<p>I've heard that you can create different versions of the common app to send to different schools. I was wondering how to do this.</p>
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Changes are allowed after submission to any instution. But you have to use alternative version. You can get the instruction from Common App</p>
<p>From Common App's instruction:</p>
<p>Alternate application versions can be used in the event an applicant chooses to provide slightly different information to one institution from another institution. Below are the steps necessary to create an alternate version.</p>
<p>Step1: You must submit the Common Application to at least one institution first. You cannot create an alternate version until this has occurred.</p>
<p>Step 2: You must log out of the application then go to this special URL: <a href="http://app.commonapp.org/application...allowcopy=true%5B/url%5D">http://app.commonapp.org/application...allowcopy=true</a> and login using your existing User Name and Password.</p>
<p>Step 3: You will be presented with a screen titled Application Versions, where you will see information about the application you have already submitted. You should click on the Replicate link to make an alternate version of your submitted application. When this is complete, a second version will be visible on your screen and a special drop down list that will appear in the upper right corner of your application. You can use this drop down to move between application versions.</p>
<p>All data from your original version of your Common Application will be transferred to your alternate version, with the exception of any documents that you uploaded. You may edit any of this information before you submit it to another institution.</p>
<p>You only need to go to the special URL the first time you create an alternative version. Thereafter, additional application versions can be made by going to the Application Versions section within your original Common Application and using the Replicate link. You may make up to 10 versions, including the original version. You only need your original User Name and Password to access all versions.</p>
<p>You will have a separate My Colleges page and My Checklist page for each application version. Each institution can only be on the My Colleges list of one application version.
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<p>In step one, I thought that if you submit the common app to one school, you submit it to all schools on your list....So, is this not true? When submitting the common app, is there like a check list and you pick where to submit it?</p>
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Each institution can only be on the My Colleges list of one application version.
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<p>I think that answers my questions. So, I have to delete all of my colleges for the first version that I don't want it to be sent to. Thanks!</p>
<p>^No, you can't delete them. Just create another version and add in the college you want. DD did this yesterday. She couldn't delete the version she already submitted to 4 schools. She could not uncheck them. She could do nothing.</p>
<p>FYI, I did not write the above in quote, I got them from CC. I did email the above quote to DD and she followed it exactly and got the second version in ok. So I know the instruction works.</p>
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When submitting the common app, is there like a check list and you pick where to submit it?
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<p>I think you pick a college, when you need to submit it, you click on the left box next to the college name and hit submit. DD did one college at a time. Make sure you check the supplement section to see what else you need to submit. But once she submitted to one college, she could not undo them, ie remove them from the list.</p>
<p>I actually did this, and found out a little too late that the ID number on the recommendation forms for the alternative application is different from the those of the original application. My teachers have already sent their recommendations for my alternative school before break with the original ID number on it. Is there anything I can do?</p>
<p>If you've already submitted your application, don't worry, especially if your name is unique enough. However, if you have not submitted the application or you want to be absolutely sure that your letter of recommendations will not be lost, you can put in the additional application that letter of recommendations from MrX, MrsY, Mrs Z went out using ID#(list old ID here).</p>