When applying to an MBA program, it’s easy to overthink the process and unintentionally undersell yourself and your accomplishments. Often, it’s the stress of completing the application itself, which ...

At its inception, the Common Application was little more than an entity that photocopied and mailed paper applications to 15 member institutions. About thirty-five years later in the digital age, the ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. As the CEO of Command Education, I write about emotionally intelligent leadership and education. This week, the Common Application ...

For the past five years, the University has accepted both the Common Application and its own application form, but this fall, in an attempt to simplify the application process, the Admission Office ...

The Common Application is the most widely used college application out there -- with more than 900 institutions participating. No longer just used by liberal arts colleges, its members include many ...

The Common Application and CollegeNET announced -- without detail -- that they had settled an antitrust lawsuit filed by CollegeNET in 2014. The suit charged that Common Application had eliminated ...

There’s a lot of talk these days about what colleges can consider on students’ applications. Affirmative action has long been debated; so too has legacy preference. Students need to recognize what is ...