{"id":99,"date":"2026-05-29T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/new-direct-admissions\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:25:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:25:42","slug":"ad-hoc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/direct-admit-hs-resources\/tech-library\/ad-hoc\/","title":{"rendered":"Submitting Ad-Hoc Students to Direct Admit Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Universities of Wisconsin are committed to ensuring that all eligible high school students have the opportunity to be considered for direct admission. Occasionally, students may be inadvertently overlooked during the initial Direct Admit submission cycle, or were subject to a technical error that prevented them from receiving an offer they should have received. To address this, this process has been developed for high school Direct Admit administrators to submit individual missed students or students whose information needs to be updated. <strong>This process is\u00a0not\u00a0for schools who were unable to submit files for their students during the first submission window; those schools will have an opportunity to submit during the second submission window.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who are added using our Ad-Hoc process will generally receive their offer letters on the Monday following their submission.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accessing the Direct Admit Wisconsin High School Dashboard&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To submit a student who was missed during the initial calculation, the high school administrator must first obtain a Universities of Wisconsin admission account if they do not have one already. High schools that use Skyward may not have an account since the regular submission process does not require one. The steps are as follows:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To request a Direct Admit Administrator account,\u00a0<strong>please submit a request form\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/admin.apply.wisconsin.edu\/user-request\/da-admin?\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upon verification, the administrator will receive login credentials and instructions for accessing the Direct Admit Wisconsin High School Dashboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Submission Protocol&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Identifying Eligible Students&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students eligible for submission are those who were inadvertently missed during the Direct Admit calculation, or who were placed incorrectly due to a technical error. Administrators must confirm that each student:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meets the general eligibility requirements for direct admission as set by the Universities of Wisconsin:\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has taken or will take 3 or more units of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/direct-admissions\/hs-resources\/math\/\">c<\/a>ollege-ready math\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is on track to graduate high school following your high school\u2019s graduation requirements.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Has not already been admitted through previous direct admit rounds, OR\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Was placed in the wrong tier or did not receive one that they should have due to a technical error.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Add an Ad-Hoc Student&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Each missed student must be submitted individually via the high school administration dashboard. The steps include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log into the <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.apply.wisconsin.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Direct Admit Administrator Portal<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you do not have an account, you can request one <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.apply.wisconsin.edu\/user-request\/da-admin?&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to the \u201cAdd a Single Student\u201d section. Click \u2018Add a Student\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the student\u2019s data into the provided fields.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For more details on what data is collected, see Appendix.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload the student\u2019s transcript as a .pdf attachment.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review all information for accuracy before final submission.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>High School administrators must verify the accuracy of all identifiers and ensure that the transcript is up-to-date and legible.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Universities of Wisconsin will provide you with confirmation when the updated student information has been added to the program. Once you receive the confirmation, you may review your SIS instructions next on posting the admission offer letter to your student\u2019s portal to let them know they have been directly admitted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you have a large number of ad-hoc students and would appreciate being able to submit multiple students at one time, please email us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:DirectAdmitTechHelp@wisconsin.edu\">DirectAdmitTechHelp@wisconsin.edu<\/a>\u00a0and we would be happy to help.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Appendix&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data Collected&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First Name:<\/strong>\u00a0As appears on official academic records.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Middle Name:<\/strong>\u00a0As appears on official academic records\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Last Name:<\/strong>\u00a0As appears on official academic records\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>WISE ID:<\/strong>\u00a0The student\u2019s identifier in the Wisconsin Information System for Education. If you do not know or use a WiseID, do not enter anything.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Date of Birth (DOB):<\/strong>\u00a0To uniquely identify the student.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Local Student Number:<\/strong>\u00a0Your school\u2019s student ID number.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Local ID (Student ID):<\/strong>\u00a0The student\u2019s internal school identification number.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Graduation Year:\u00a0<\/strong>Should be the current cohort being accepted.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Address Information&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Used to mail Direct Admit offer letters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Street<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>City<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>State<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zip<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Direct Admit Wisconsin Admissions Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tier:\u00a0<\/strong>Which Direct Admit Tier the student should belong to, based on their GPA. Tier-GPA ranges can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.apply.wisconsin.edu\/direct-admit-hs-dashboard\/tiers\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>GPA:<\/strong>\u00a0Must be on unweighted 4.0 scale.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Demographic Reporting&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sex:<\/strong>\u00a0Legal sex for reporting\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Race:\u00a0<\/strong>Used for reporting.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transcript&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Transcript:<\/strong>\u00a0An official or unofficial transcript of the student\u2019s academic record as a .pdf document.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comments&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Comments are not used in any official record, but used will be used by the Direct Admit Wisconsin program by Universities of Wisconsin understand why student was omitted in the initial file submission. 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