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| title | collection | path | parentDocument | outlineId | createdBy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommendations | Hub User Guide | Hub User Guide/Reviewer Guide/Recommendations | Reviewer Guide | 612693f3-7a23-4d13-8a58-0850d14c0594 | Jennie R.F. |
After scoring all criteria for an application, you select a recommendation. This is your overall judgment on what should happen next with the applicant.
The Four Options
You choose one recommendation from a dropdown on the Final Recommendation screen:
- Advance to Next Stage -- you believe this applicant should move forward in the process. Use this when the application or interview performance meets or exceeds the bar for the current stage.
- Hold for Further Review -- you are not ready to recommend advancing or declining. Use this when you see potential but have concerns that need committee discussion, or when the applicant falls in a borderline zone where additional input from other reviewers would help.
- Decline Application -- you believe this applicant should not continue. Use this when the application clearly does not meet the criteria for the cohort, or when significant concerns emerged during the review.
- Undecided -- you have not formed a recommendation yet. This is the default state. You must change it to one of the other three options before you can submit your review.
:::warning You cannot submit your review while the recommendation is set to Undecided. All criteria must be scored and a recommendation selected before the Submit Review button becomes active.
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The Recommendation Screen
When you click Proceed to Recommendation after scoring, you see:
- Your total score and percentage in the top right
- Recommendation dropdown -- select your choice here
- Score summary -- a breakdown of each criterion with your score
- Overall notes -- a free-text area for your overall assessment of the applicant
The score summary is read-only at this point (go back to scoring to change individual scores). The recommendation and overall notes can be edited freely before submission.
Changing Your Recommendation After Submission
Once you submit, your scores and notes are locked. However, if the review is for the application's current stage, you can still change your recommendation. On the read-only review screen, click the Change button next to your current recommendation. A modal asks you to:
- Select a new recommendation
- Provide a reason for the change
The change is recorded with a timestamp and your reason. A full history of recommendation changes is visible below the current recommendation.
:::info Recommendation changes are only available while the application is still at the stage you reviewed. Once the application advances to a later stage, your earlier recommendation becomes fully locked.
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How Recommendations Factor Into Decisions
Your recommendation is one input among potentially several reviewers. Cohort administrators see all reviewer recommendations alongside consensus scores when making decisions on the Decisions tab. A pattern of "advance" recommendations supports moving an applicant forward, while mixed recommendations (some "advance," some "hold") typically trigger committee discussion.
The final decision -- accept, waitlist, or decline -- is made by the cohort admin, not determined automatically by reviewer recommendations.