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 ...

What is the Common App? The Common App began as a way to simplify the college application process for both domestic and international students. It was started by 15 colleges who decided to “pool” ...

The Common Application, a platform where students can apply to multiple colleges and universities in one go, once carried the reputation of only serving students interested in private, highly ...

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 ...

Instead of seeking exemptions, IU voluntarily eliminated, suspended or merged 249 low enrollment programs from IU campuses on July 1, 2025. At IU Bloomington, 116 degree programs faced changes. Out of ...

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 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 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 ...