Managing applications online

1. You will receive an email when you have been granted access to MyGlobal (UW Study Abroad application portal).
2. You can access your program proposals by logging in to MyGlobal (we recommend bookmarking this link so you can easily return to it).
3. Once logged in you can select the proposal for the program you want to access. Your program proposal is a central location for program planning resources and allows you to:
   • Access student applications
   • Access student information
   • Send emails to students
   • Export program/application information
   • Access spending plan resources
   • Take the Program Director Workshop course

1. From your Applicant home page in MyGlobal, you can click on the proposal for the program you want to access. This will get you into your program proposal where you can access student applications for that program.
2. In the “Requirements” tab, scroll down to the link called Recruitment Queries.
3. The Recruitment Queries page will provide you with four links to queries you will use as you communicate with applicants, review applications and select your program participants. Read the description next to each link to determine its use:
   • All Applications (use for recruitment): A list of the students who have started an application. These applications may not be complete. Use this query to message students who are interested in your program about upcoming info sessions, your office hours, or any additional information about the program. In the query results, click on the program name to view each individual application.
   • Ready to Review Applications (use to make admissions decisions): A list of students who have completed their application and are ready for your review. Use this list to make admissions decisions to the program. In the query results, click on the program name to view each individual application.
   • Application Materials (use to review application materials): A report of applicant’s names, GPA, class standing, and responses to the Faculty-led Application. This report only includes applicants with complete applications.

   • Program Roster (final list of students): A list of students who have submitted their payment contract to UW Study Abroad. This is the list of confirmed students participating in your program. In the query results, click on the program name to view each individual application.

1. From a query, you can sort your list of applications by program name, program location, application status, and term/year of the program.
2. There are 3 tabs near the top of the query results: Options, Progress Audit, and Group by. Select “Group by” to see a drop down menu of options.
3. Select a sorting options from the drop down to automatically re-sort the list.

EXAMPLE: As you start to accept students, you can sort the “Ready to Review Applicants” query by Application Status to see which students have committed to the program.

Pending (Automatic status assigned by system): A student has started an application and no decision has been made. This includes complete and incomplete applications.

Conduct Review In Progress (UW Study Abroad alters): A student has started an application and has been forwarded to UW Community Standards and Student Conduct for review. This includes complete and incomplete applications.

Conduct Review Complete (UW Community Standards and Student Conduct alters): A student has started an application and UW Community Standards and Student Conduct has reviewed it. This includes complete and incomplete applications.

Accepted (Program Director alters): The application is complete and has been reviewed by the Program Director. The Program Director assigns this status to a student that they wish to accept to the  program.

Waitlist (Program Director alters): The application is complete and has been reviewed by Program Director. Program Director assigns this status to a student that they wish to waitlist. Waitlisting an applicant means they meet the program requirements and the Program Director may accept the applicant if space allows. The applicant is notified that they have been waitlisted with a possibility to attend the program if space becomes available.

Not Accepted (Program Director alters): The applicant does not meet the basic requirements for the program, does not complete their application, or is not a good match for the program. This decision is made at the discretion of the Program Director.

Committed (Student alters): The applicant has been accepted by the Program Director and decides to commit to the program. Many students apply to more than one program per term, but they can only commit to one program per term. After committing to a program, the student will have access to a program payment contract in the online application system.

Withdrawn (Student/UW Study Abroad selects): Applicants may withdraw their application at any time before they commit to the program. After they have submitted a payment contract, students must submit withdrawal paperwork to UW Study Abroad and a study abroad program manager will alter the student’s status to “Withdrawn” once paperwork has been received and processed.

1. Select the application for the student that you want to accept, waitlist, or not accept for your program.
2. From the student’s overview page, click on the “Status” tab.
3. Select the appropriate option from the drop down menu.
4. Click “Submit.”

If you have enough qualified applicants, we recommend that you maintain a healthy waitlist. Not all of the students that you accept will choose to participate. Once you are done reviewing completed student applications, all completed applicants should be moved from pending to either accepted, waitlisted, or not accepted.

Decision letters

• The Decision Date for your program is 12 days after your application deadline (15 days for summer programs). Students will be notified via email that their status has changed in their online application. They will have to log in to view the change (the first page that they see is their decision letter).
• Students will not be informed of admissions decisions prior to the decision date – even if you have already changed their status.
• You may also chose to send out more personalized acceptance letters via email.

Acceptance letter text

Dear {Preferred Name},

1. Confirm your commitment to participate in this program: Click on the “continue” button below to access your pre-departure checklist. Under the instructions, you can either “Commit” or “Decline” to participate in your program. Enter your choice there. If you are waiting to hear about a UW Study Abroad Scholarship, you may postpone this step until after the notification date, however there is no cost to commit. Visit the Scholarships page on the UW Study Abroad website for more information. You can return to your pre-departure checklist to review important dates, requirements, and this decision letter at any time.
2. Submit a payment contract: Most study abroad opportunities require that you sign a payment contract. If your program requires a payment contract, follow the instructions in your pre-departure checklist to access and sign your payment contract. Your signed payment contract must be returned to UW Study Abroad by the date indicated to maintain your participation. Please review this contract carefully as it outlines your financial and enrollment obligations for the program.

Waitlist letter text

This letter is to inform you that you have been placed on the waitlist for a study abroad opportunity. Depending on the number of accepted applicants who commit to participate, enrollment space in the program may become available. You will be notified if your application status changes.

Not accepted letter text

UW Study Abroad regrets to inform you that your application to a study abroad opportunity was not accepted. If you have questions about this admissions decision, please contact UW Study Abroad. You are encouraged to apply again in the future.

Non-matriculated students may apply to participate in UW Programs through MyGlobal. Rather than using their UW NetID to login, these students will be guided to establish an account with MyGlobal before they start their application.

Application instructions for non-matriculated students

1. From the program description page, click “Apply Now.”
2. Are you currently a registered user at UW with UW Login credentials? Select “No.”
3. Have you received your login credentials already via email? Select “No.”
4. Complete the New User Form in MyGlobal and click “Create Account.” You will be directed to a login screen.
5. After a few minutes, your username and temporary password will be sent to the email address that you listed on your new user form. Use this information to log into MyGlobal.
6. You will immediately be asked to change your temporary password.

Non-matriculated students will then begin the standard application process that UW students complete, with the added step of a Signature Verification document. The Signature Verification document must be scanned and emailed to studyabroad@uw.edu before a non-matriculated student can electronically sign documents to complete a study abroad application. Non-matriculated students should complete this step as soon as possible to avoid delays.

Using the study abroad site to email students is a handy feature as it creates a record of all emails sent to each student through the site. This record is viewable by you, UW Study Abroad, and the student. When you send an email through the study abroad site a copy will also be sent to your UW email account.

Individual Email

1. Select the application for the student that you want to email.
2. From the student’s “Overview” screen click on the “Email” tab.
3. Send the student an email using the option “Use system email form.”

Batch Email

• Use this function to email a group of students, such as your entire applicant pool or all accepted students.
• To send batch emails to a group of applicants, you must first select the group you wish to message.
• If you want to send a batch email to a shared query, select the query from your Recruitment Queries link.
• When sending an email to multiple recipients, each recipient receives a separate email. The distribution list will not be known to the recipient.

Sending a batch email from the list of applications:

1. Find the box labeled “Options” at the top of the page.
2. Click on the drop down arrow and select “Send Email.”
3. A window will open in which you can type and send your message.
4. You can individualize each email by using the Mail Merge function.
   • After your salutation in the email template, click on the “Mail Merge” box and select {Preferred Name}

From this screen you can also determine which students will receive your message.

1. Click on the arrow next to “Email Recipients” and you will see a list of all of the students who will receive your message.
2. Uncheck the box next to the students’ names that you do not want to receive your email.

• A progress audit is a useful tool to get a quick snapshot of your students’ progress through the application or pre-departure phases. For example, if you want to check on your students’ progress with the application, select the All Applications query from your Recruitment Queries link on your program dashboard.
• From the Progress Audit results page, you have the option of selecting students to email, exporting the list to excel, or printing a copy of the report (PDF or paper). For example, if you see that several of your students have not completed the application, you may want to select those students and send them a quick reminder about the upcoming application deadline.

Running a progress audit from the query results page:

1. Find the tab labeled “Progress Audit” towards the top of the page.
2. From the drop down menu select “Pre-Decision.”
3. From the next page, select “Check Everything” in the upper right hand portion of the page.
4. Click “Next.”
5. This will direct you to list of all of your applicants with a check box for each step of the application that has been completed.

To check on your students’ progress through their pre-departure requirements, use the Program Roster query from your Recruitment Queriers and select “Post-Decision” from the Progress Audit drop down menu.

• Exporting information from the study abroad application system into an Excel document will allow you to easily create reports or lists for use outside of the system.
• As you use this option please be aware that the study abroad application system includes a lot of private student information.
• Be careful how you save and use this information.

Exporting information to Excel:

1. Go to the list of students that you want to export information for (the query results page).
2. From the “Options” drop down menu, select “Excel Export.”
3. It may take your computer a moment to process your request, but an excel file with your requested student information should automatically open.
4. You can then save a copy of the file and customize the list for your needs by deleting columns that you do not need.

You can also log in to MyGlobal via the UW Study Abroad homepage:

1. Select “MYGLOBAL” from the upper-right-hand of the navigation menu.
2. Click “UW login” and log in using your UW NetID and password.
3. If you have difficulties logging in, email studyabroad@uw.edu.
4. The top of the page will read “Administration : Home” or “Your Home Page : YOUR NAME – Applicant Home Page”.
5. You will want to use the Applicant home page. If you do not see the “Your Home Page : YOUR NAME – Applicant Home Page” header, click the little house in the upper left-hand corner and select “Applicant.”

It can be helpful to customize your display to make it easier to access your program proposals. To do this, take the following steps:

1. In the top right-hand corner next to your name, click on the settings widget (it looks like a little gear).
2. Click on “Admin settings”.
3. Find the “Administrative Settings” section on the right.
   • Click on the drop down menu next to the “My landing page on login” and select Applicant Home.
   • Optional: input your customized signature into the text area.
4. Click “Update”, then click on the little house in the top left-hand corner of the screen and select “Applicant” to return to your Applicant home page.

Please note:

• If you ever want to access the Administrative home page, you can click on the little house in the top left-hand corner of the screen and select “Administrative”.
• You can also click on “Recommender” to view any recommendations that you need to complete for students, as well as past recommendations you have completed.