A metaphor used to categorize the stages prospective students move through on their path to enrolling at a university. For official reporting by the Office of Institutional Research at Rochester, these stages or funnel status groups in order include: Inquiry (Admissions), applicant (Admissions), admit (Admissions), accept (Admissions) and enrolled (admissions).
A stage in the enrollment funnel where an individual has fulfilled the institution's requirements to be considered for admission. For some UR schools, submitting the admissions application without required attachments or fees still meets the threshold to be considered for admission. The applicant status may further be broken down by the following:
| Funnel Status | Definition |
| Application Submitted, Awaiting payment | Application has been submitted but application fee may not have been paid or waived |
| Application Submitted and Paid, Submitted and Paid | Application that has been submitted and the application fee has either been paid or officially waived. |
| Application Incomplete, Incomplete | Application was submitted and paid, and should be counted as an applicant, but is missing some other required element such as an audition. |
| TOEFL Incomplete | Application was submitted and paid, but did not submit sufficient evidence of English language proficiency. TOEFL score could be missing, or could be too low for their desired degree program. |
| Application Completed | All required elements of application have been completed and submitted, and application fee has been paid. |
| Administrative Withdrawal | Applicant's application was submitted and paid, but subsequently withdrawn by Admissions. This is a rare situation, and would only happen in cases of fraud, or if we determine that the applicant does not have the pre-requisite degree. |
| Cancel/Withdraw, Withdraw, Passive Withdrawal | Applicant withdraws their application after it has been submitted and paid, but before an admissions decision has been made |
| Do Not Invite to Audition | Application was denied admission after a first-round review known as 'Pre-screening' |
| Deny/Denied/Rejected | Applicant had been denied admission. |
| Postpone | Applicant decision has been postponed |
| Waitlist | Applicant placed on waitlist. Waitlisted applicants are asked to confirm their continued interest, or let us know if they no longer wish to be considered for admission (ie if they are committing elsewhere.) Applicant could subsequently be offered admission, or not. |
| Waitlist/Remain on Waitlist | Applicant placed on waitlist has chosen to stay on waitlist |
| Waitlist/Closeout, Waitlist Closed | Applicant was waitlisted, but no opening occurred and the applicant was never offered admission. In practice this is the same as a Deny |
| Waitlist/Decline | Applicant was offered a spot on the waitlist, but was no longer interested. In practice this is the same as a Deny. |
| Withdraw from Waitlist | Applicant has withdrawn their application after being put on waitlist. |
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A stage in the enrollment funnel where an applicant has been granted an official offer to enroll in a program of study at the University.
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A stage in the enrollment funnel where an 'admit' (admitted student) has accepted their offer of admission and intends to enroll at the University. For the purposes of official University-wide reporting by the Office of Institutional Research counts the following when reporting on accepted students:
Individual schools may choose to include or exclude other 'accept' statuses for their own internal reporting. These include:
| Funnel Status | Definition |
| Waitlist/Accept, Waitlist/AcceptNotSpring | Applicant was offered admission subsequent to being placed on the waitlist and has accepted admission. |
| Waitlist/ AcceptNotSpring | Applicant was offered admission subsequent to being placed on the waitlist and has accepted admission. |
| Accept/Accept Offer, Matriculated | Applicant accepts offer of admission for entry term on application. Not necessarily an indication of whether the student has submitted their deposit. |
| Melt/Cancel, Melt | Applicant initially accepted our offer of admission, then changed their plans and is no longer enrolling. |
| Defer, Defer Admit, Deferred Admit, Deferred to Future Class | Applicant has been offered admission, but will be delaying the start of their enrollment |
| Deferred Admit/Accept Offer | Applicant who deferred their admission offer is subsequently accepting the offer of admission |
| Accept/Deposit Pending | Applicant has accepted their offer of admission and intends to enroll. They have not yet paid their deposit or had it waived. |
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A stage in the enrollment funnel where a student who has accepted an offer of admission enrolls in a course or courses and is in actual attendance at some point starting with the first day of the academic period for which they were accepted through the official University census date for that academic period. A student who arrives after the first day or withdraws before the census date is still counted as enrolled but is not part of the entering cohort used for official (IPEDS) reporting.
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selectivity = # Admit/# Apply
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yield rate = # Enroll/# Admit
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The classification of a student which indicates the degree level they are pursuing.
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An academic unit within the University that offers programs in academic disciplines and has its own dean and degree sequence. There are eight Schools.
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An award conferred by a school within the University as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of study.
An instructional program leading to a degree or resulting in credits that can be applied to a degree.
A value that equates the current number of enrolled units for a student against the school’s or program of study’s load status policy to determine the course load a student is taking for the term. Valid values include: Not Enrolled, Less than ½-time, ½-time, ¾-time, Part-Time or Full-time
See also: academic load status {UR Student}, financial aid load status {UR Student}
An aspect of personal identity that identifies with social and cultural differences of being male or female. In practice this is self-identified.
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The categories used to describe social groups that share cultural tradition. An individual can select one or more that apply. In practice this is self identified. Ethnicity of non-U.S. citizen students is not recorded.
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A person of a certain demographic (gender, race, ethnicity, etc.) with insufficient or inadequate representation.
After December 8, 2022, please use the technical definition Institutional Research Collection, Provost Office for all reporting.
As of Spring 2023, external reporting should continue to use the label 'underrepresented minority'. Internal reporting should instead use the label 'historically marginalized communities'.
The nation state of which a person is legally recognized as a citizen or subject. This is often reflected by issuance of a passport from that country.
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