We built an admissions application, status lookup and staff job-listing portal for a school that was running all three on paper, email and a shared spreadsheet. Here's what a custom build like that actually involves.
Built around how your admissions office actually works, not a generic form builder.
Common questions
Usually a mix of paper forms, email threads and a spreadsheet three staff members edit at once. The portal gives parents a real application flow with status tracking, and gives your office one system instead of three.
Yes — a status lookup means your front office stops fielding 'where's my application' calls and emails, which is usually a meaningful share of admissions-season workload.
We've built this as one combined system before — admissions, status lookup and staff job listings and applications in one portal, rather than three separate tools that don't talk to each other.
Genuine application logic — forms, status workflows, role-based staff access — gets fragile fast when assembled from plugins fighting each other. We've built this exact kind of system as a direct custom application instead, which is more stable and easier to extend later.
Projects start at $800. Scope depends on whether you need admissions only, or admissions plus staff applications and status tracking — you get a real number after a free call.
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