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ASU announced last month that incoming freshman can now apply to the University via the Common Application in addition to the University's traditional application method. The University's adoption of ...

The Common Application -- love it or hate it -- is a force in American higher education. It has been criticized for (allegedly) encouraging colleges to sacrifice an original essay question for one ...

The Common App is a shared application system that is used by just under 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States, and roughly 70 international institutions. Last year, the Common App ...

Applying for college can be one of the most stressful parts of a high schooler’s life. It entails hours of document wrangling, rewriting the same personal essay over and over and prepping for ...

If applying to college weren't already nerve-wracking enough, some students are now facing major technical glitches when they try to apply. Problems with the online version of the Common Application ...

Applying to multiple colleges used to be a tedious, time-consuming task. Each school had its own application form and its own slightly different set of required fields. Applying to 12 colleges meant ...

Just for a moment, forget all the glitches. Forget the panicked high-school students who couldn’t log in to submit their applications or who saw their essays garbled. Forget the parents who paid the ...

Update: As of 7:30am ET on October 15, the Common App is up and running. This story was updated on Tuesday to resolve confusion regarding CSS Profile deadlines and requirements. Has the Common App ...

The Common Application and the Universal College Application are switching up their applications for this upcoming school year, and they're making a change much bigger than just adding a few new essay ...