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Collect, Read & Score Applications

Manual application review is slow, inconsistent, and unsustainable at volume. Bolt agents screen every application for fraud the moment it's submitted, complete the first read, score it against your rubric, and hand your team a clean file ready for a final decision. Every read is a second read.

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Build Your Application

Easily build your application with customizable steps, fields, checklists, supplemental forms — and optional in-app ID verification to ensure submissions come from real applicants. Publish it on a branded site where an AI-powered Admissions Advisor Agent offers 24/7 guidance.

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Set Up Decisioning

Organize your review process with simple stages and statuses that fit how your institution admits students, whether you follow a traditional admissions cycle or accept applications year-round.

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Launch Bolt Agents for Fraud Detection and First Reads

Activate the Fraud Detector agent to screen each application the moment it's submitted and flag anything that looks suspicious. Then the Application Reader agent completes the first read — applying your rubric, scoring key components, and summarizing what reviewers need to know. Your team picks up at the decision, not the data entry.

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Decide and Admit

Now your team can review the scores, summaries, and materials to make the final call or move the student forward. Open enrollment schools can clear students quickly because reviews happen almost instantly.

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Let Bolt Handle Transcript Evaluation

Use the Transcript Evaluation agent to review transcripts as soon as they arrive. It extracts the academic details you need and summarizes them for quick review. The structured data makes it easier to pass clean information directly into your SIS.

See How Bolt Agents Cut Your Application Review Time

Talk to us about your admissions process and we'll show you exactly how Bolt agents handle first reads, fraud detection, and transcript evaluation at your institution.

Application Review Is Just One Part of the Admissions Engine

Bolt agents work across the full admissions funnel — from prospect outreach through application reading to yield campaigns. Each stage connects to the next so decisions happen faster and more students enroll.

Why an Agentic Approach Works Better

Faster. Fairer. Always Ready.

With AI agents handling fraud detection, first reads, transcript evaluation, and reminders, your application workflow stays consistent, accurate, and efficient — no matter how many applications arrive.

Consistent Reviews, Every Time

Faster First Reads and Scoring

Less Manual Work for Staff

More Confident Decisions

Flexible for Any Admissions Model

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