The Common App website will also have a new look and feel, with the "Common App" menu renamed "My Common Application" for ...

By bringing Michelle Obama’s project into its big tent, the Common Application will gain new expertise in helping low-income and first-generation students get to college.

If requested, the Common App will conceal basic information on race and ethnicity — a move that could help schools if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.

Colleges will soon have the option to hide students’ race and ethnicity information on applications submitted through Common App, according to the organization.