Olivier Knox is the son of college professors and worked in admissions as a student at his dream school. He has a 100% ...

Back in 1975, administrators from 15 colleges got together and decided to create one application that students could use to apply to any or all their colleges. This was the birth of the “Common App” ...

Students have a perfect opportunity, through the Common App Essay, to share any “story” of their life. Other than the Activities section, which is tightly limited by word count, the essay is the only ...

The Common App first-year essay prompts for the 2021-2022 school year will be mostly the same as the seven prompts used for 2020-2021. One question about problem-solving, however, will be dropped and ...

Jessica Crosby is a freelance writer and former teacher with expertise in high school and college admissions. She creates content for education and personal finance companies and believes that all ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about education from the inside out. Nearly half of the college applicants who used the Common Application this year ...

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 ...

As an American high school student in Colorado, Zachary Fornelius says his school held projects to help students prepare for applying to college; however, those did not help when it came to applying ...