2022-2023 Common Application Essay Prompts
2022-2023 Common Application Essay Prompts The Common Application has released the 2022-2023 essay prompts. So what will be the Personal Statement questions posed to next year’s batch of applicants? We...
View ArticleThe Common Application Addresses Systemic Racism
The Common Application Addresses Systemic Racism Over the years, we’ve been quite critical of The Common Application. We’re especially vocal around college admissions deadlines since The Common App....
View Article2021-2022 Common Application Going Live
2021-2022 Common Application Going Live For rising high school seniors, know that The Common Application will go live on August 1st. And what does this mean? It means students can start filling in...
View ArticleThe Virtue Signaling of The Common Application
The Virtue Signaling of The Common Application When you’re feeling blue about the state of our country and the heinous acts of sedition committed at the United States Capitol this week by a group of...
View ArticleThe Glitches of The Common Application
The Glitches of The Common Application Over the years, we’ve chided The Common Application for their technical glitches, for asking a question that at times disadvantaged underrepresented minorities,...
View ArticleCommon App Needs a Reality Check
Common App Needs a Reality Check It’s not April Fools’ Day. The Common Application announced today that they’ve developed a mobile version of their platform. This way, students can apply to colleges on...
View ArticleCommon Application Merges with Reach Higher
Common Application Merges with Reach Higher The Common Application, the college application platform with the widest reach, has announced a merger with Reach Higher, a college access initiative begun...
View ArticleUniversities Show Support for Never Again Movement
Universities Show Support for Never Again Movement Will students who participate in #NeverAgain protests or stage walkouts at their schools in the hope of decreasing gun violence in America face...
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Differences Between Common Application and Coalition Application
Differences Between Common Application and Coalition Application Learn some key differences between the Common App. and the Coalition App. Wondering about some of the specific differences between the...
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Common Application vs. Coalition Application Numbers
Common Application vs. Coalition Application Numbers Ivy Coach is cited in today’s “Daily Pennsylvanian,” the newspaper of UPenn. While the Coalition Application is gaining ground on the Common...
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How to Approach the Personal Statement
How to Approach the Personal Statement There is a terrific editorial on how to approach the Personal Statement of the Common Application in “The New York Times.” Wondering how to approach the Personal...
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Common Application Is Now Live
Common Application Is Now Live The Common Application for the 2017-2018 admissions cycle is now live. The Common Application is now live, the Common Application is now live! The Redcoats are coming,...
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2017 Common Application
2017 Common Application When will the 2017 Common Application go live? The 2017 Common Application will be going live on August 1. August 1, 2017. The 2017 Common Application will unveil at the...
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Common App Criminal Question
Common App Criminal Question A piece up on “USA Today College” highlights the controversy surrounding the Common Application asking college applicants if they’ve committed crimes. We’ve written in the...
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Common Application Account
Common Application Account Students can now roll-over their Common App. accounts. For students who completed their Common Application in 2015-2016, their accounts will roll-over into 2016-2017. As...
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Common Application Roll Over
Common Application Roll Over Data entered into The Common Application in 2015-2016 can roll over into 2016-2017. So juniors can start working on their Common Applications now. High school juniors can...
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Common App Glitch
Common App Glitch A glitch on the Common Application was recently brought to our attention (photo credit: Sach1tb). It was brought to our attention that there’s a glitch with the Common App. this...
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Common Application Malfunctions
Common Application Malfunctions The Coalition for Access is a threat to the business of The Common Application. But so too are the glitches with this year’s application. For years, The Common...
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Common Application Fix
Common Application Fix The Common Application needs to allow students to form new paragraphs in their essays. We’ve called on the Common Application to make changes in the past. Sometimes they listen....
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New Alternative to Common Application
New Alternative to Common Application The proposed new alternative to the Common Application is half-baked. At best. Yesterday, we wrote about the new Coalition for Access. Today, we are quoted on the...
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