Many nonprofits and educational institutions are among the slowest to adopt new technology. They believe that their mission should be enough to navigate the changing environment. However, new technology can make fulfilling your mission, such as helping students in need, much easier. Here are a few reasons why you need a scholarship application management system.
Collect Applications All in One Place
One of the most difficult parts of managing scholarship applications is collecting the papers all in one place. Especially if you are getting hundreds if not thousands of applications, it’s easy for one to get lost in the shuffle, which is not fair to your applicants. A software program can help you manage all the paperwork in one place.
Pre-Screen Applicants
When you get lots of applications, it’s inevitable that some people who apply will not actually be eligible for the scholarship. It is a waste when you spend days reviewing an application only to realize that the applicant isn’t actually eligible for your scholarship due to demographic information or other factors.
A scholarship application management system can automatically reject applications that don’t meet valuable criteria.
Coordinate Responses
Most scholarship applications are evaluated by committees to increase fairness, but collecting everyone’s evaluations and even setting a meeting time is difficult. In the software, you can all respond on your own time and see different reviews in one place.
If you manage lots of scholarship applications, you need a management system that works for you.
