Welcome to MacNation!

Step 1

Visit the Blackbaud Login page.

Step 2

Create and sign in to your Blackbaud account.

After logging into your Blackbaud account, click on your daughter's name in the top left corner to visit her profile.

To easily access Blackbaud moving forward, hover over Quicklinks on the McAuley website, which can be found in the top left corner. Select Blackbaud Login.

Step 3

Under the Admissions progress tab, click Start to begin the Application.

Select the McAuley Admissions Application Class of 2030 and complete the application.

Step 4

Once the Admissions Application and Entrance Exam are complete, please complete the remaining task items in the checklist.

Upload your daughter’s 7th Grade Report Card, 8th Grade Report Card, 7th Grade Standardized Test Scores, and 8th Grade Standardized Test Scores individually. To request these documents from your daughter’s grade school, please submit the Release of Records Form, included in this packet, to the grade school’s main office.

To submit your daughter’s 7th Grade Report Card, click Upload file, then Attach file. Select the report card from your files, and click Save.

Repeat this process to upload the remaining required documents.

Step 5

Send the Recommendation Form to a representative from your daughter’s current school. The Recommendation Form must be completed by your daughter’s 8th grade teacher, counselor, or school principal.

To send the Recommendation Form, select Start.

Type in the school representative's name and email address, and select Send.

The school representative will automatically receive an email from Blackbaud and be prompted to complete the Recommendation Form for your daughter.

Step 6

Confirm that all steps have been completed.

Once you have sent the Recommendation Form request and submitted your daughter’s 7th and 8th grade report cards and standardized test scores, your checklist should look similar to the picture below.

If all checklist items have been submitted/requested, you have completed your part in the Mother McAuley Admissions Application process.