You process in order of receipt and accept or reject an application before processing the next one. 

For example saying to look at a tenants car condition for an indication of cleanliness but later saying that you should clearly let an applicant know why they were rejected (would you tell them it's because their car was dirty)?

In the case of a felon you will reject that individual anyway.

Corey, In NY you cannot reject a person on there appearance and that includes weight.

Each application either gets rejected at that point (and you could refund screening fee then) or moves forward, and I work the application with the highest score first.  

I truly believe he is just trying to make her life hard because she rejected him.

Nonrefundable, approved or rejected.$200-$500 – additional security deposit for pets- refundable at the time of move – out if there is no damage to the property, caused by pets or their human guardians.$ 25 monthly “pet rent” – for every approved petLate fees – if rent is late – described in rental agreement after the 6th of the month a notice goes out pay or quit.

It only took one time for me to learn that it's not for me.I've found there is a strong sense of entitlement that a tenant quickly develops when they have paid a few months in advance - and evictions are already painful enough, but this makes them harder.If it were me I would reject the plan - your state may require the money to be held in a specific trust account and you probably don't want to do that.  

So I am trying to determine if it's still legal to automatically reject lawyers and law students on that basis alone?  

I had submitted about 5 deals to the company I'm signed up with, 3 of them got rejected for various reasons and I'm still waiting to hear about the other 2.