Common Application Q&A: Is the Common Application for Me?

by Matt Rubinoff

This article is published in the 2014 I’m First Guide to College What is the Common Application? The Common Application is a web-based application accepted by over 500 schools in the United States and internationally. It allows you to complete one application to send...

E.D. early decision or easily distressed?

by Duylam Nguyen-Ngo, The University of Virginia , '12

Dang, you got an 84 on that Calc test? Good luck getting in YaleVardStanNceton or ColumWillBrownReedMudd [hmm, smashing college names doesn’t work as well first names]. Many of you probably applied E.D. to schools already. Some of you probably took a test and...