The phrase "applicants participated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the involvement or engagement of applicants in a particular event, study, or process.
Example: "In the recent survey, a total of 150 applicants participated to provide their feedback on the application process."
Alternatives: "candidates took part" or "applicants engaged".
"Lenders set the rates and fees and all loan applicants participate in a financial education module as part of the online loan application process," Johnston says.
So starting this year it is trying something different to lure applicants: participating in a regional program resulting in lower tuition for students from Washington, Oregon, Montana and a dozen other Western states.
All applicants participate in an extensive vetting process and are evaluated across eight criteria by leaders from throughout the field of higher education and campus health.
In order to prevent selection bias, it is important to assign participants randomly to one of both groups, however this will be very difficult as the programme is not free, and applicants participate voluntary in the development programme.
The survey consisted of four questionnaires which corresponded with the various stages of the application process – applicants who participated in the UMAT, applicants who were offered an oral assessment, applicants who were offered a place but did not accept and applicants who were offered a place and accepted.
About 55percentt of the applicants who participated in the pilot test were from Latin American countries.
Results from 163 potential applicants who participated in a combined laboratory field and between-subject/within-subject design study with two experimental conditions and two control conditions did not provide evidence that testing conditions affected test results.
For those applicants who participated in the oral interviews but did not receive and offer, the response rate was 55% (108/201), while a response rate of 74% (250/339) was obtained from those applicants who received an offer of a place.
In contrast, there were no significant differences in the academic and socio-demographic criteria between the graduate applicants who participated and those that did not and thus the argument of them being unrepresentative is less strong.
With the popularity of multiplayer online games surging, it also may be unrealistic for employers to screen for applicants who participate in them.
