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 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 ...

The Common App is a shared application system that is used by just under 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States, and roughly 70 international institutions. Last year, the Common App ...

When applying to college, many students and their families wish there was a magic solution to make things easier. The ...

A new report from the Common App finds that the college-transfer process, long promoted as a way to help disadvantaged students earn four-year degrees, disproportionately serves students who are ...

Even in a typical year, Aug. 1 is a big day for college admissions. It’s launch day for the Common App, the 1,000-member platform for college applications, and the beginning of many months of ...

Life just got easier for college-bound students with Rutgers on their list. New Jersey’s state university, with campuses in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden, has joined the ranks of more than 1,000 ...

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.

The Common App, the application that 1 million students use to apply to college each year, is making it possible for colleges to block a “race box,” the box a student checks to indicate their race or ...

More than 300,000 people this month received acceptance letters from at least one college or university in their state − before they had even completed their applications. The prospective students ...