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 ...

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 ...

When Robert Mason worked in recruitment at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, he spent much of his time attending college fairs and meeting with interested students. But he noticed that not all ...

The Common App allows students to submit applications to more than 1,100 higher ed institutions. But until now, none of its members were community colleges focused on granting associate degrees. The ...

Through a pilot partnership with the Illinois Community College Board, Sandburg is one of the first community colleges in the country where students can apply through the Common App, a platform that ...

Select colleges in the Southeastern United States are offering prospective students a chance to have their application fee ...

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What if you could apply to a college in your state knowing that you would be guaranteed a spot? That’s what the Common App is exploring this year with a full launch of its direct admissions program.

New York is expanding financial aid and waiving college application fees for almost 130 institutions statewide in an effort ...

In “Elite Colleges Explore Alternative to Common App” (The Chronicle, October 31), you describe how admissions officers at some of the most selective colleges are hoping to create a new online college ...

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 ...