1. commonapp.org
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2. APPLICATION AND PAYMENT SUBMISSION
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3. Presenter notes 3
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4. What is Common App Ready?
A comprehensive training resource
Ready-to-present slide decks
Introduction to the Common Application
Getting Started
Searching and Adding Colleges
Explanations of the following sections: Profile, Family, Education, Testing, Activities, Writing
Payment and Submission 4
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5. How to use Common App Ready
Schedule a workshop for your students, parents, colleagues, or anyone else who would benefit from learning about the Common Application
Organize your workshop(s) around your needs by presenting the slides all at once or in multiple sessions
Use the accompanying guide (also recorded in the footer notes of each slide) as your script
Direct participants to our training videos for more information: appsupport.commonapp.org 5
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6. Please begin your presentation with the next slide.
Now YOU are Common App Ready
Please begin your presentation with the next slide. 6
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7. APPLICATION AND PAYMENT SUBMISSION
commonapp.org
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8. Sign in to your account Pro-tip: Bookmark apply.commonapp.org
Welcome to Common App Ready.
Students should navigate to commonapp.org, click on Apply Now to create a new account or to Sign In to an existing account.
Pro-tip: Bookmark
apply.commonapp.org
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9. Navigate to the My Colleges tab
Applicants should navigate to the My Colleges tab.
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10. Complete college-specific questions
Navigate to a college
Complete college-specific questions
After you have completed all of the required questions in the Common App tab (green checks on all sections of the Common App), navigate to the college tab that you want to submit.
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11. Green Checks = Complete
Complete Questions
Green Checks = Complete
Complete the questions on the Member QUESTIONS section..
Pro-tip: College questions often include start term, major, and decision plan.
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12. Click on Review and Submit – Common App to reach this section
Getting ready to submit
Click on Review and Submit – Common App to reach this section
In order to submit your application, every section of your Common Application (as well as the school-specific questions on the “My Colleges” tab) needs to be complete. If your Common App shows all green check marks, you’re ready! If a check mark is missing, you’ll need to go back into that particular section and look for a question marked with a red asterisk which indicates that it is a required question. Then, and only then, will you see the “Review and Submit” button on the “My Colleges” tab.
From the My Colleges tab, Click the school's name and select ”Review and Submit - Common App."
Click on the button: Review and Submit
The first step is a print preview of a PDF copy of your application. If you are satisfied with the preview, please click continue on the bottom and you will be routed to the school's payment page. Once the payment has been completed you need to sign, date, and submit your application.
The following slides provide a detailed review of the submission process.
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13. Click on Review and Submit button
Click on Review and Submit – Common App on the right side of the screen under the college you are interested in submitting your application to.
Submission is a three step process. Although we will review each step more closely, Step 1 is review of the PDF of the application, Step 2 is paying for the application and Step 3 is signing the application and hitting the submit button.
To get started, click on the burgundy tab that reads “Review and Submit”.
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14. Review PDF to ensure correctness
PDF preview
Review PDF to ensure correctness
By clicking the Review and Submit button, applicants will be presented with a PDF version of their responses to the Common App questions and member questions. Applicants should scroll through the application to ensure that the answers are correct and appear as they should be presented to colleges and universities.
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15. Click Continue to proceed
PDF preview
Click Continue to proceed
After the PDF has been reviewed, click CONTINUE to move to the next screen.
If there are edits that need to be made, applicants can click BACK to make edits to the application responses.
If you are satisfied with the preview, please click continue on the bottom and you will be routed to the PDF affirmation page.
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16. PDF affirmation #2 Click Continue to proceed
#1 Click on box to indicate that the PDF is correct.
The PDF Affirmation screen allows you to confirm that the PDF is as you want it to appear. Click Continue to proceed to the next screen.
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17. Click Continue to move to Payment Screen
Payment notification
Click Continue to move to Payment Screen
While the Common Application is free for applicants and recommendation providers to use, certain colleges may require the submission of an application fee.
Secure online payments can be submitted using any major credit card. Alternatively, providing bank account information allows for submission of an electronic check.
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18. Fee waiver screen Click Continue to move to the next screen.
If you requested a fee waiver, you’ll see this message.
Eligibility for the Common App Fee Waiver is based on financial need. Qualified applicants may use this fee waiver to satisfy the application fee requirements for all colleges to which they apply. College-specific fee waivers are granted based on unique criteria specified by a member college. This fee waiver can be used to satisfy the application fee requirement for those colleges that choose to offer it.
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19. Application submission
Click submit to proceed
Check the boxes & type your name
After payment has been submitted within the secure Higher One Interface, applicants will be asked to confirm submission by checking the five boxes and typing their legal name in the blank signature box.
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20. Submission notification
Overlay appears immediately upon successful submission.
Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will see an overlay congratulating you on your submission.
Applicants will also receive an confirming submission.
Pro-tip: You will receive an confirming your submission.
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21. Green check indicates that app has been submitted.
Submission status
Green check indicates that app has been submitted.
You have now submitted.
The date and time of your application submission will appear in the dashboard for your reference.
Pro-tip: Application submission date and time appears in the dashboard.
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22. Help when you need it, where you need it
Applicant Solutions Center
Help when you need it, where you need it
24/7
Every day of the year
FAQs
Videos
Chat .
Information about the Applicant Solutions Center
Remember, we’re always ready to help you. If you experience a problem or have a question, let us know by going to the Applicant Help Center and searching the FAQs or clicking the Ask a Question tab. It’s probably a good idea to add to your address book or contact list. We know you’ll have questions, and we are here to answer them. Help us make sure our responses don’t end up in your Spam or Junk folder by adding our support address to your contact list.
appsupport.commonapp.org
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