The Common Application
Counselor Update

Before You Submit...

Clicking Submit on a school form or application is like dropping it in a mailbox: you cannot retrieve it, and you cannot edit it.  To avoid clicker's remorse, remember the following:

  • Make sure you have attached the correct documents for the correct students.
  • Verify that all documents are complete and legible before uploading.
  • Preview your work before submitting.
  • Do not name specific colleges or tailor letters to specific colleges.  Your submitted evaluation will be sent to ALL colleges to which the student applies.  (Naviance users might have more flexibility.  Ask your account administrator.)
Help Students Help Themselves 

Please do not submit questions on behalf of your students, no matter how efficient that strategy might seem.  Students should always seek help while logged into their accounts--and ideally from the same computer where they are experiencing the problem.  Doing so transmits information about the browser and operating system a student is using, which can be essential to helping us provide accurate assistance.  

11.15.13 Statistics
 
Registered Users
1,132,912 (+17%)*

Applicants
349,209 (+24%)*

Applications
1,083,263 (+23%)* 
 
Recommender Forms
4,294,250 (+30%)* 
 
*compared to 11.15.12  
Board of Directors  

President 
Thyra Briggs 
Harvey Mudd College 
 
President-elect 
Eric Furda 
University of Pennsylvania 
 
Past President 
Carey Thompson 
Rhodes College 
 
Senior Counselor 
Michael Pina 
Greens Farms Academy 
 
Danya Berry 
Dayton Early College Academy 
 
Jennifer Desjarlais
Wellesley College  
 
Heidi Green 
Fayetteville-Manlius High School 
 
Monica Inzer 
Hamilton College 
 
Kevin Kelly 
University of Massachusetts Amherst 
 
Greg Roberts 
University of Virginia 
 
Gail Sweezey
Gettysburg College 
 
Gil Villanueva 
University of Richmond 
 
Chris White 
The Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High 
 
Ex Officio Non-Voting  Rob Killion
Executive Director
Common Application
Aba Blankson, Director of Communications
The Common Application, Inc.