Released: August 11, 2026
For schools that run multiple application sites for the same application, such as one site per campus location, Element451 now remembers which site each student registered from. When a student returns to check on their application, the login links in autoresponder emails, magic links, and login tokens all take them back to the site they originally applied through. Previously, these re-entry points could fall back to a default site, landing students on a location they never selected. Internal users see the same fix: Log in as User now opens the student's original application site.
đ¨ Important: This change applies to new registrations only. Applications registered before August 11, 2026 do not have an origin site backfilled, so students returning to those applications will continue to land on the default application site. Their next new registration will store its site and re-enter correctly.
Application site stored at registration: When a student registers, the application now records which application site they came from. Before this update, the site of origin was not persisted anywhere on the application.
Return links honor the original site: Autoresponder links, magic links, and login tokens are built using the stored site, so returning students land on the site they applied through instead of a default site.
Log in as User opens the matching site: When an internal user logs in as a student from their application, they are taken to the same location site the student used, so staff see exactly what the student sees.
Students at multi-campus institutions are now routed to the correct location's site when they return to their application; they see the campus they chose at every step. Admissions teams also spend less time fielding confusion from applicants who landed on an unfamiliar site, and can troubleshoot with confidence knowing Log in as User mirrors the student's actual experience.