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Let AI read every application first and a human decide every one

AI reads every application first. A human decides every application. Both, always.

Admissions committees don't need a faster decision, they need less time spent getting to the decision. Applicants submit their transcripts and statement of purpose through one form. An AI pre-screen returns a fit score, a recommendation, and a short summary, all written back onto the application row. Your officer opens a secure Slack review with the summary and the documents in one place and clicks Accept or Reject. The matching email is sent immediately. The AI has no vote.

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The blueprint
Trigger
Program Application is submitted
Every run starts from one submission.
Transform
AI Pre-Screen
AI reads the input and returns a structured result.
Logic
Admissions Review
Pauses for a person to approve or reject.
Logic
Accepted or Rejected?
Branches on the outcome, so each path is handled.
Action
Notify the Applicant
What gets built

4 things appear in your workspace.

Installing provisions each one, wired together and ready to run.

FormProgram Application

Intake for a program: applicant details, transcripts, supporting documents, statement of purpose. Publishing it auto-creates the response sheet, which the workflow extends with ai_score, recommendation, ai_summary, and decision.

EmailAcceptance

Sent automatically the moment the admissions officer accepts.

EmailDecision Notice

Sent automatically when the application isn't accepted, written to be respectful and encouraging.

WorkflowReview & Decide Applications

Fires on each new application. Runs the advisory AI pre-screen, logs it to the row, routes the summary and documents to the committee in Slack for the human accept/reject call, and sends the matching email.

What you connect

The apps this recipe needs.

You connect your own accounts. Swap any app that offers an alternative at install.

Admissions Approval
Slack *

Routes each screened application to the admissions committee for the final human accept/reject call. Swap for Telegram.

Applicant Email
Gmail *

Sends the acceptance or decision email to the applicant. Swap for Brevo.

How it works

Step by step, once it is running.

  1. 01
    Applicant Applies

    A prospective student submits the Program Application: their details, transcripts, supporting documents, and a statement of purpose. Publishing the form auto-creates its response sheet, so every application is captured with no setup on your side and nothing arrives as a loose email attachment.

  2. 02
    AI Pre-Screens, Advisory Only

    A TinyGPT step reads the applicant's program, GPA, and statement of purpose against the admission criteria you set at install, and returns three things: an ai_score from 0 to 100 for fit, a recommendation of advance, review, or decline, and a short ai_summary. It is bias-aware by design. It never auto-rejects. It never makes the call.

  3. 03
    The Screen Is Logged

    The score, recommendation, and summary are written straight back onto the same application row, alongside a decision of pending. One row per applicant, holding the application, the AI's read, and (shortly) the outcome. No second sheet to reconcile at the end of the cycle.

  4. 04
    An Officer Decides

    A human-in-the-loop step sends the AI summary and the document links to your admissions committee in Slack. The officer opens the secure review link and clicks Accept or Reject. This is the only place a decision is made, and a person makes it. Swap Slack for Telegram, Discord, or Google Chat at install.

  5. 05
    The Applicant Is Notified

    The row's decision is updated and the matching email goes out on its own, an Acceptance, or a Decision Notice written to be respectful and encouraging rather than a form rejection. Applicants hear back the same day the committee decides.

What you walk away with
FAQ

Questions about Student Admission Workflow.

Does AI reject applicants?
No. The pre-screen is explicitly advisory. It reads each application against your admission_criteria and logs its assessment, and an admissions officer makes every decision. No applicant is ever declined by the automation.
What do I need to connect?
Slack and Gmail. Slack notifies your admissions channel as applications arrive, and Gmail sends the Acceptance or Decision Notice. Telegram, Discord, Google Chat and Brevo are supported swaps at install.
Can we set our own admission criteria?
Yes. admission_criteria is a configuration value, so the pre-screen assesses against your programme's actual requirements, and updating the criteria changes what officers see on subsequent applications.
Is the AI assessment recorded?
Yes. The screen is logged on the application row alongside the officer's decision, which gives you a reviewable trail of what was suggested and what was actually decided.
Do applicants always get an answer?
Both outcomes have their own email asset: Acceptance and Decision Notice. Every applicant is notified, which is the part that most manual admissions processes lose track of at volume.
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Install it, then make it yours.

Everything it creates is an ordinary form, table and workflow in your workspace. Edit any of it after install. Nothing is locked.