The Common Application: Questions and Answers - Part 1

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This fall, 392 colleges and universities will use the Common Application for admissions; 122 schools will use it exclusively. With numbers like these, you can't afford not to know how to use the Common App and use it well. Join the Eileen Wilkinson and Kristin Keating from PrepMatters Educational Counseling Department as we discuss the online and paper components of the Common Application:
-What's new about the Common App this year
-How to tailor the application for different schools
-Tips and strategies to help your application shine
-Common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid

Let us help you make your Common Application anything but common!

Part 1 of 4, originally aired July 28, 2009

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Common Application
• College Admissions
• college
• applications
• senior
• applying to college

[briantono]

need help, i just made an account and realized that i have made a dreadful mistake. i tick the box that said i am suppose to enroll in 2010, but i am suppose to enroll for uni in 2011, and i cannot untick the box, throught updating my account, how do i fix this.

[PrepMatters]

Unfortunately, once you've registered, you won't be able to change that. You'll just have to create a new account and ditch the first.

[fernando306]

You can skip the initial five minutes!

[MesmerozaLou]

if you know... what should we do if we do not receive a confirmation email that our app has been submitted, even though the common app shows a submitted status for the specified college?