2011-12 Common App and New Members

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>A preview of the 2011-12 Common Application is now available on our website, along with a list of our new members. We will be welcoming 48 new members to the association, bringing our total membership to 460, including 62 public institutions. A full one-third of our new members are public colleges and universities, including two new flagships: University of Kentucky and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Other new member highlights include:</p>

<p>-4 new international universities (6 total): American University of Paris, Franklin College Switzerland, John Cabot University (Italy), University of St. Andrews (UK)
-2 new states (46 total, plus DC): Wheeling Jesuit University (WV), Sierra Nevada College (NV)
-1 new HBCU (5 total): Howard University
-1 new large national private: University of Southern California</p>

<p>You can view a complete list of new members in the News section of our website:
<a href="https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/News.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/News.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>We also invite you to preview the 2011-12 Common Application:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/2011-12CommonAppPreview%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://tinyurl.com/2011-12CommonAppPreview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Clicking the link will open the application in your browser, where you will see changes highlighted in yellow. To read more about each of the changes, simply open the document in Adobe Acrobat and scroll over each highlighted section.</p>

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<p>LARGEST NEW MEMBERS:</p>

<ul>
<li>Howard University</li>
<li>University of Kentucky</li>
<li>University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill</li>
<li>University of Southern California</li>
<li>University of St Andrews (Will and Kate’s alma mater!)</li>
</ul>

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<p>Hello commonappguy, I was just wondering what the definition of disciplinary actions are. Does it count if it is only a small talk and the signing of a paper, and no other consequences?</p>

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<p>So the preview of the 2011-2012 common app is out. Any other '12 grads freaking out that it is finally our time to apply?! This feels so unreal!</p>

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<p>Yeah, the thing I don’t like about the new one is that the common app essay has been cut short from 250-500 words!
It kind of made me upset, because I feel l like 500 words is not enough. ://
oh well. </p>

<p>Haha, yeah, I’m freaking out about applications. I think I’m going to do the essays this summer, because I know that next year, it will be hard to fit everything in</p>

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<p>Stanford Duke:
I don’t think something like skipping a class or breaking a rule would be considered as a “disciplinary action.” I think it is refering to something major, like pulling the fire alarm or something like that.</p>

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Yesss. the 500 word limit kills me :frowning: but I like the fact that I get to list how many years I’ve lived outside of the US :)</p>

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<p>500 word limit?! :/. I must have overlooked that… That sucks…</p>

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<p>Swimfreak, let’s gooo '12!</p>

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<p>^know where you are applying?</p>

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<p>Oh man, seeing the preview just gives me goosebumps… As an international graduating hs in '12, i’m feeling a bit uneasy about the process of applications D: The damn thing just looks so complicated…
Do you guys think we should actually put in all the schools we’re going to apply to? I kinda feel like the colleges won’t like that</p>

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<p>I was wondering that too :/. Would it be better to only give them a couple? Or would they see it as lying?</p>

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<p>I don’t think they have a way of finding out what schools we’re applying to. I have a 20school list. Ain’t about to put that on there lol!</p>

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<p>I heard there’s a space on commonapp or a part of the schools individual app to put where else you’re applying. </p>

<p>I’ve heard that some interviewers ask</p>

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<p>Yeah, there is, but should we actually put that there? Will colleges look at that and say “Oh, well, she’s clearly applying to a lot of schools, let’s not admit her.” ?</p>

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<p>Think of something to say like “I don’t feel comfortable answering this question” or “I dont think that’s appropriate for me to answer”</p>

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<p>Just to be clear: there is no part of the Common App that asks you to list the colleges to which you have applied, but some colleges will ask this question on their supplements.</p>

<p>That’s the quick response.</p>

<p>To dig into this a bit further, you should know that all Common App member colleges are also members of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, which has established a set of best practices that all member colleges follow. Within those guidelines, there is a fine line between what colleges MUST not do and what colleges SHOULD not do. In the case of where else you have applied, the BEST practice is for colleges not to ask this question–but they are not strictly prohibited from doing so.</p>

<p>Of course, none of this helps you figure out how to answer the question–but perhaps it makes you want to know from your colleges why they insist on asking it. </p>

<p>Learn more about your rights–responsibilities–in the college admission process here:
[Students&#39</a>; Rights and Responsibilities in the College Admission Process (Also Available in Spanish)](<a href=“http://www.nacacnet.org/PublicationsResources/Marketplace/student/Pages/RightsandResponsibilities.aspx]Students’”>http://www.nacacnet.org/PublicationsResources/Marketplace/student/Pages/RightsandResponsibilities.aspx)</p>

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<p>Ah, indeed, you are right! I mixed it up with the International Financial Aid application!
But thank you very much for the link! It will definitely prove most helpful</p>

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<p>With the essay limit now 250 to 500 words, if a student goes over 500 words, will the common app accept any extra text? </p>

<p>I know that there have been issues in other places on the past applications with it cutting off words.</p>

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<p>This is slightly frightenig. Now that there’s a cap on the essay, I fear that we may see less creative, rushed essays.
Any particular reason for the word cap?</p>