The Common Application is an online college application tool that lets you apply to more than 1,000 participating universities in the United States and abroad. Developed by the nonprofit access ...

The goal of the 38-year-old Common Application has been to revolutionize the nightmarishly cumbersome and complex process of applying to college. When I was a high school student in the late 1970s, I ...

The Common App lets you apply to multiple schools through one platform. Allot several months to complete all application materials. Check with schools regarding specific application requirements. The ...

It's crunch time for the college admission season. The application deadline for many colleges and universities is fast approaching for high school seniors. Many students applying to selective colleges ...

This is the second part of a series on applying to college with the Common Application. Here is the first post: Tackling colleges' Common Application. Filling out college applications can be stressful ...

The Common Application has announced that it’s expanding its direct admissions program for the 2024–2025 application season to 116 member colleges and universities in 34 states. The full list of ...

It’s just the beginning of August, yet for many rising high school seniors Aug. 1, the date the Common Application officially opened and released its 2015-2016 application, means it’s the official end ...

The Common Application has long been used primarily by teenagers planning to enroll in college full time right after high school. But soon the online platform will evolve, its leaders say, to better ...

Use the interactive graph below to explore the expansion of the Common Application from 2001 to 2012, a period of growth over all in the number of applications to four-year colleges and universities.