CLAVA · peer Slate instances, graded · internal

configured for · Yale SOM

Peer catalogue & live brand preview

Internal arbiter + baseline. Every verified Slate instance, graded on Build-out (how fully the Slate surface is branded) × Lean (efficiency), with each school's real brand rendered on a Slate apply page in our sim. "Iron sharpens iron" — embargoed · internal only · 2026-06-26.

102 peers + us · 11 peers reach Build-out A · only 8/102 bold the form label (validates #159) · peer median 6.2 KB gzip vs our 32.7 KB shipped (we carry 5 instances + multi-tier + full a11y).
★ Our candidate (the baseline)

Yale SOM — our candidate build.css (shipped)

Business / MBA
Build-out A Lean C 32.7 KB shipped
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label
Peers (102)

ArtCenter College of Design

Arts · music · design
Build-out C Lean B 4.6 KB
neue haas groteskneue helvetica
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Adds external site JS (/artcenter.js) plus Google gtag analytics on top of the standard Slate build. Brand fonts Neue Haas Grotesk / Neue Helvetica. CNAME cluster.technolutions.net.

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

Arts · music · design
Build-out B Lean B 2.4 KB
obviously wideobviously variablespace grotesk
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3. /account/register also verified (sigHits:4, title 'Register Account'). Art/film/music/theater/dance.

Curtis Institute of Music

Arts · music · design
Build-out D Lean B 2.5 KB
helvetica nowcurtis
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Custom 'Curtis' display face alongside Helvetica Now; otherwise standard build.css + build-mobile-global. CNAME cluster.technolutions.net.

Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI)

Arts · music · design
Build-out C Lean A 5.6 KB
kcairubikfutura pt n
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:4. build.css/build-fonts.css served WITHOUT cache token (cacheTokenStyle:null). Loads an extra /caz2nfo.js.

Manhattan School of Music

Arts · music · design
Build-out F Lean A 25.9 KB
graphik
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Lean build; single brand font (Graphik). Standard build.css + build-mobile-global. CNAME cluster.technolutions.net.

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

Arts · music · design
Build-out B Lean C 6.8 KB
tiempostheinhardt
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:4. Notable: loads /shared/branding-addons.css and /shared/scripts.js beyond the standard build set.

New England Conservatory

Arts · music · design
Build-out F Lean B 2.2 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Minimal setup — no resolved build-fonts (build-fonts.css present but no @font-face faces surfaced), relying on platform/system type. CNAME cluster.technolutions.net.

Otis College of Art and Design

Arts · music · design
Build-out C Lean C 6.7 KB
forzaunivers
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Heaviest CSS stack: external Monotype fast.fonts.net sheet + a CommonApp override sheet (/incoming/commonapp/new-css-for-slate.css) + optimized-build.css. Brand fonts Forza/Univers. Verified isSlate on /account/register (the /apply/ page scored only 2 sig hits but same host/stack). CNAME cluster.technolutions.net.

Pratt Institute

Arts · music · design
Build-out C Lean A 2.5 KB
graphiktiempos textmunson grotesque
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Clean minimal Slate setup (only base + build-fonts + build.css, no mobile-global sheet). Brand fonts Graphik/Tiempos/Munson Grotesque. CNAME cluster.technolutions.net.

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

Arts · music · design
Build-out C Lean B 4.3 KB
modern pictogramsrisd sansrisd serif complete
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Own RISD-branded typefaces; ships an extra design-system layer (build-base-override.css + global-v2/static/style.css) on top of the standard build.css. CNAME cluster3.technolutions.net.

Ringling College of Art and Design

Arts · music · design
Build-out A Lean A 2.7 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:4. /apply/ also verified (sigHits:3, title 'Application Management', loads /apply/base.js).

The Juilliard School

Arts · music · design
Build-out B Lean C 87.9 KB
univers lt
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:4. Conservatory (music/dance/drama). Register page.

The New School

Arts · music · design
Build-out F Lean B 4.5 KB
neueneue displayneue display random
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

, status 200, isSlate true.

Chicago Booth

Business / MBA
Build-out F Lean A 0.4 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

heavy main-site shell (the shell research flagged overflow risk); control left mostly native (Arial 12px)

Columbia Business School

Business / MBA
Build-out C Lean D 5.9 KB
neue haas grotesk displayneue haas grotesk text
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sans text face for both label + control; label still non-bold

Dartmouth Tuck

Business / MBA
Build-out F Lean A 6.1 KB
trade gothica love of thunderregular
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

leaner shell; Google-hosted Bitter font per shell research; versioned (not timestamp) token

Duke University — Fuqua School of Business

Business / MBA
Build-out D Lean B 4.4 KB
gibson
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Duke Fuqua MBA admissions. sigHits:3, status 200. Apply portal (apply/base.js). Clean canonical Slate build, but build.css served WITHOUT a cache token (cacheTokenStyle:null) while build-fonts carries one. Host resolved via web search.

Harvard Business School

Business / MBA
Build-out C Lean D 8.2 KB
trade gothic
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

best-in-class per our shell research; near-twin of Yale (serif prose label, lighter); loads its own design-system.css

MIT Sloan

Business / MBA
Build-out F Lean A 1.6 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

minimal shell — single build.css, no build-fonts/mobile-global; reliable but least continuous with the main site

Northwestern University — Kellogg School of Management

Business / MBA
Build-out C Lean A 3 KB
robotoroboto slab
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Kellogg MBA admissions. sigHits:4, status 200. Loads an extra /shared/application-build.css beyond the canonical build set. /apply/ redirects to the marketing site; /register/applicationcreation is also Slate (sigHits:6, title 'Begin your Kellogg application', register/default.css + register/embed.css). Host resolved via web search.

NYU Stern School of Business

Business / MBA
Build-out F Lean B 63.1 KB
gotham agotham ssm agotham xnarrow a
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

/account/register returns 200.

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Business / MBA
Build-out D Lean B 1.4 KB
news gothic bt
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Probe to /account/register 302-redirected to /account/login and returned status 503 (a Slate 'Error' interstitial), but the Slate fingerprint is unambiguous — s

Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University

Business / MBA
Build-out C Lean B 42.2 KB
open sans
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

/account/register returns 200. /apply/ also verified (sigHits:3, title 'Program Application', loads /apply/base.js).

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Business / MBA
Build-out D Lean B 4.5 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Business-school-specific Slate instance. Loads framework/base.css + shared/base.css + a versioned shared/build2026v1.css build sheet, with a dedicated Typekit Freight font sheet (shared/fonts-typekit-freight.css). No build-fonts.css; fonts pulled via Typekit so the probe sheet exposed no @font-face families. IP 34.198.

UVA Darden School of Business

Business / MBA
Build-out C Lean A 3.8 KB
museo sanscalvert mtstdsocialico
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

/account/register returns 200. Serves /shared/build.css.

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Business / MBA
Build-out A Lean C 10 KB
vc grid vacuminprocondacuminpro
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

apply.wharton.upenn.edu did not resolve; grad-admissions host verified via a public portal page (portal/render.css + layout.css present).

Choate Rosemary Hall

International · grad · fellowship
Build-out B Lean A 16 KB
latolatoboldfs redactor font
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Canonical default-branding stack, but build.css/build-fonts.css/build-mobile-global.css are served WITHOUT any cache token (cacheTokenStyle:null) — like KCAI/Princeton/Yale-undergr

Institute of International Education (IIE) — Fulbright & international scholarship programs

International · grad · fellowship
Build-out F Lean A 0.5 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Minimal Slate shell: serves only framework/base.css + shared/base.css + shared/build.css — NO build-fonts.css and NO build-mobile-global.css (and no /ping). One of the leanest stac

Loomis Chaffee School

International · grad · fellowship
Build-out C Lean B 11.5 KB
latolatoboldlatolight
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

, status 200, isSlate true. Landed on summer-program register page.

Phillips Exeter Academy

International · grad · fellowship
Build-out D Lean A 11.9 KB
lyon text weblyon display webgraphik web
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

, status 200, isSlate true. Serves /shared/build.css.

QuestBridge

International · grad · fellowship
Build-out D Lean B 39.3 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Notable: loads its own /static/css/slate.css custom sheet on top of the standard build set, AND pulls Alpine.js v3.13.10 + the Alpine focus plugin from a CDN (/npm/...) for client-

St. Paul's School (Concord, NH)

International · grad · fellowship
Build-out C Lean A 2.1 KB
proxima novaeditor
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Clean canonical Slate default-branding build (framework/base + shared/base + build-fonts + build + build-mobile-global), no custom sheets or extra vendor JS, no /ping. The textbook

The Hotchkiss School

International · grad · fellowship
Build-out F Lean B 1.8 KB
nimbus sans lboldnimbus sans lregular
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

, status 200, isSlate true.

The Lawrenceville School

International · grad · fellowship
Build-out D Lean B 16.9 KB
fs redactor fontico moon
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

, status 200, isSlate true.

University of Toronto (Office of the Vice-Provost / central admissions)

International · grad · fellowship
Build-out C Lean A 1.8 KB
arvoarcherpopulaire
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

International (Canada) — runs on Slate's Canadian region cluster (cluster.ca-central-1.technolutions.net). Richest typeface fingerprint of the cluster: Arvo, Archer, Populaire, Liberation Sans via build-fonts.css, plus an institution sheet shared/build-utfs.css and gtag analytics.

Columbia Law School

Law
Build-out D Lean A 2.9 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Dedicated law-school apply portal on apply.law.<school>.edu pattern.

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Law
Build-out F Lean A 1.8 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Heavily custom-themed portal (bootstrap + jquery-ui + Typekit jra8nyh.css layered over Slate framework/build.css).

NYU School of Law

Law
Build-out F Lean A 0.4 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Notable: serves build.css from a /dev/ folder rather than the usual /shared/ — build.css at /dev/build.css and /dev/build-mobile-global.css.

Vanderbilt University

Law
Build-out C Lean A 14 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:2, status 200. Same host also serves Slate /register/ (Event Registration) and /portal/apply (Application Management Portal, with portal/render.css+layo

Wake Forest University School of Law

Law
Build-out C Lean C 2.9 KB
loraopen sanspathway gothic one
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Clean default-branding-style stack (framework + shared/base + build-fonts + build + build-mobile-global).

Yale Law School

Law
Build-out A Lean D 12.6 KB
ralewayplayfair
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Standard Slate apply shell (framework/base.css + shared/build.css + build-fonts.css + build-mobile-global), timestamp cache token. Law-school-scoped Slate front door (admissions.law.yale.edu). One of the few top-14 law schools NOT routing JD admissions solely through LSAC at a guessable host.

Amherst College

Liberal arts
Build-out D Lean A 1.2 KB
setimo
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status:200. Application Management portal (apply/base.js present).

Bates College

Liberal arts
Build-out C Lean C 86.4 KB
neue frutigersabon next
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Clean canonical Slate default-branding build; loads an extra /analytics.js.

Bowdoin College

Liberal arts
Build-out F Lean A 47 KB
mr eaves xl sansmrs eaves xl serif
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Apply portal on admissions.bowdoin.edu (apply.bowdoin.edu did not resolve). Clean canonical Slate default-branding build (framework + shared/base + build-fonts + build + build-mobile-global).

Davidson College

Liberal arts
Build-out B Lean C 7.4 KB
nunito sansrubikiconfont
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Apply portal on admission.davidson.edu (singular). Clean canonical Slate default-branding build.

Grinnell College

Liberal arts
Build-out C Lean B 2.5 KB
futura ptfreight text
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, but status:503 — probe to /apply/ 302-redirected to /account/login and Slate served an 'Error' interstitial. Fingerprint unambiguous (full Slate folders served: build.css, build-fonts.css, framework/base.*). Clean canonical Slate build.

Hamilton College

Liberal arts
Build-out C Lean C 5.6 KB
ssstandardsssocial
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, but status:503 — probe to /apply/ 302-redirected to /account/login and Slate served an 'Error' interstitial. Fingerprint unambiguous (full Slate folders served). Notable: HEAVILY custom-themed — own /shared/HamiltonStyles.css, an Adobe Typekit sheet (/bsz3hrw.css), a /v22 site theme (site.css+site.js), /assets/fonts/fonts.css, and a sitemanager CMS cookie-consent layer over the Slate build.

Haverford College

Liberal arts
Build-out D Lean A 33.2 KB
fs redactor fontlato
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Apply portal on admission.haverford.edu (singular). Clean canonical Slate default-branding build.

Middlebury College

Liberal arts
Build-out A Lean B 27.6 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Notable: MINIMAL shell — single /shared/build.css, NO build-fonts.css and NO build-mobile-global.css (fontsSheet:null). cacheTokenStyle:null (build.css served without a ?v= token). Loads an extra /shared/build.js.

Mount Holyoke College

Liberal arts
Build-out D Lean A 10.1 KB
sssocialssstandardars maquette web
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Apply portal on admission.mtholyoke.edu (singular). Notable: layers an Adobe Typekit sheet (/rjq7xyj.css + /rjq7xyj.js), a /shared/custom.css override, and Font Awesome 6.1.1 over the Slate build. build.css served without a cache token (cacheTokenStyle:null).

Pomona College

Liberal arts
Build-out C Lean C 62.1 KB
futuraptgalliard
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status:200. Note: cacheTokenStyle 'versioned' (differs from the 'timestamp' style of the others). apply.pomona.edu kept failing; admissions.pomona.ed

Smith College

Liberal arts
Build-out F Lean A 4.1 KB
merriweathergotham ssm asentinel ssm a
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Clean canonical Slate default-branding build; loads /gtag/js (GA).

Swarthmore College

Liberal arts
Build-out D Lean A 2.6 KB
larsseitfreight
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:4, status:200.

Vassar College

Liberal arts
Build-out C Lean B 1.6 KB
source sans variablesource sans
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:4, status:200. Uses Adobe Typekit (/ziz2qik.css) + Font Awesome 6.1.1 alongside Slate build-fonts.

Wellesley College

Liberal arts
Build-out A Lean B 6.5 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, but status:503 — Slate served its own error/maintenance page (still serving full Slate folders: build.css, build-fonts.css, framework/base.*). Probe

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Medical / health
Build-out C Lean B 4.1 KB
avenir ltpmncaeciliapmncaecilia it
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Public health graduate admissions. sigHits:4. Clean canonical Slate build (build.css + build-fonts.css + framework/base).

Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Medical / health
Build-out D Lean B 1.7 KB
noto sansavenirbitter
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Nursing school admissions. sigHits:4. Clean canonical Slate build.

Johns Hopkins University (graduate admissions; serves School of Nursing & Bloomberg School of Public Health)

Medical / health
Build-out C Lean B 3.8 KB
font custom
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

JHU shared graduate-admissions Slate that includes its health programs (Nursing, Bloomberg Public Health). sigHits:4. Note custom layer: JHG-custom-form-styles.

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Medical / health
Build-out F Lean B 0.5 KB
fira sanslora
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Medical school admissions. sigHits:4. Clean canonical Slate build.

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

Medical / health
Build-out C Lean B 16.7 KB
open sans
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Dental medicine admissions (health profession). sigHits:4. Clean canonical Slate build.

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Medical / health
Build-out D Lean A 0.6 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Nursing graduate admissions. sigHits:3. Slate build.css present alongside LiveWhale CMS theme CSS injected into the register page (note no build-fonts.css; font

Boston College

Private university
Build-out B Lean D 11.2 KB
utopiaopen sansutopia display
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Canonical Slate build but build.css served with a '?modified=' token (mapped cacheTokenStyle:null since it is neither the standard versioned nor timestamp form) and build-fonts.css

Brown University

Private university
Build-out C Lean A 23.3 KB
vitesse ssm achronicle ssm acircular
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Undergraduate College apply portal. apply.brown.edu and applybrown.brown.edu failed to fetch; apply.college.brown.edu is the live Slate h

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Private university
Build-out D Lean A 15.1 KB
helvetica neue
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Layers an Adobe Typekit sheet (/rqn7kcn.css) + Font Awesome 6.1.1 (/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.1.1/css/all.min.css) over the canonical Slate build set, plus an extra hashed enhanceme

Carnegie Mellon University (university-wide admission)

Private university
Build-out F Lean A 3.6 KB
open sans
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Clean canonical Slate stack with build-fonts.css; Open Sans. CMU runs multiple Slate instances on separate technolutions clusters (also apply.heinz.cmu.edu and apply.tepper.cmu.edu, both isSlate); admission.cmu.edu is the university-wide front door.

Case Western Reserve University — School of Graduate Studies

Private university
Build-out C Lean B 4.3 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Canonical Slate stack with build-fonts.css plus an institution-specific form sheet (shared/cwru-form-styles83.css). build-fonts loaded but no family surfaced on the register page. CNAMEs to cluster.technolutions.net.

Columbia College (Columbia University undergraduate admissions)

Private university
Build-out D Lean A 2.6 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Apply landing pulls in React 16.12.0 + ReactDOM from a CDN as part of the application chrome (rare among peers). On this entry page only framework/base.css + shared/base.css were e

Dartmouth College

Private university
Build-out D Lean C 437.6 KB
apex newapex serif
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Apply portal. (Added from extended elite-private batch — Ivy peer.)

Georgetown University (Graduate School of Arts & Sciences)

Private university
Build-out F Lean D 22.6 KB
adobe caslonfutura pt
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Clean canonical Slate default-branding build (no custom/typekit layer). apply.georgetown.edu did not resolve as Slate; gradapply host is the live instance. sigHits:3.

Georgetown University (undergraduate admissions)

Private university
Build-out D Lean C 305.7 KB
adobe caslonpragmatica web
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Georgetown undergraduate admissions — distinct from gradapply.georgetown.edu (Graduate School of Arts & Sciences) already in the registry. sigHits:3, status 200. Clean canonical Slate default-branding build. Host resolved via web search.

Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)

Private university
Build-out C Lean A 13.3 KB
archivo narrowregular
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Clean canonical Slate build. Notable: cacheTokenStyle 'versioned' (build.css?v=<short>) rather than the 'timestamp' style on most peers; a separate Harvard Slate tenant from HBS (a

Harvard University (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

Private university
Build-out B Lean D 6.9 KB
open sansrobotodloom font
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. Slate PORTAL page (portal/render.css + portal/layout.css present). GSAS grad admissions.

Lehigh University

Private university
Build-out B Lean F 14.4 KB
besleymeursault variableinter variable
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Canonical Slate build with a Feather-icons enhancement script (/feather-icons) injected alongside apply/base.js. sigHits:3.

New York University — Tandon School of Engineering

Private university
Build-out A Lean C 54.1 KB
mercury displaygothamgotham a
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Notable custom override layer: loads /Assets/sp-slate-source.css (a bespoke 'slate-source' sheet in a non-standard /Assets/ folder) on top of the canonical Slate build. Distinct fr

Northeastern University (university admissions)

Private university
Build-out D Lean B 1.9 KB
lato
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Most built-out of the cluster: Slate core plus its own Tailwind sheet (shared/tailwind.css), index.css, and two external design-system bundles loaded as JS (global-elements/dist/js/index.umd.js and kernl-ui/dist/js/index.umd.js). Lato via build-fonts.css. timestamp cache-token.

Rice University (Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies)

Private university
Build-out B Lean C 5.9 KB
cinzeltrajan ntrajan
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Clean canonical Slate build (framework + shared/base + build-fonts + build + build-mobile-global). Loads one extra hashed enhancement script (/vbr0pqk.js). apply.rice.edu (undergra

Stanford University (graduate admissions)

Private university
Build-out A Lean D 6.2 KB
source sanssource serifroboto slab
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Clean canonical Slate default-branding stack (framework + shared/base + build-fonts + build-mobile-global + build). No /ping emitted on this capture. Contrast with Stanford GSB (ap

Stanford University (undergraduate admission)

Private university
Build-out C Lean B 4.7 KB
source sansoffense
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Probe to /apply/ 302-redirected to /account/login and returned a Slate 503 'Error' interstitial, but the Slate fingerprint is unambiguous. Notable custom layer: a /assets/cardinal/

Tulane University

Private university
Build-out B Lean C 14.6 KB
freight sansfreight sans cndfreight sans cnd med
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Custom-branded apply portal (title 'Green Wave Portal'). Layers an Adobe Typekit sheet (/nos1vdb.css) over the Slate build; cacheTokenStyle 'versioned' (vs 'timestamp' on most peer

University of Pennsylvania — Weitzman School of Design (graduate admissions)

Private university
Build-out B Lean C 10.5 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Notable bespoke top-level stylesheet /weitzman-screen.css (school-named custom sheet) sits in place of the usual /shared/build.css + build-fonts on the register page; loads a hashe

Yale University

Private university
Build-out A Lean B 9.2 KB
leelawadee ui websegoe ui web (arabic)segoe ui web (cyrillic)
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

sigHits:3, status 200. apply.yale.edu redirects to apps.admissions.yale.edu (Slate). Undergrad apply portal.

Yale University (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences central admissions tenant)

Private university
Build-out C Lean B 31.1 KB
yale designthe sansthe sans lining figures
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Canonical Slate stack with its own build-fonts.css carrying Yale brand type (Yale Design, The Sans, The Sans Lining Figures). versioned cache-token (build.css?v=). This is the central Yale grad tenant, separate from the Yale SOM Slate instances in our baseline; it is the verified Slate front door reachable for Yale med

Michigan State University

Public university
Build-out C Lean B 10.7 KB
metropolis
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Single-typeface brand setup — Metropolis via build-fonts.css over the standard framework/base + shared/build seam. Carries a per-instance /script.js plus /ping heartbeat. (MSU's admissions.msu.edu marketing site is a separate Next.js/Sitecore app; explore.msu.edu is the Slate application front door.)

North Carolina State University

Public university
Build-out C Lean B 8.2 KB
glyphauniverslato
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Clean Slate default-branding apply portal.

Pennsylvania State University

Public university
Build-out D Lean C 4.5 KB
open sansrobotoroboto slab
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Clean Slate default-branding apply portal.

Purdue University

Public university
Build-out D Lean A 2.4 KB
franklin gothicsource serifacumin
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Slate apply portal. /fey4jem.css is a Typekit/Adobe Fonts sheet. cacheTokenStyle 'versioned' (vs 'timestamp' on most peers).

University of California, Berkeley

Public university
Build-out A Lean B 45.4 KB
freight sansfreight microopen sans
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Slate shared/build chrome wrapped inside a WordPress site (loads wp-includes/hoverIntent + wp-content QuadMenu plugin JS) plus an Adobe Fonts/Typekit kit (/ixk1zbq.js). sigHits:4.

University of California, Davis

Public university
Build-out B Lean A 14.9 KB
system / no font sheet
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Minimal/lean shell: serves build.css + build-mobile-global.css but NO build-fonts.css (fontsSheet null) - uses platform default typeface. sigHits:3.

University of California, Irvine (Graduate Division)

Public university
Build-out C Lean B 9.4 KB
robotoroboto slabnon breaking space override
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Clean canonical Slate default-branding build. Graduate Division on the apply.grad.<school>.edu pattern (same shape as UCLA grad). sigHits:4.

University of California, Los Angeles (Graduate Division)

Public university
Build-out C Lean B 166.7 KB
proxima nova
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Clean canonical Slate default-branding build (framework + shared/base + build-fonts + build + build-mobile-global). Graduate Division on the apply.grad.<school>.edu pattern. Loads

University of Florida (Office of Admissions / Slate)

Public university
Build-out A Lean D 6.3 KB
anybodyibm plex sansroboto
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UF's public Slate front door (grad public app itself routes through CollegeNET; this is the Slate admissions instance). Rich custom typeface stack via build-fonts.css — Obviously + Obviously Compressed display faces plus IBM Plex Sans / Roboto / Anybody. Standard framework/base + shared/build seam, minimal external JS

University of Georgia

Public university
Build-out A Lean D 223.9 KB
system / no font sheet
control borderfocus ringform-scopedaccent-colorbold label

Slate undergraduate apply portal. Wraps Slate shared/build chrome inside a WordPress (admissionsuga) header/footer theme.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Graduate College

Public university
Build-out C Lean B 1.9 KB
latomontserratroboto
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Carries an institutional design-system sheet/script pair (/3/toolkit.css + /3/toolkit.js) layered over the Slate framework/base + shared/build seam, plus /skipto.min.js for skip-nav a11y. Font stack Lato/Montserrat/Roboto/Source Sans (one declared with an !important the probe captured verbatim).

University of Kentucky

Public university
Build-out C Lean A 8.1 KB
loramuli
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Slate apply portal. Note: no /ping script present in this capture (peers usually emit it).

University of Maryland (Office of Undergraduate Admissions / Slate)

Public university
Build-out B Lean B 3.4 KB
system / no font sheet
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UMD's apply.umd.edu Slate front door (grad school uses a Drupal landing that hands off to Slate). Adds a bespoke shared/headerStyle.css on top of the standard framework/base + shared/build + build-fonts.css seam; no exposed font fingerprint.

University of Minnesota Graduate School

Public university
Build-out B Lean B 3.4 KB
system / no font sheet
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Bootstrap-based portal shell over Slate — bundles shared/bootstrap.min.css + bootstrap.min.js plus several bespoke shared/ menu+dialog scripts (menu-icons, menu-scroll, body-buttons, dialogcustomizations) and FontAwesome v5.6.3. /portal/grad_app is the live grad application portal. No exposed font fingerprint.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School

Public university
Build-out C Lean A 2.4 KB
system / no font sheet
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Graduate-school Slate front door (per UNC ConnectCarolina Slate docs). Standard framework/base + shared/build + build-fonts.css; carries an obfuscated per-instance script (/muu8ozh.js). No exposed font fingerprint.

University of South Carolina

Public university
Build-out C Lean B 17.4 KB
berlingske sansberlingske sans extracondensedberlingske serif
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Clean Slate default-branding apply portal.

University of Texas at Austin Graduate School

Public university
Build-out B Lean D 34.7 KB
system / no font sheet
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Graduate-school-wide Slate instance; build-fonts.css present but no fingerprint exposed. Heavy external JS (Google CSE /cse.js, GTM, FB sdk.js, analytics.js) layered on the standard framework/base + shared/build seam. Portal app path (/portal/app) live.

University of Virginia (central graduate application)

Public university
Build-out F Lean A 0.5 KB
system / no font sheet
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Minimal central grad Slate setup — only framework/base + shared/base + shared/build, NO build-fonts.css sheet at all (system-font / bespoke-typography minimal archetype). UVA also runs a separate professional-school Slate at apply.darden.virginia.edu (museo sans / calvert mtstd / socialico).

University of Washington Graduate School (serves Foster + all grad programs)

Public university
Build-out D Lean B 317.3 KB
system / no font sheet
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University-wide graduate Slate portal (serves Foster grad admissions among all UW grad programs; no Foster-specific Slate subdomain resolves). Standard Slate stack: framework/base.css, shared/base.css, shared/build.css plus shared/build-mobile-global.css/.js (explicit mobile-global build pair). cacheTokenStyle=timestam

University of Wisconsin-Madison (Graduate School)

Public university
Build-out C Lean B 3.5 KB
red hat displayred hat text
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Clean canonical Slate default-branding build. build-fonts.css served WITHOUT a cache token while build.css is versioned. /apply/ also verified (sigHits:3, title 'Application Manage

Grades are descriptive, not pass/fail. Build-out: A = heavily-branded design system, F = near-native default Slate. Lean reuses the Auditor/Atelier leanScore engine (same grades everywhere). Our weight is the shipped size (comments stripped on serve). Previews swap only the brand build.css over a fixed Slate platform base; peer type falls back to system (the typeface is labelled). Peer CSS is stored internally (gitignored), never redistributed. Populate previews: npm run slate:css-analyze -- --registry --store.