Ethnic Background Subcategories on The Common Application

Originally Published on November 20, 2017: The Asian American Coalition for Education has historically filed complaints with the United States Department of Education to probe the admissions practices at certain Ivy League schools, including Brown University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Yale University. In these complaints, the AACE has asserted … 

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2021-2022 Common Application Data

The Common Application has released data from the 2021-2022 admissions cycle on the number of students who applied to colleges through their platform through February 15, 2022. In all, 1,161,560 first-year applicants applied to a total of 853 universities which are member institutions of The Common App. This marks a … 

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The Language of The Common Application

The Common Application, which ushered in changes to its language in certain prompts last year in the hope of better serving transgender applicants, will be ushering in more changes this coming year along these same lines. Last year, as our readers may recall, the language was changed so applicants could … 

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The Common Application Goes Down Again

One of the core objectives of this college admissions blog is to make the highly selective college admissions process less stressful for all who are navigating its churning waters. So when we see a university or an organization that is making the process unnecessarily more stressful for applicants during this … 

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2022-2023 Common Application Essay Prompts

The Common Application has released the 2022-2023 essay prompts. So what will be the Personal Statement questions posed to next year’s batch of applicants? We know you’ve been up at night wondering if they’ll remain the same or if Common App. will be making some changes. We don’t want you … 

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Elite Colleges Asking Disciplinary Question

Earlier this month, we announced to much fanfare that The Common Application had removed the disciplinary prompt, a prompt that disproportionately negatively impacted minority, often low-income applicants. College applicants would no longer be required to indicate whether or not they had been cited for a disciplinary violation at their high … 

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The Common Application Addresses Systemic Racism

Over the years, we’ve been quite critical of The Common Application. We’re especially vocal around college admissions deadlines since The Common App. has a history of, well, going down at key moments. As an example, we had a student this past Regular Decision deadline who nearly fainted when the platform … 

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A Salute to The Common Application

Yes, you read that headline correctly. We’re saluting The Common Application, a company we historically love to poke fun at when, say, their platform goes down as college applicants are applying at deadlines. So why are we saluting Common App. today? Because the organization through which millions of students apply … 

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The Virtue Signaling of The Common Application

When you’re feeling blue about the state of our country and the heinous acts of sedition committed at the United States Capitol this week by a group of domestic terrorists, it seems natural to want to reach out to someone to express your thoughts, right? Well, enter The Common Application, … 

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The Glitches of The Common Application

Over the years, we’ve chided The Common Application for their technical glitches, for asking a question that at times disadvantaged underrepresented minorities, and a whole host of other issues. Well, we’re not done yet. Today, we wish to scold them for, yes, more technical glitches. After all these years, you’d … 

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