Colleges told that you have put them in the app before sending?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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My son is a junior, and we are getting ready to start doing college visits. I told him I was going to set up his Common Ap profile so he could see the deadlines and admission requirements. In doing this, I went ahead and pulled in a few of the schools that he is interested in.

Today he got an email from a school thanking him for including them in the Common Ap, and reminding him that the deadline for applications is Feb. 1.

I was just really surprised about this. I didn’t think they would send any of his info until the application was finished and the “send” button was pressed. What’s with this?

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All’s they can see is that they’ve been added.

Note that all common app accounts are deleted over the summer, so your son will have to make a new account when he actually applies next year.

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@guineagirl96 Thanks for the info. I wasn’t aware they deleted all the accounts. I had gone back and seen where you could uncheck a box that would keep the colleges from being notified that you had added them.