Due dates, reminders, and deadlines

Due Dates for InterviewsWe ask that interviewers submit the Interview Report Form for an applicant within one month of accepting the interview assignment. Declines and ExpiresIf an interviewer declines the assignment or does not accept or decline after seven days, the applicant will appear back in your list (in the “Applicants in your area” section […]

Training resources

All chair and member training resources—including past issues of these chair updates—are available in the Chair Resources and Member Resources sections of the APAP website.  In order to access these sections, you will need your WUSTL key and password. If you need any assistance with your WUSTL key, please contact APAP.

Blank interviewer names

Occasionally you may see an “Assignment Status” of accept but the interviewer name does not display.  You do not need to do anything further with that assignment. This typically happens if members accept the interview but subsequently change their status regarding conducting interviews outside of their area (for example, they may feel that they cannot […]

Interview assigning tips

Emails go out weekly on Wednesdays to chairs who have applicants to assign. These could be new applicants who have matched to the Portal, applicants who were declined by an assigned interviewer, or assignments which expired because the interviewer did not accept or decline the assignment within seven days. You can easily sort by “Round” (to […]

What is need-blind admissions?

We hope that you have heard the great news that WashU has adopted a need-blind admissions policy. Ronné Turner, vice provost for admissions and financial aid explains what this means for applicants. 

Refer a friend

Do you enjoy personalizing the admissions process for applicants as an APAP volunteer? Please encourage your WashU friends (undergraduate alumni and parents of current undergraduates) to sign up to help, too! Students and their families are more eager than ever to make connections with alumni and current parents. Anyone who received an undergraduate degree from […]

Key messages for applicants

Before you meet virtually with students, please familiarize yourself with the key messages we would like you to share with them. You can refer to these at any time on the first page of the Admissions Information Guide.   • At WashU, you’ll be  pushed—an inspired—to do great things, in ways that both celebrate and […]

In case you missed the Kick-Off

We hope that many of you were able to attend the APAP and Admissions Kick-Off last month. In case you missed it, you can view the APAP portion of the event and review the demographic information for the Class of 2025 that we covered.

Interviews

Thank you so much for all the interviews you are conducting!  We are in the thick of our interview season and want to share some reminders: If you have not yet logged into the APAP Volunteer Portal, please do so!  If you are having any trouble, please reach out to the APAP office at apap@wustl.edu […]

Looking for additional interviewers!

APAP alumni volunteers can opt in to conducting additional virtual interviews with applicants outside of their home regions. This helps us expand our geographic presence and make APAP interviews available to more students, particularly in more remote parts of the U.S. and internationally. Please consider conducting additional interviews outside of your committee area. We could […]