Common App Process

[halfemptypockets]

<p>How does the application process work? My D is applying to 7 schools on the Common App. They all show up on her Naviance. The teacher rec's are in. She sent the College Board scores (non-Rush) last Friday morning. She's still putting the finishing touches on her essay. And she hasn't yet done any supplements for her common app schools.</p>

<p>Within two hours of notifying the SAT folks of her college choices, she had received communication from all but three of them. The College Board said it'd take 2 to 5 weeks for the schools to get her scores so were those emails coincidence? By Wednesday of this week, every single one of the 7 schools has contacted us by phone or snail mail. We figure that can't be a coincidence and that the colleges by this time have certainly received the scores.</p>

<p>This morning, she got an email from one institution that thanked her for including their school on the Common App and instructing her not to bother with their supplemental essay unless she wants merit. How do they know she has them on her Common App since she hasn't yet sent it off? Are they just making a safe assumption based on her sending her SAT scores or do they have some communication from Naviance?</p>

[serenade135]

<p>Did your daughter add the colleges to her list on the CA? If so, the knowledgebase from CA below may help you understand why schools have access to her information.</p>

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What schools see before submission</p>

<p>Schools do not have any access to your information until you add them to your My Colleges list. At that point, they can see only the information you have filled out for their school. They cannot see other schools to which you are applying.</p>

<p>Any schools listed in My Colleges will have access to the following information from your application: Prefix, First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Suffix, Preferred Name, City, State, ZIP, Country, Ethnicity, Sex, Applicant ID, Citizenship Status, DOB, Entry Term, Decision Type, Applicant Type (First Year or Transfer), Academic Interest, Paid Status, School Officials, School CEEB and School Name.</p>

<p>If you permit schools to communicate with you prior to submitting an application, they will also have access to Address1, Address2, Home Phone, Cell Phone, Fax, Email, SSN and IM Address.</p>

<p>Once you submit an application to a school, that school will have access to all the information on the specific application

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[halfemptypockets]

<p>Thanks!</p>