There are seven Common App first-year essay prompts for the 2025-2026 school year, and they are the same as those used for the 2024-2025 application. You need to choose only one prompt.

The Common Application is an online college application tool that lets you apply to more than 1,000 participating universities in the United States and abroad. Developed by the nonprofit access ...

The Common Application, a nonprofit organization that runs an online admissions platform used by more than 800 institutions, wants to help more students get to college. To that end, the group said ...

More than 1 million students use the Common App to apply to over 1,000 member colleges annually. Read on to learn more about how the Common App works and how you can start applying to colleges today.

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 Common Application has announced that it’s expanding its direct admissions program for the 2024–2025 application season to 116 member colleges and universities in 34 states.

Now the Common App is making additional changes to accommodate transgender applicants. Beginning with the 2022–23 application season, the Common App will add “Mx.” and “other” options for counselor, ...