biggest thing has been using the activity and reminders sections that keep us organized and communication flowing between team members. Every prospective family feels special because we are always in touch with each one and each team member knows the specifics of every situation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It seems that SA is still working on a bunch of features that I have asked for since it would help our process. I get a response from customer support that says these features would be helpful but are just not available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Personalizing the inquiry, admissions, and enrolment experience during the pandemic allowed us to draw people into the 'feel' of our school without being on campus. Videos, photos, and personalized automated follow up have been excellent. The use of calendars to allow families to book events and appointments has proved to be a time (life) saver for us. School Admin support staff are quick to respond and provide excellent support and guidance in a very timely manner. It has added fun, gravitas, and organization to our work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
One downside is that you can only complete an inquiry for one family member at a time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I am new to school administration and I appreciate how easy School Admin has been to learn. There is so much the system can do that I am still learning. Customer service is quick to answer any questions that I have. The automation that can be scheduled is very helpful to stay on top of so many moving parts in Admissions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I have been using School Admin for four months and I don't have an issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
SchoolAdmin is one of the most responsive customer services that I have worked with during my career in admission. I must admit sometimes I feel as though they only have one customer - NMH School. They respond quickly, and it isn't always good news, but they never leave you hanging. If you don't need an extensive filtering of data, you will love the querying system. It is so easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We selected SchoolAdmin because it was user-friendly and supposed to integrate well with Blackbaud. However, it is user-friendly because of the outstanding support, but it didn't play well with Blackbaud, and it doesn't have the features that we were hoping to get after giving up apps such as Salesforce and Marketo, Salesfusion, and Infusionsoft. For the typical admission office, this system would be an A or A+_level application. If you have used some of the apps I mentioned and want to move from that point, then SchoolAdmin would not be for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We are new to SchoolAdmin and made the decision at the very last minute to use the system for tuition, and the support is incredible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is much more required of me in this system than the last one I used, but I like learning it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is so easy to use! The search function is fast, it has everything I need to track an applicant through the admissions funnel, schedule appointments, and communicate with families. I have a small team and a large number of applicants, so I value efficiency. SchoolAdmin has streamlined our processes and given me time back!! We went from paper files to completely paperless last year, but test score reports and interview notes were still on paper. SchoolAdmin has an amazing bulk upload feature that can take one large scanned PDF and intuitively match it to all the correct applicants. Amazing time saver! I love the ability to customize an email and share a list of missing forms with an applicant family. We had completed files so much earlier in the cycle because of the ability to automate so many tasks. Search and report is a flexible tool to build any report you may need. There are too many great features to list them all here.
Parents have found the system to be very easy and user-friendly for applications and enrollment. SchoolAdmin created a system to share common teacher recommendation forms with peer schools that also operate on the SchoolAdmin platform. This has made it easier for both our applicants and our feeder schools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
SchoolAdmin has a unique system of tracking prospects, inquiries, and applicants in separate sections of the database. It's not easy to move individuals between these sections. Tracking inquiries is less critical to me as capturing their email address for future communications. I had to find new systems to work around that, but the benefits far outweigh this inconvenience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I am a huge fan of SchoolAdmin. Having used a number of databases, I choose SchoolAdmin because of its simplicity, ease of use, and specificity as an enrolment management tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes, I would like to have more customization---but that could be because we are building a new school that is quite different! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Wide variety of features, helpful for all steps of our process. We've been through 2 onboarding processes; we needed the second onboarding as so many features had changed since our first onboarding. The system is not perfect and isn't the best for tracking our data, but it does help organize our application and enrollment process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some system issues/glitches occasionally; data tracking isn't accurate sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
From the front end I like that the parents find the application process self-explanatory and do not have very many questions. From the back end I like that I can get help from a School Admin staffer and they answer quickly and thoroughly.
I love using "Search and Reports." It is so very helpful to be able to design my own lists.
I love that I can see who is in the process of applying at "Draft Applications." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I do find the How To videos to be tedious and hard to read. They confuse me more than inform me.
I hate that I lose my own access to "Search and Reports" when new students are moved to Enrollment. I need the "Search and Reports" so as to add the new students who just applied or were admitted. Yes, I know I can do "Search and Reports" in Enrollment but then I have to start from the beginning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
