Snap Audition vs. Slate for Admissions

For small to medium sized arts organizations, all state music auditions, in-school auditions, etc. I see Snap Audtion working very well. When an org needs a high level of specificity it can be a little difficult to make Snap Audition work exactly as you need it, but the team is very responsive.

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I would recommend Slate, by Technolutions for any higher education institution, big or small. Though there is a higher cost associated with Slate than most other options, it's well worth the price. The level of detail that you're able to gather, maintain, and query on within your student data is far beyond anything I've experienced with other systems. These insights help you pinpoint areas for action and improvement so that you can pivot when necessary, helping you reach your enrollment goals quicker and more efficiently.

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• Allows for comments/feedback of performances
• Login/setup was somewhat straightforward
• Videos loaded quickly and easily with few exceptions

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• Managing contacts.
• Smart communications (drip email campaigns).
• Real-time data management.
• End-to-end control of product (or instance of).
• Allows for easy to implement segmentation via smart rules and queries (data sets).

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• The student audition side could be a little bit easier for middle school students to understand.
• Training Videos that can be sent to families and directors would be helpful.
• A way for teachers to upload auditions instead of each student having to have an account (bulk upload).

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• Being able to have students register at an event without needing a wifi network
• Easier way to update records for individuals who move to a different organization
• Being able to start an application first without needing to immediately set up a user name and password.

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I can imagine that it might provide some drawbacks but I only experienced the platform as a judge, not a coordinator

It's incredibly usable and easy to figure out. It's modern and does exactly what we need for it to do

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While I do wish they had actual representatives that we able to come to you for trainings for implementation and new users, I understand that a big draw is the money that is saved by instead investing in knowledgebase, which is it's online tutorials for different functions of Slate.

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Get Acceptd is basically the only other service out there doing this kind of work. Their price point makes it entirely unusable for almost any organization.

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We had been on Recruitment Plus- it has been sunsetted, so we were forced to move. I also looked at Fire Engine Red. Slate seemed far and away the most robust CRM/Admissions solution.

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• Since I was just an adjudicator I can't speak to this.

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• We aren't really a business, per se, but a nonprofit university. However, Slate[, by Technolutions] does allow us to easily sort applications into categories for different departments to review. And it provides a clear trail of who is looking at various documents when--and how long it takes to process them.