Common Application Preferred Name Trouble?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
1

Hello.

My daughter filled out the common application and put her full legal name (First, Middle, Last) under the name portion and then under preferred name she put her shortened first name AND LAST NAME. This did not present a problem until she logged into one of her admissions portals and it had her name listed as the shortened version and last... but the last name was repeated twice? We are thinking this is because of how she filled out the preferred name portion on the common app?

My only fear is that now they won’t be able to match her financial aid forms to her application? Is there a chance of this? What do you guys recommend doing?

Thanks!

2

She should contact rhe school to make the correction, but it should not prevent any forms from matching up.

3

So, she should have put just her first name (Prefered Name) without her last name?

4

Yes

5

Thank you.