Smart Choice™ is ringing in the new year with lots of new features made to its student application and lottery management system.

Lottery Merge – There is no need to manage your wait lists in a document or spreadsheet constantly guessing if you have the most recent version of not. With the lottery merge feature, the Smart Choice™ system allows multiple application pools or groups of applicants to be merged to the original lottery for specific schools or programs. With each new pool of applicants being ranked underneath previously placed students it keeps the process fair and efficient without having to guess where a student may need to fit into the placement list. Keeping track of what pool the applicants came from is easy too with simple references in the single real time wait list.

Student Selection with a Fair and Honest Lottery

Magnet Schools of America Summer Institute – August 2012

Once a tool for desegregation, Magnet school programs have evolved to become a prestigious platform for academic opportunity and excellence. Unfortunately, the growing success of Magnet schools means many students are left hoping they make the cut during the lottery process. Employing a reliable lottery system provides a selection process that is fair and honest. Today, more than ever, selecting an effective lottery system is essential to any successful magnet program and the success of its students. Explore what the Smart Choice™ System has to offer to create an efficient and secure online application and lottery process for your school or school district.

Below you will find information on the presentation and you have the capability to view and download the presentation for your review. If you have any questions about this presentation or would like to schedule your demonstration today please contact us at 337-269-0299 or mallory@smartchoicetech.com.

Download the Presentation “Don’t Gamble with Opportunity”

Magnet Schools of America National Conference – May 2012

In an effort to spread the word about the Smart Choice™ system and its capabilities in helping school systems overcome common challenges related to selective enrollment or admission processes, We presented at the 2012 Magnet Schools of America Conference.

Below you will find information on the presentation and you even have the capability to view and download the presentation for your review. If you have any questions about this presentation or would like to schedule your demonstration today please contact us at 337-269-0299 or mallory@smartchoicetech.com.

Overcoming Selective Enrollment Challenges

Provide Equal Access with Automatic Translation Update

Preparing our children for a diverse world is the first step to a great education and with the United States being a true melting pot of cultures and ethnic groups, providing access to a diverse community is extremely important.

When providing a solution for school applications, fair and equal access to all community members is key to a successful enrollment process.  To help keep this process easy for all applicants within any school district, Smart Choice™ Technologies has provided a way to offer automatic translation for all portions of the application process.

Applicants simply choose their language of preference and all information from program details, FAQs and even form fields are automatically translated right before their eyes.  This new feature keeps applicants happy and your school and or school district progressive by truly providing the equal access that is needed for applicants of any magnet, charter or choice school or program.

Automate your wait list with new features

It’s difficult to keep your lottery process fair when you have no good way to keep track of your waiting list.  Editing a spreadsheet or document screams inefficiency with multiple people editing one document, no one remembering what is the most recent version and no one making edits in the same way.  We have listened to our client’s challenges with managing their waiting lists and come up with a great set of new features that make managing multiple waiting lists a breeze.  

• Administrators can mark whether student accepted or declined seat with one click
• Automatic email notification to next student on waiting list as seats become available
• One list to view; no guessing which document is the most recent
• Lottery placement and waiting list status displayed on Parent Dashboard
• Parents can accept or decline seats directly from their Parent Dashboard
• Waiting list is automatically updated as parents or administrators accept and decline seats

Sound too good to be true? Seeing is believing. Contact us today for a live demonstration, or watch a few of our online tutorials to see just a few of the new features in action.  Smart Choice™ has added a set of new features to its solution! Now, managing your school’s wait list is even easier. Keep your process fair and efficient with the Smart Choice Lottery™ component, now with new wait list management features.

Step 1 – When a lottery is executed, the system generates a list of accepted students, followed by a wait list based on the number of seats available within each program and grade.