Tagged: "Common Application"
UCLA Application Essays: Getting it Write
The UCLA application won't go live online until October 1st. But the two questions for the personal essays are already known. We share them here along with some tips on writing those essays.
Being First is Not Necessary
Feeling anxious about the college application process? It is time to get organized!
Common Application Is Now Live!
The 2010-2011 Common Application is now available at Commonapp.org. The Common Application allows students to fill out one form on-line and submit it to over 400 member colleges and universities. Students also have access to supplemental forms required by several schools. The Common Application did make a few changes this year, which are highlighted here. [...]
New Online Application Product: More Super than the Common Application?
When I applied to colleges, my mom and I dragged out our old typewriter, stocked up on white out and got to work. Now students can complete applications online and apply to several schools at once. For years the Common Application has been the most popular method of applying to colleges electronically, but now students [...]
The Common Application and Docufide Partner to Make Applying to College Easier for Students and Their Counselors
The Common Application keeps getting easier to use, and more and more features are streamlining the process of transferring documents from schools to colleges and universities. An announcement came out the other day that Docufide will work with the Common Application to transfer transcripts directly from high schools to colleges. This is a boon for [...]
Six More Colleges Join the Universal College Application
I learned today that the Universal College Application now has over 60 institutions that accept its online application. This is a good start, and builds upon momentum that I wrote about a while back. I’m glad that the Common Application’s monopoly on online submissions may be ending. And further developments from CollegeZapps may render both [...]
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