STDNT UGRD APPLICANT

DATA VIEW NAME
STDNT_UGRD_APPLICANT
OVERVIEW
This data view shows all undergraduate applicants (academic career = UGRD) applying to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There are applications for multiple terms available. All applications entered will be available, but only the most recent Program Action/Action Reason for a specific application.
This view contains information on an applicant’s ethnic group. If the ethnic code is needed in addition to the ethnic group you will need to get authorized for STDNT_ETHNIC_CODES as well.
LOAD FREQUENCY
Data is refreshed daily Monday – Saturday for the more recent admit_terms (2 past terms, the current term and all future terms.
DATA CUSTODIAN
Undergraduate Admissions Office
Contact: David Leszczynski
AUTHORIZATION
You must receive approval to access data from the data custodian. For information about how to get authorized for InfoAccess data views, connect to the InfoAccess Home Page
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
When looking at applicant data, it is critical to indicate the admit term of interest. Also, please be aware that this view includes information on ALL undergraduate applicants. Therefore, it is also very important to note the Program Action and/or Program Status of an applicant to understand where that applicant is in the application process.

A new Citizen_Status (PS_CITIZENSHIP) code of 7 has recently been implemented to identify undocumented student. The impact of this addition on existing data views varies by data view. Until a policy decision is made about whether or not these applicants/students should be counted as citizens or non-citizens, fields that aggregate Citizen_Status and/or are derived from Citizen_Status should be used cautiously. These fields include, but may not be limited to: Citizenship, Citizen_Ind, Diversity, Targeted_Minority, Country_Citizenship_Code, Ethnic_Group, Home_Country, and Minority. Note that not all of these fields exist on all data views.

QUESTIONS
Contact:  Division of Information Technology Help Desk
Phone:  264-HELP (4357)
LAST UPDATED
6/2002 New View
10/2002 Added Program_Action_Descr (bc3) (s8w)
06/2003 Data Custodian change
09/2003 Changed definitions for the fields Citizenship, Citizen_Status, Ethnic_Group, and Targeted_Minority.
03/2004 Added documentation for Citizen_Status with a value of 7. Also added a warning to the Special Considerations section.
05/2006 Changed the refresh schedule/method used.
02/2008 Added Hold_Postal_Ind and Hold_Email_Ind
02/2016 – Summary of changes implemented
Due to changes in how the following data is being collected and stored by the Undergraduate Admissions Office changes were required to the extract program to populate the fields correctly:
HS_Class_Rank
HS_Class_Size
HS_Percentile
The High School class rank, class size, and percentile values will be set based on the transcript using all the following criteria:
1) External career of High School
2) High School organization that matches the application
3) Maximum transcript date
4) First external summary type found in the following order: HSWT, HSUW, 12WT, 12UW, 12MW, 12MU, 11WT, 11UW, HSTR, HSOV.No longer populate the following field as of Spring 2011-12 (term 1124):
HS_GPA
No longer populate the following fields as of Summer 2012 (term 1126):
HS_English_Units
HS_Other_Science_Units
HS_Biology_Units
HS_Chemistry_Units
HS_Physics_Units
HS_Social_Studies_Units
HS_Other_Acad_Units
HS_Total_Acad_Units
HS_Total_Non_Acad_Units
HS_Total_UnitsCorrected a problem with the extract program summing all high school foreign language units into HS_Lang1_Units field. The units are now broken out into the following three fields if the student took more than one foreign language:
HS_Lang1_Units
HS_Lang2_Units
HS_Lang3_UnitsNull out values in Cum_Transfer_GPA and HS_GPA where values are zero.

04/2020 – Remove fields
Ethnic_Group
Ethnic_Group_Descr_Short
Targeted_Minority

DATA FORMATS
Primary Key Columns are identified with an asterisk(*)
Alphanumeric Data
VARCHAR2( N)  (N) = maximum length. Field contains letters and/or numbers. Trailing blanks are eliminated.
Example: VARCHAR2 (5) could contain ‘ABC12’ or  ‘ABC’ or ‘A’
Numeric Data
NUMBER (N) (N) = length. Field contains only numbers.
NUMBER (X,Y) =  format for numbers with decimal positions
X = total number of digits Y = the number of digits after the decimal
Examples: NUMBER (6) represents 250012 NUMBER (6,2) represents 2500.12
Date
DATE  – Date can be in various formats. Date functions available with your query tool can be used to format the date.
Examples:  DATE (YYYYMMDD), DATE (YYDDD), DATE (DD-MM-YY)

Column Name

Format

Description

*ID varchar2(11) ID number assigned by ISIS to be used internally.  This is a unique ID for each student
*Application_Number varchar2(8) A number assigned to each application.
Applic_Source varchar2(3) The source of the application.
Values are:
EDI = Electronic Data Interchange
HRD = Hard Copy
WWW= World Wide Web
Campus_ID varchar2(16) This is simply a unique student identifier (10 digits).  It may change occasionally at the student’s request.
Last_Name varchar2(30) Applicant’s last name.
First_Name varchar2(30) Applicant’s first name
Middle_Name varchar2(30) Applicant’s middle name
Gender varchar2(1) Applicant’s sex classification.
F = Female
M = Male
U = Unknown
Birthdate DATE Applicant’s date of birth.
Country_of_Birth_Code varchar2 (3) The code for the country of birth.
Country_of_Birth_Descr varchar2(30) Description of the country of birth.
Alumni_Tie_Ind varchar2(1) Indicates if a parent is an alum.
Values are:
Y=Yes
Release_To_Alumni_Ind varchar2(1) Indicates if the applicant has given permission to release information to alumni.
Value are:
Y= Yes
Visa_Permit_Type varchar2(3) Identifies the type of entry granted into this country to the applicant. To identify codes contact the Office of International Students and Scholars.
Citizenship varchar2(1) Indicates whether an applicant is a US citizen (citizen_status = 1 or 2).
Values are:
Y = US Citizen
N = Not a US Citizen
U = Unknown (citizen_status = N)
Citizen_Status varchar2(1) The applicant’s citizenship status.
Valid values are:
1 = Native
2 = Naturalized
3 = Alien Permanent
4 = Alien Temporary
5 = Alien
6 = Refugee
7 = Undocumented
U = Unknown
Citizen_Status_Descr varchar2 (30) The description for the citizen status.
Country_Citizenship_Code varchar2(3) The code for the applicant’s country of citizenship.
Country_Citizenship_Descr varchar2 (30) The description of the country of citizenship.
Residency_Code varchar2(5) Wisconsin Residency codes.
Valid Values:
N = Non Resident of WI
R = Wisconsin Resident
U = Unknown
Blank = No decision made
Residency_Date DATE  The date residency was established.
Tuition_Residency_Code varchar2(5) Residency code for tuition purposes.
N = Non Resident of WI
R = Wisconsin Resident
S = Minnesota Compact
U = Unknown
Blank = No decision made
Veterans_Status varchar2(1) Indicates if applicant is a veteran.
Y     = Yes
Blank = No
Athl_Category varchar2(4) Sport for which an applicant is being actively recruited by the Athletic Department.
Athl_Category_Descr varchar2(30) Descriptions for Athl_Category:
MBBL = Men’s Basketball
MCCY = Men’s Cross Country
MCRW = Men’s Crew
MFBL = Men’s Footbal
lMGLF = Men’s Golf
MHKY = Men’s Hockey
MSOC = Men’s Soccer
MSWM = Men’s Swimming
MTNS = Men’s Tennis
MTRK = Men’s Track
MWRS = Men’s Wrestling
UKWN = Unknown Sport
WBBL = Women’s Basketball
WCCY = Women’s Cross Country
WCRW = Women’s Crew
WGLF = Women’s Golf
WHKY = Women’s Hockey
WSBL = Women’s Softball
WSOC = Women’s Soccer
WSWM = Women’s Swimming
WTNS = Women’s Tennis
WTRK = Women’s Track
WVBL = Women’s Volleyball
Hold_Postal_Ind varchar2(1) Indicates whether or not the student wants their postal address released to third parties. This value can be set by the student through My UW-Madison on the Student Records tab.
Valid Values: Y or NULL
NOTE: All third party mailings should be done through the Registrar’s Office.
Hold_Email_Ind varchar2(1) Indicates whether or not the student wants their email address released to third parties. This value can be set by the student through My UW-Madison on the Student Records tab.
Valid Values: Y or NULL
NOTE: All third party mailings should be done through the Registrar’s Office.
Home_Address_Line1 varchar2(35) First line of home address
Home_Address_Line2 varchar2(35) Second line of home address
Home_Address_Line3 varchar2(35) Third line of home address
Home_Address_Line4 varchar2(35) Fourth line of home address
Home_Address_City varchar2(30) City of home address
Home_Address_State varchar2(6) State of home address
Home_Address_Zip_Code varchar2(12) Zip code of home address
Home_County_Descr varchar(30) Name of home county
Home_Country_Code varchar2(3) Country Code of home address
Home_Country_Descr varchar2(30) Name of home country
Home_Phone1 varchar2(24) Telephone number at applicant’s home address
Mail_Addr_Line1 varchar2(35) First line of mailing address
Mail_Addr_Line2 varchar2(35) Second line of mailing address
Mail_Addr_Line3 varchar2(35) Third line of mailing address
Mail_Addr_Line4 varchar2(35) Fourth line of mailing address
Mail_Addr_City varchar2(30) City of mailing address
Mail_Addr_State varchar2(6) State of mailing address
Mail_Address_Zip_Code varchar2(12) Zip code of mailing address
Mail_Country_Code varchar2(3) Country of mailing address
Mail_Country_Descr varchar2(30) Name of mailing address country
Mail_Phone1 varchar2(24) Telephone number at applicant’s mailing address
Email_Address varchar2(70) Applicant’s e-mail address
Applic_Recvd_Date DATE Date the application arrived in the Admissions Office.
Applic_Admit_Term varchar2(4) The term for which the applicant has applied for admission.
Admit_Type_Descr varchar2(30) Full description of admit type
Applic_Create_Date DATE Date that application was entered into the computer system.
Primary_Academic_Group varchar2(5) School or College Code.
Valid values are:
ALS College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
AMN Officer Education
BUS School of Business
CIC Committee on Inst Cooperation (inactive)
DCS Division of Continuing Studies
EDU School of Education
EGR College of Engineering
HEC School of Human Ecology
IES Nelson Institute Environmental Studies
L&S College of Letters and Science
LAW Law School
MED School of Medicine and Public Health
NUR School of Nursing
PHM School of Pharmacy
RGE Research and Graduate Education
VET School of Veterinary Medicine
Applic_Academic_Program varchar2(5) The academic program applied for. Formerly known as classification.
Examples of valid values are:
ART  =  Art
CHE  =  Chemical Engineering
NUR  =  Nursing Undergraduate
Applic_Academic_Plan varchar2(10)  Sub category of the Academic Program applied for.
Examples of valid values are:
PHD 018 = L&SAfrican Languages & Lit
PHD 036 = ALSAgricultural Engineering
PHD 054 = ALSAgronomy PHD
PHD 065 = ALSAnimal Sciences PHD
MFA 248 = EDUDance MFA
MA  256 = L&SDevelopment Pol & Pub Admin
MA  261 = L&SEconomics MA
MS  261 = L&SEconomics MS
MS  270 = EDUEducational Administration MS
Applic_Academic_Level varchar2(3)  Academic standing as of the application for admission.
Valid values are:
00 =  Not Set
10 =  Freshman
20 =  Sophomore
30 =  Junior
40 =  Senior
50 =  Post-Bacc Undergraduate
CRT = Certification Special
DOC = Doctoral Student
GR  = Graduate
HS  = High School Student
LAW = Law Student
MED = Medical Student
NDG = Non-Degree Student
P1  = Professional Year 1
P2  = Professional Year 2
P3  = Professional Year 3
P4  = Professional Year 4
SG  = Graduate Specials
SH  = High School Specials
SU  = Undergraduate Specials
VET = Vet-Med Student
Applic_Program_Status varchar2(4) The high level relationship a person has with an academic program.
Valid value are:
AC = Active in Program
AD = Admitted
AP = Applicant
CM = Completed Program
CN = Cancelled
DC = Discontinued
DE = Deceased
DM = Dismissed
LA = Leave of Absence
PM = Prematriculant
SP = Suspended
WT = Waitlisted
Program_Status_Descr varchar2 (30) The description of the program status.
Student_Group varchar2 (4) Codes used to track particular student groups to which an applicant belongs.
Examples include:
PEOP = People Program
POSS = POSSE Program
Student_Group_Descr varchar2 (10) The description of the Student Group.
Applic_Recruiter_ID varchar2(11) EmplID of Admissions Recruiter assigned to applicant.
Recruiter_Name varchar2(50) Name of Admissions Recruiter assigned to applicant.
Advisor_Name varchar2(50) The name of the advisor associated with the applicant’s academic plan.
Advisor_Dept varchar2(10) Department of advisor associated with the applicant’s academic plan.
Applic_Fin_Aid_Interest varchar2(1) Indicates if the applicant is interested in receiving Financial Aid information. Initiates action from the Office of Student Financial Services (OSFS).
Values are:
N = No
Y = Yes
Applic_Fee_Type varchar2(3) The type of fee.
Valid Values are:
INT – International
STN – Standard
Applic_Fee_Paid number(16,2) An amount appearing in this column indicates the application fee is paid.
Applic_Fee_Date DATE The date the application fee was paid.
Applic_Fee_Status varchar2(3) The status of the application fee payment.
Valid values are:
CCP = Credit Card Payment
EXP = Exempt from Appl Fee
IDP = ID Problem
INF = Insufficient Funds-Foreign NSF = Non-Sufficient Funds
PEN = Pending
PPD = Previously Paid-Still Valid
REC = Received
RFD = Refund
RWA = App Fee Returned Wrong Amt
WPD = Waiver Approved/Money ReceivedWA/$
WVD = Waived
Prev_Institution_Code varchar2(11) Last institution attended by the applicant.
Prev_Inst_Long_Descr varchar2(50) Description of the last institution attended by the applicant.
Cum_Transfer_GPA number (5,4) From Spring 2013-14 (Term 1144) forward the value is the cumulative GPA the transfer student earned at the LAST institution attended prior to transferring.
Note: For Fall 2013-14 (Term 1142) and before the GPA for transfer students was calculated across ALL transfer institutions
Cum_Degr_Cred_Trans number(8,3) The sum of the unit transfer course, test, and other for a given admit term.
HS_Code varchar2(11) The code for the high school from which the applicant graduated.
Only populated if the last school attended was High School (HSC) or Secondary School (SCD).
HS_Name varchar2(50) The name of the high school from which the applicant graduated.
HS_Rank number(5,0) The applicant’s high school rank. This value reflects the most recent rank available. Weighted values are selected over unweighted. Note: The number of schools that report the class rank has steadily declined.
HS_Class_Size number(5,0) The applicant’s high school class size. This value reflects the most recent class size available. Weighted values are selected over unweighted.
HS_Percentile number(3,0) The applicant’s percentile rank based on the high school class size and high school rank shown here.
HS_GPA number(6,3) Beginning with Spring 2011-12 (term 1124) forward the HS_GPA data is not longer provided. As of 1124 the applicant High School GPA is no longer manually converted to a standard 4 point scale. Though GPA data is still collected, it is in the original form as posted on the high school transcript and is in various scale formats, making the intrepretation of the data very difficult. Thus the decision was made to not included the high school GPA data here.

For Fall 2011-12 (term 1122) and before the HS GPA field contains the applicant’s cumulative high school GPA on a 4.0 scale and would reflect the most recent GPA available.

Contains null where values are zero.

HS_Grad_Date DATE The date of applicant’s high school graduation
SAT_Total number(6) The applicant’s highest SAT composite score.
SAT_Test_Date DATE The date of the SAT test.
SAT_Verbal number(6) Applicant’s test score for the VERBAL portion of SAT test.
SAT_Math number(6) Applicant’s test score for MATH portion of SAT test.
ACT_Comp_Score Number(6.2) The applicant’s highest ACT composite score.
ACT_Test_Date DATE The date of the ACT test.
ACT_ENGL number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the ENGL portion of the ACT test.
ACT_MATH number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the MATH portion of the ACT test.
ACT_READ number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the READ portion of the ACT test.
ACT_SCIRE number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the SCIRE portion of the ACT test.
TOEFL_Comp_Score number(6,2) The applicant’s highest composite score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
TOEFL_Test_Date DATE The date of the TOEFL test.
TOEFL_Essay number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the Essay portion of the TOEFL test.
TOEFL_L_Listening number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the Listening portion of the TOEFL test.
TOEFL_R_Reading number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the Reading portion of the TOEFL test.
TOEFL_TSE_Spoken English number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the Test of Spoken English portion of the TOEFL test.
TOEFL_TWE _Written_English number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the Test of Written English portion of the TOEFL test.
TOEFL_W_Structure_Writing number(6,2) The applicant’s test score for the structure /writing portion of the TOEFL test.
HS_English_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the number of high school units of English the applicant completed.

HS_For_Lang1_Units number(5,2) The number of high school units of a foreign language the applicant completed.
HS_For_Lang2_Units number(5,2) The number of high school units of a second foreign language the applicant completed.
HS_For_Lang3_Units number(5,2) The number of high school units of a third foreign language the applicant completed.
HS_Algebra_Units number(5,2) The number of high school units of algebra the applicant completed.
HS_Geometry_Units number(5,2) The number of high school units of geometry the applicant completed.
HS_Other_Science_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the number of high school units of science other than biology, chemistry, and physics the applicant completed.

HS_Other_Math_Units number(5,2) The number of high school math units other than algebra and geometry the applicant completed.
HS_Biology_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the number of high school units of biology the applicant completed.

HS_Chemistry_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the number of high school units of chemistry the applicant completed.

HS_Physics_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the number of high school units of physics the applicant completed.

HS_Social_Studies_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the number of high school units of social studies the applicant completed.

HS_Other_Acad_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the number of high school academic units the applicant completed not included in any other category.

HS_Total_Acad_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the total number of high school units of the applicant completed..

HS_Total_Nonacad_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the number of high school non-academic units the applicant completed.

HS_Total_Units number(5,2) As of Summer 2012 (term 1126) the field has no values because the information is no longer being collected.

Prior to 1126 the value refelects the total number of high school units of the applicant completed.

Program_Action varchar2(4) The application decision.
Valid values are:
ADMT = Admit
ADRV = Admission Revocation
APPL = Application
COND = Conditional Admit
DATA = Data Change
DDEF = Defer Decision
DEFR = Defer Enrollment
DEIN = Intention to Matriculate
DENY = Deny
MATR = Matriculation
PLNC = Plan Change
PRGC = Program Change
RAPP = Readmit Application
RECN = Reconsideration
WADM = Administrative Withdrawal
WAIT = Waitlist
WAOF = Waitlist Offer
WAPP = Applicant Withdrawal
Program_Action_Date DATE The date the application action was taken
Program_Action_Descr varchar2(30) Description of Program Action.
Program_Reason varchar2(4) Supporting reason for application action taken.
Examples are:
U10 = Frshmn Automated Decision
U01 = Complete – 2-4 Weeks
U20 = Postpone
U40 = Less Than 24 Credits
Program_Reason_Descr varchar2(30) Full description of Program Reason
Extract_Date_Time DATE The date and time these data were extracted.
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