Milestones

Learn more about what Milestones are and why they are so useful.

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Written by Eric Range
Updated over a week ago

Overview

A student's journey through the admission funnel involves pivotal moments, and we call these milestones. Each milestone is a distinct event, capturing crucial moments in the user's engagement with your institution, from the inception of their profile to the date of enrollment.

 


List of Milestones:

Milestone

Description

Date of Inquiry

the date the student submitted an inquiry

Application Start Date

the date the student started the application

Application Submit Date

the date the student submitted the application

Application Complete Date

the date the student completed the application

Checklist Complete Date

the date the student completed the checklist

Application Decision Date

the date the decision was made

Admitted Date

the date the student was admitted

Deny Date

the date the student was denied admission

Withdrawn Date

the date the student withdrew

On Hold Date

the date the student was put on hold

Defer Date

the date the student deferred their admission

Conditional Admit Date

the date the student was conditionally admitted

Deposited Date

the date the student submitted their deposit

Enrolled Date

the date the student enrolled in classes

Interview Date

the date the student had an interview

Email Unsubscribe Date

the date the student unsubscribed from emails

SMS Unsubscribe Date

the date the student unsubscribed from SMS

Visit Date

the date the student visited the campus

Waitlist Date

the date the student was waitlisted


Managing Milestones

📙 Note: You must have a milestones card displayed on your profile template. Learn more about Bolt Profile Templates.

Viewing a User's Milestones

  1. Navigate to Contacts > People or use the search bar in the top right corner to search the student's name.

  2. Click on their name to open the profile.

  3. Look for the Milestones card on the user profile. You can also search for it using the search bar.

  4. Here, you can see which milestones a user has reached and easily determine, for example, if they have started an application. Each milestone will have additional fields to collect metadata. For the “Application Start Date” milestone, for instance, that information could be which application the user started in addition to the date that the application was started.

  5. To expand the list of milestones, click the arrow next to Activity or click the More button.

Manually Adding a Milestones

  1. Click the plus sign from the profile card or the blue Add Milestone button from the Bolt Sheet.


  2. Select the date, time, and type for the milestone. Based on the type you choose, you will be asked to fill in additional information.

  3. When you're finished, click Save.

Editing and Deleting Milestones

  1. Click the three dots to the right of the milestone you wish to edit or delete.

  2. Select Edit or Delete.

Milestones are an important aspect of determining funnel stages and a useful way to filter your prospects and applicants. You can learn more about funnel stages here.

📙 Note: Funnel stages are based on the milestone types listed above and in that order. To qualify for a particular funnel stage, a user cannot have any milestones for further stages.

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