“I don’t need help with my college application,” said nobody ever. The Common Application (Common App) is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants use to apply to over 650 ...

BOSTON — Elijah Corbin Irving, the son of a single mother in Boston, was perplexed when he tried to fill out his online college application. The 18-year-old high school senior is African-American, but ...

Editor’s note: The following article was contributed by Marine Corps Community Services. The content may be edited for clarity, style and length. Find more at http ...

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 ...

Ever since 15 private colleges and universities teamed up to launch the Common App 50 years ago, the college admissions form has shifted practices and technology to meet the changing needs of ...

When applying to college, many students and their families wish there was a magic solution to make things easier. The ...

GALESBURG, Ill. — A local community college is one of the first nationwide to be part of the Common App platform. Students can now apply to Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg with the Common App. The ...

A new report from the Common App finds that the college-transfer process, long promoted as a way to help disadvantaged students earn four-year degrees, disproportionately serves students who are ...

The Common Application significantly increased the number of low-income and underrepresented minority students receiving private scholarships during the 2023-24 admissions cycle by enhancing outreach ...

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 ...

The nonprofit organization behind the Common Application, a single form that students can fill out to apply to any college that uses it, announced this week that, starting next year, it will no longer ...