<p>I submitted my common app to some colleges but not all of them. I was thinking that I need to do a little change in the essay, can I still change the essay before I send it to the other colleges?</p>
<p>Unfortunately no. Once you submit the common app to any school, you may not edit it before sending it to others.</p>
<p>That’s actually not totally true; although you can’t change the app per se, if you create a new version and move all of the schools that you haven’t submitted yet to that version, you can make changes to that.
That’s what I did!</p>
<p>Go to the instructions page for more info!
"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=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Default.aspx?allowcopy=true[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Default.aspx?allowcopy=true</a></p>
<p>and login using your existing User Name and Password.</p>
<p>Step 3: Upon login you will be taken to the ‘Common Application’ page, where you will see information about the application you have already submitted. The ability to create an alternate version of your submitted Common Application is now activated, and 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 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>