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Make sure to review your existing requirements and update your session year, deadlines, and dates.  \nStep 1  \nBecause the SAO supports two consecutive academic years, confirming the session year is crucial.  \nSelect the grades, student type, residential type, and application fees. You can build multiple setups as needed—for example, one for international and another for domestic boarding students.  \nThis flexibility allows you to customize an application best suited to your school.  \nStep 2  \nFirst, select forms from the standard library by choosing Required, Optional, Not Required, or Specify by Grade from the drop-down menus. To see samples of each, click on the form names.  \nFollow the same process under Other Requirements for the SSAT, Character Skills Snapshot, and a Graded Essay.  \nIf necessary, add a school-specific supplemental form for information not captured via the SAO by selecting \"Create acopy.\" If you have added a supplement to previous applications, it will be listed here automatically.  \nWhy is\"Optional\" an option? Other schools may ask for forms your school doesn't require, such as a personal recommendation. Optional allows you to collect it from students who already have the info in the system. Adding an optional form doesn’t impact the completion of the application.  \nStep 3  \nSet your school's application deadline and notification dates, or select Rolling Admissions.  \nPlease note: Many schools prefer to keep applications open after the deadline so EMA doesn't automatically turn them off. To avoid confusion with families, manually pause the application when you no longer want to accept submissions—vital when an application was open for a previous year.  \nFurther customize the SAO application with admission events such as open houses and shadow days, interview requirements, and financial aid deadlines. This information is displayed for families when they begin your school’s application.  \nStep 4  \nAdd any special instructions you want families to see when they begin the application.  \nReview and Publish  \nAfter Step 4, you'll arrive at a final review screen. Carefully look over the application to make sure everything is correct.  \nYou can save the application as a draft or publish it and begin accepting applications. Please note: EMA's application year runs from August 1 through July 31. Applications published for the upcoming year before its commencement will open on August 1.  \nHow can you see what families experience when applying to your school? Create a sample student account to navigate a live application.  \nIf you have questions, please contact your EMA  \naccount [representative or members@enrollment.org](representative or members@enrollment.org).  \nLet Families Know You Accept the SAO  \nAccepting the SAO is a great step toward simplifying the application process, but as The Ride to Independent Schools report shows, it creates confusion when this option isn’t communicated to families.  \n37% 40% 7%  \nSchools they applied to didn’t accept a common application.  \nDidn’t know a  \ncommon application was an option.  \nBelieved their chances for acceptance were better using the school’s application. This jumps to 40% for applicants from African countries and 46% from China.","cbCaiimrgJnk46qZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiimrgJnk46qZ","pdf",1392937,13,"English","# Step 1 - Set session year and application parameters\n## Step 1 options - grades, student type, residential type, application fees\n# Step 2 - Choose forms and supplemental requirements\n## Standard library forms and SSAT-related options\n## Optional forms and school-specific supplemental forms\n# Step 3 - Set deadlines, notifications, and admission events\n## Rolling Admissions and application timing\n## Customize with events, interviews, and financial aid deadlines\n# Step 4 - Add special family-facing instructions\n## Review and Publish - draft, publish, and sample student account","[{\"question\":\"What is the first step in setting up the SAO application in MAP?\",\"answer\":\"Confirm the session year, then select grades, student type, residential type, and application fees. 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