DreamApply

02/06/2026

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆?

That's citizenship-aware logic, one of many features in DreamApply built with and for educational institutions. More than 300 have already used it to get ahead from the first point of contact with applicants.

Explore this week's newsletter to explore the story of Nora, why she applied to the University of Szeged from Norway, and how the admissions portal influenced her choice.

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-your-applicants-notice-before-ever-meet-you-dreamapply-zqrif

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 🔗

01/06/2026

Admissions evaluation shouldn't feel like a logistical race against the calendar. 😮‍💨

When your selection criteria are fragmented across separate spreadsheets and email threads, your committee spends more time chasing consensus than evaluating talent.

Principle #06 is simple: Clear rules protect your team’s time and secure an objective review process from day one.

Implementing structured, shared score sheets is one of the foundational reasons DreamApply users see an average 40% reduction in application processing time. It is the operational shift that allows teams to clear their evaluation backlog long before Friday afternoon.

Explore our core evaluation features:
https://www.dreamapply.com/features

Dive into our detailed scoring setup guides:
https://help.dreamapply.com/

If you're ready to simplify your next intake cycle, book a personalized demo with our team:
https://www.dreamapply.com/request-a-demo

27/05/2026

Dr. Bert Wolfs, Academic Dean of SBS Swiss Business School, has a name for how international students decide today: educational shopping. They weigh offers across countries in a short window, and the institution that responds first is usually the one they choose.

Swipe through the carousel to see where he says the real opportunity begins.

𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 and get five concrete steps to respond faster, no call required:
👉 https://www.dreamapply.com/personalized-admissions-plan

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲:
👉 https://www.dreamapply.com/request-a-demo

𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗿. 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝘀:
👉 https://www.dreamapply.com/blog/admissions-dr-bert-wolfs-sbs-insights

300+ institutions across 40+ countries have run admissions on DreamApply. SBS Swiss Business School is one of them.

26/05/2026

A single admissions cycle at a large institution can mean 5,000 applications and over 400 hours of pure reading before one decision gets made.

The bottleneck is seldom judgment. It's volume, and the right candidate getting buried under it. A passport photo that doesn't match the document. A gap in a transcript. The one applicant with the qualification you actually need.

DreamApply's AI Highlighter does the mechanical reading first, parsing documents, flagging gaps, cross-checking across languages, then points to the exact source behind every flag. It never approves or rejects. 𝗜𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀; 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲.

Explore how the AI Highlighter works here:
👉 https://www.dreamapply.com/blog/master-admissions-efficiency-ai-highlighter

Book a demo and see how the Highlighter turns days of manual review into hours:
👉 https://www.dreamapply.com/request-a-demo

Automate data extraction in admissions. Learn how DreamApply's AI Highlighter ensures security and accuracy.

25/05/2026

When an admissions team is buried under manual tasks, two things suffer: evaluation depth and the overall student experience.

Principle 5 reminds us that efficiency isn't just about speed; it's about preserving your team's energy for the human moments that matter in admissions.

If your team is spending weeks on tasks that could take hours, it might be time to rethink the process.

See how Ashesi University structured their team's time for maximum efficiency:
👉 https://www.dreamapply.com/case-studies/ashesi-africa-time-efficiency

21/05/2026

Most admissions teams are not losing students for lack of effort. They are losing them because the process underneath is fragmented.

University of Szeged saw it. One of Hungary's top research universities, two Nobel Prize connections, 12 faculties spanning medicine, engineering, law, and the arts, all of them used to run admissions in their own way. So they unified everything through DreamApply.

Rita Csúri-Magosi, Head of the Office for International Academic Programs, told us what changed:

"𝙒𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙮. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙎𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚."

This week's newsletter has the full interview with Rita, plus a breakdown of the three shifts that followed: payments tracked in real time across the whole university, agency performance made measurable through tracker codes, and funnel data that became a daily strategic tool.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀.

👉 https://shorturl.at/GkKYV 👈

20/05/2026

"𝙐𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨." 👇

Ildikó Szekeres-Berzlánovich has managed international student recruitment at Eötvös Loránd University International since 2012. She walks through how DreamApply gives her team visibility over every application that would have otherwise gone cold.

𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆, 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗟𝗧𝗘 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱.

ELTE's experience reflects a pattern across more than 300 educational institutions in 40+ countries: more applications, less time spent processing them.

If you are thinking about what this could look like at your educational institution, the Smart Admissions Plan is the right next step. Fill in a short form and our team will prepare a plan specific to your workflows, your recruitment goals, and your current process gaps. Free, no call required.

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻: https://www.dreamapply.com/personalized-admissions-plan

👉 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆:
https://www.dreamapply.com/request-a-demo

👉 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfmce9hIVTA&t=51s

19/05/2026

The measurements with the most untapped opportunity are usually the hardest to produce.

Education and admissions are no exception.

𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 #𝟬𝟰: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱.

End-to-end measurement turns guesses into decisions. The teams that hold the whole applicant journey in one record are the ones that get sharper every year.

Since 2011, DreamApply has evolved with this principle in mind. Its measurement layer spans every step of admissions, so one applicant record carries from first click to enrolled student. Institutions learn which channels actually deliver, not just which ones look busy.

Lauri Elevant, DreamApply's CTO and Co-Founder, on EdTech and Pancakes:

"With DreamApply, you would have a report that says: of the actual successful students, where did they come from? Which amount of budget was spent on students who ended up being successful, and which amount was generating clicks or applications but not successful ones?"

Explore the measurement layer and much more in our Knowledge Base:

👉 https://help.dreamapply.com

14/05/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗿. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱?

A useful reframe from Akos Kiraly, Head of Sales Strategy at SRH Higher Education, on the latest episode of EdTech and Pancakes.

If you walked into a dealership to buy a car worth 50,000 euros, you would expect a certain standard of service. Tuition and living costs for a degree often exceed that. The buying value is life-changing, not transactional.

Yet, in many institutions, the marketing-to-admissions handoff can be challenging. The funnel logic, awareness through to action and advocacy, applies to higher education too. When the alignment is missing, the cost shows up in dropout rates, inconsistent brand, and applicants who walk away.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗸𝗼𝘀 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxwrAEyEyOA

13/05/2026

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.

A reflection from Akos Kiraly, Head of Sales Strategy at SRH Higher Education, on the latest episode of EdTech and Pancakes.

Gen Z and Gen Alpha applicants come in with completely different expectations around technology, turnaround times, and the channels they actually use to communicate. Sending an email is already old school. Universities are the constant in this game while their applicants are constantly changing.

Akos's takeaway: institutions have to adapt fast, take data protection seriously, and simplify their processes so applicants can find their dream program without losing touch with high academic standards.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗸𝗼𝘀 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxwrAEyEyOA