SLM Applicant Tutorial - Universal Application

Create an Account/Log On

1. Click the link provided to you by the organization to access the Logon Page.
   • If you've already created an account, enter your information and click Log On.
     
     
   • If you've already created an account but have forgotten your password, click Forgot Your Password to reset it.
     
     
   • If you haven't created an account, click Create New Account.
     
     
2. If you clicked Create New Account, you'll be asked to complete registration information. After filling out all the information, click Create Account.
   
   
3. The next page asks you to verify that you received your confirmation email. This helps ensure that you'll receive other communications from this organization about your application.
   
   

Apply for a Scholarship

1. Click Apply to reach the Apply page, which lists the available scholarship opportunities and details about each.
   
   
   • Click Preview for any scholarship opportunity on the page if you'd like to view the first form without starting a scholarship request.
     
     
2. Click Apply for a scholarship opportunity when you're ready to start a request.
   
   
3. You'll arrive at the first form for the request, which is usually an application. 
   • If there's a deadline to submit the form, it's listed at the top of this page.
     
     
   • Click Question List to download a copy of the form.
     
     
   • Click Application Packet to download a PDF copy of the form once you've completed it.
     
     
4. Complete the questions on the form.
   • Required questions are marked with an asterisk. 
   • The system auto saves your work every 100 characters you type and when you click out of a question. You can also click Save at any time.
     
     
5. Click Submit when you're ready to submit the form.
   
   
   • If you decide to withdraw your application before submitting it, click Abandon Request instead.
     
     
6. The system notifies you of any required questions that were missed. Complete those questions and then click Submit again on the form. 
   • The form cannot be edited once it's submitted.
7. You'll receive a confirmation message when your form is successfully submitted. 
8. The confirmation page lists the scholarship opportunities that you were found eligible to be considered for. It also lets you know if any of these opportunities require supplemental questions. Follow the instructions below if supplemental questions are required:
   1. Click Continue to move to the supplemental questions for the first opportunity.
      
      
   2. Complete the questions, then click Submit Application. 
   3. Continue until you've completed the supplemental questions for each opportunity. 
      • If you don't want to apply for an opportunity, click Abandon Request.
        
        
      • Click Save Application at any time if you want to finish the supplemental questions later. 
   4. You might see your response to a question carry across to another opportunity. In this case, if you update your response, it will update for the other opportunities as well.

Your Dashboard

1. Click the Home icon to access your Dashboard.
   
   
2. There are two tabs on your Dashboard:
   • Active tab - contains your draft requests, submitted requests still under consideration, and any approved requests that are still active.
   • Historical tab - contains any of your other requests that are no longer active.
     
     
3. The actions you can take on forms for a request depend upon the form's status. 
   • Click View to see a form you've already submitted. 
   • Click Edit to continue working on a form you haven't yet submitted.
     • This includes follow up forms which might be assigned if your request is approved.
       
       
   • For an approved request, you might see the option to click View Details. This displays more information about the scholarship award.
     
     
4. Click your name in the upper-right corner of the page to view additional options. 
   
   
   • Click Edit My Profile to update your contact information or password.
   • Click Sign Out to log out of the site.

Additional Information on Completing Forms

• Some questions have character limits. 
  • You will not be allowed to submit the form until the length of your responses to these questions fits within the character limits.
  • Responses that are longer than the limit will be saved, but an error message will appear informing you that the limit has been exceeded.
• File upload questions only accept one file per question.  
  • If you attempt to upload a file that is larger than the limit, you will receive an error message informing you that the file is too large and the file will not be saved.
  • If you attempt to upload a file in an unaccepted file type, you will receive a warning that the file type is not acceptable; you will not be able to upload the file. 
  • Once a file has been uploaded, it can be deleted by clicking the red X next to the file name.
• The application form might contain one or more sections to be completed by another person, for example, someone who will write you a letter of recommendation. You'll see specific instructions on the application if this is the case, but the general steps are listed below:
  1. Enter the email address for the person who will complete this section, then click Compose Email.
     
     
  2. Write them an email with details about what you're requesting, then click Send.
     
     
  3. The system will automatically send them another email with a link to complete the questions.
     • You won't see the questions or their responses in this section, but you can see whether or not they've been completed. 
  4. Unless the organization instructs you otherwise, you can still submit your application before this person completes their section.
• For some text questions, you might see a rich text editor bar. This allows you to add formatting to your response. If you’re copying and pasting text from a Word document, it will also allow you to keep most formatting from Word.
  
  
  • Click a button in the editor (e.g. the B button for bold text) and then type. The formatting will be applied to the text that you type (e.g. the text you type will be bold). 
  • Click the button in the editor again to stop using that formatting when you continue typing.   
  • Highlight existing text and then click a button in the editor. The formatting will be applied to the highlighted text. 
  • Highlight existing text and click the button in the editor again to remove the formatting.
  • When adding a numbered or bulleted list, click the arrow next to the list button to view additional formatting options.
• Depending upon the site, you might see the option to pull responses from your Scholar Snapp profile (if you have one) into the application form.
  • Click Copy Scholar Snapp Profile at the top of the application form.
    
    
    • You'll be asked to log into Scholar Snapp, and can then select responses from your Scholar Snapp profile to copy into relevant questions on the application.
  • If you edit any of the responses copied onto the application, you can click Update Scholar Snapp to push your edited responses back to Scholar Snapp.
    
    
    • Some questions (e.g. essay questions) pulled from Scholar Snapp will not push back with edits you made on your application.
• A URL that links to a supporting video, such as one hosted on YouTube or Vimeo, can be entered into a Url question on an application. 
  • Applicant Tutorial - Link to a Video details these steps.