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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SchoolAdmin

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASchoolAdmin helps private K-12 schools recruit, enroll, and retain more students through its software and award-winning customer support team. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, SchoolAdmin boasts their software is used by 500+ of the world’s most successful schools, big and small. SchoolAdmin’s mission is to help private schools—and the people who run them—thrive. SchoolAdmin is now part of Finalsite, since the March, 2021 acquisition.N/A

    Slate.org

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ASlate.org is a platform designed to centralize the college admissions process, available on a free plan. Slate.org promote access to higher education by connecting school counselors, colleges, and students through one integrated solution. High school counselors can track student applications and decisions, schedule visits with colleges and upload missing materials on behalf of their students all within Slate.org. Students also have access to track their applications to colleges/universities…

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    SchoolAdminSlate.org
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Slate.org is 100% free and will always be free for high school counselors, colleges, and students.
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    SchoolAdminSlate.org
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    Finalsite
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    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    SchoolAdminSlate.org
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    SchoolAdminSlate.org
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Finalsite
    SchoolAdmin has been great to work with and the advantages of the product definitely outweigh the disadvantages. With the frequent turnover in admissions offices, it is nice to have a product that is simple to use, easy to train on, and easy to learn quickly. Also, customer support has been great, and we really put them through their paces and they never complain. They also use their support team to help train you - not just give you a fish, but teach you to fish so you can problem solve on your own.
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    Technolutions
    Slate.org is a great tool for reassuring students that documents have been transmitted successfully. The uncertainty in the college process means that students and parents tend to worry about what cannot be seen. Slate.org helps me reassure my students and families that documents have been received.
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    Pros
    Finalsite
    • The online application and checklist - because it is highly customizable, fairly intuitive, and quite effective for managing all the moving parts of our application process.
    • The online enrollment checklist, forms, and contract - because of the level of customization, the level of professional appearance, the ease of tracking and managing students in the enrollment process, the integration it provides to our FACTS billing and payment system.
    • The communications system - because of the possibilities for both internal and external communications are so vast, the ability to produce highly customized, personalized, and segmented emails, text messages, and/or physical letters, and the relative ease of use.
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    Technolutions
    • Slate.org is constantly looking to expand the schools that participate, building a larger network.
    • Slate.org is committed to equity among secondary school partners
    • Slate.org regularly seeks feedback to enhance its products
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    Cons
    Finalsite
    • Not as flexible as we sometimes need the features to be.
    • Data and historical information is not terribly accurate, which means we cannot use it for reporting.
    Incentivized
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    Technolutions
    • I'm hopeful to see more development of ease of navigation within the ux
    • I'd like to see a larger number of participating universities
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    Alternatives Considered
    Finalsite
    Blackbaud's enrollment management product, OnBoard, was extremely clunky and did not support an online review process. The CRM was also not great. The only benefit of it was that it was a seamless experience, as Blackbaud is our academic software. The import/export from SchoolAdmin into/from Blackbaud has been no problem.
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    Technolutions
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    Return on Investment
    Finalsite
    • Customer satisfaction with our CRM is up.
    • Completion of applications is up.
    • Office use and satisfaction with the product internally is way up!
    Incentivized
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    Technolutions
    • Slate.org has given us one more tool in a varied landscape of data submission and tracking
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    Screenshot of A high school counselor's profile pageScreenshot of A list of a counselor's current students which shows # of applications, graduation year, and active account statusScreenshot of Personalized lists of studentsScreenshot of Students' applications can be viewed and users can see if they are in progress, awaiting materials, complete, or decidedScreenshot of On the Colleges tab, which schools have data sharing enabled have been seen