The eight page Common Application comes from no specific college. It
is a generic application that can be
filled out, photocopied, and sent to any college around the country that
participates in the Common Application program.
The Common
Application saves a lot of time.
Rather than filling out a different application for each college you apply to
you can just fill out one and make a copy of it. It also makes your teacher's
and other adults lives easier as they won't have to write different letters of
recommendation for each application. If possible have the people writing your
letters of recommendation save their letters onto a computer disk or send you a
Word document so that you can easily pull up copies of their letter as you need
it.
While many schools have moved away from individualized application forms to
the common application some will have a "supplemental application"
that requests additional information.
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