How parents/guardians add an enrollment decision
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Tracking where your students plan to attend college is a helpful step towards providing targeted support and celebrating their achievements. In Xello, students can record their own decision, educators can record the decision on behalf of the student, and parents/guardians can add the decision, as well.

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How parents/guardians record their child's enrollment decision:

  1. They log in to Xello and select the child's name. This will open the About student tab.
  2. They click the College Planning tab. From there, they can view important dates, the applications the student is tracking, and any saved scholarships.
    Xello Family account. The cursor is clicking on the College Planning tab.
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    Xello Family account. The cursor is clicking on the College Planning tab.
  3. Next to Enrollment decision, the parent clicks Add decision.
    Xello Family account with the College Planning tab open. Next to "Enrollment decision" a cursor is clicking "Add decision"
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    Xello Family account with the College Planning tab open. Next to "Enrollment decision" a cursor is clicking "Add decision"
  4. On the next page, they'll see a list of schools the student has marked as Accepted or Waitlisted - accepted.
    • If the student hasn't recorded their accepted schools, the parent can search for and add them.
  5. Once they've found the correct school, they click Select next to its name.
    Xello Family account, "Add enrollment decisions" page is open. A cursor is clicking "Select" next to a school
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    Xello Family account, "Add enrollment decisions" page is open. A cursor is clicking "Select" next to a school
  6. Xello will automatically create a request for the final transcript to be sent to that school, if it's needed. They'll need to add a Transcript due date for this request.
  7. They click Add decision.
    "Add enrollment decision" page is open. A school has been selected. The cursor is clicking on "Add decision"
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    "Add enrollment decision" page is open. A school has been selected. The cursor is clicking on "Add decision"
  8. A message will indicate success and the enrollment decision will show in a banner on the College Planning page. The banner will include a reminder that the student needs to make the decision official with the school.
    Xello Family account with the College applications page open. The Enrollment decision banner indicates a decision has been made
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    Xello Family account with the College applications page open. The Enrollment decision banner indicates a decision has been made
    • The enrollment decision will be visible to students on their College Planning page. Educators will see the banner on the student's profile, at the top of the College Planning tab.
      • A student's profile in Xello with their enrollment decision highlighted
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      A student's profile in Xello with their enrollment decision highlighted
FYIFYI: Family members can also edit or delete the enrollment decision after it has been recorded. This is useful if the due date needs updating or if the student changes their mind about which school to attend. They'll find the edit link in the enrollment decision banner.

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