Beginning in the 2019-2020 admissions cycle, the criminal history question will no longer be a part of the Common Application, the most widely used college application platform. This change marks a course reversal for Common App. since just last year the organization made a public announcement that the question would …
We’ve written in the past about the controversy surrounding questions pertaining to a student’s criminal record that appear on the Common Application. Many folks believe these questions should be removed, that they unfairly disadvantage college applicants who may have committed a crime in their past but have since sought redemption. …
The Common Application has intentions to add a question onto their ubiqutous application. The question is proposed to read as follows: “Where else are you applying?” Like many in the college admissions community, we at Ivy Coach believe this question to be preposterous and downright wrong. We’ve read a number …
