Once a cozy collection of fifteen or so private liberal arts colleges sharing one application form, the non-profit Common Application has grown into an organization that encompasses 702 institutions ...

Scholarship Institute reports that the evolving college admissions landscape requires strategic planning for applicants amid ...

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When Robert Mason worked in recruitment at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, he spent much of his time attending college fairs and meeting with interested students. But he noticed that not all ...

Starting next year, the country’s most widely used college application form will stop asking prospective students about whether they have a criminal record. The surprise decision comes more than a ...

As the new school year approaches, counselors at Oyster Bay High School hosted a Common App Bootcamp in the school library to give seniors a head start on ...

Subject: Race on Campus: How the Common Black College Application Helped Fuel a Surge in Applicants to HBCUs Welcome to Race on Campus. Applying to colleges can be stressful and expensive, especially ...

In a development that would no doubt be welcomed by many aspiring college students and their parents, California should develop a common application form for admission to all levels of public higher ...

Applying for college can be one of the most stressful parts of a high schooler’s life. It entails hours of document wrangling, rewriting the same personal essay over and over and prepping for ...

Students can now apply to 33 historically black colleges or universities by using one application and paying one fee. The so-called "Black College Common Application" is the brainchild of Robert Mason ...

A just-released report shows that applications to college for the upcoming year have increased over the past three years. An initial report points to a substantial increase in the number of students ...

College application season is around the corner for many high schoolers, and students are preparing to submit transcripts, letters of recommendation, essays and more. The class of 2022's applications ...