Students have several options when it comes to college application platforms. One popular choice is the Common Application, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vinay Bhaskara co-founded CollegeVine and covers higher education. This article is more than 2 years old. The Common App is the ...

The 2026 college application cycle is opening amid major changes to the Common App process, new federal financial aid limits, and growing use of AI in admissions. Colleges are split on whether to ...

The Common App is a shared application system that is used by just under 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States, and roughly 70 international institutions. Last year, the Common App ...

Data from the Social Security administration shows that attaining a college degree still increases one’s median lifetime earnings. College may not be the answer for every person coming out of high ...

Through a pilot partnership with the Illinois Community College Board, Sandburg is one of the first community colleges in the ...

Ever since 15 private colleges and universities teamed up to launch the Common App 50 years ago, the college admissions form has shifted practices and technology to meet the changing needs of ...

The number of financially independent students using the Common Application to apply to colleges more than doubled between 2016-17 and 2023-24, according to a new report released on Monday. The ...

York College of Pennsylvania is one of nearly 70 colleges and universities across the nation to join the Common App’s direct admissions program. This program will provide more than 200,000 ...

More than 300,000 people this month received acceptance letters from at least one college or university in their state − before they had even completed their applications. The prospective students ...

A not-for-profit online application form used to help millions of Americans apply for something really, really important is failing. No, not that one. We're talking about the many woes of the nearly ...