Does every school accept the common app? I searched for a bunch on the website itself, but they weren’t included in the list of schools that do accept it. Someone please elucidate.
<p>Only 255 schools accept the common app. You can see the list on <a href="http://www.commonapp.org%5B/url%5D">www.commonapp.org</a>. I don't know how to view the list without an account, but if you create an account and go to Applications -> My Colleges, then it's there.</p>
<p>No, but a lot of them do.</p>
<p>Adelphi University
Agnes Scott College
Albertson College of Idaho
Albion College
Albright College
Alfred University
Allegheny College
American University
Amherst College
Antioch College
Arcadia University
Assumption College
Atlantic, College of the
Austin College
Babson College
Baldwin-Wallace College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Beloit College
Bennington College
Bentley College
Binghamton University -- SUNY
Birmingham-Southern College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bradley University
Brandeis University
Bryant University
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Butler University
California Lutheran University
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Cazenovia College
Centenary College of Louisiana
Centre College
Chatham College
Claremont McKenna College
Clarkson University
Clark University
Coe College
Colby College
Colby-Sawyer College
Colgate University
Colorado College
Concordia College New York
Connecticut College
Converse College
Cornell College (Iowa)
Cornell University
Dallas, University of
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Delaware, University of
Denison University
Denver, University of
DePauw University
Dickinson College
Dominican University of California
Drew University
Duke University
Earlham College
Eckerd College
Elizabethtown College
Elmira College
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)
Emory University
Eugene Lang College
Fairfield University
Findlay, University of
Fisk University
Florida Southern College
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College
Furman University
George Fox University
George Washington University
Gettsyburg College
Gonzaga University
Goucher College
Grinnell College
Guilford College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Hamilton College
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampshire College
Hanover College
Hartwick College
Harvard College
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Hendrix College
Hiram College
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
Hollins University
Holy Cross, College of the
Hood College
Illinois Wesleyan University
Iona College
Ithaca College
John Carroll University
Johns Hopkins University
Juniata College
Kalamazoo College
Kenyon College
Knox College
La Roche College
La Salle University
La Verne, University of
Lafayette College
Lake Forest College
Lawrence University
Le Moyne College
Lehigh University
Lesley College
Lewis & Clark College
Linfield College
Loyola College in Maryland
Loyola University New Orleans
Luther College
Macalester College
Maine at Farmington, University of
Maine, University of (Orono)
Manhattan College
Manhattanville College
Marietta College
Marlboro College
Marquette University
Mary Washington, University of
Merrimack College
McDaniel College
Miami University (Ohio)
Miami, University of (Florida)
Middlebury College
Mills College
Millsaps College
Mount Saint Vincent, College of
Moravian College
Morehouse College
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
Naropa University
Nazareth College
New College of Florida
New England College
New Hampshire, University of
New Jersey, The College of
New York University
Northeastern University
Northland College
Notre Dame de Namur University
Notre Dame of Maryland, College of
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Oglethorpe University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pace University
Pacific, University of the
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Portland, University of
Presbyterian College
Prescott College
Princeton University
Providence College
Puget Sound, University of
Queens University of Charlotte
Randolph-Macon College
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Redlands, University of
Reed College
Regis College (Massachusetts)
Regis University (Colorado)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College
Rice University
Richmond, University of
Rider University
Ripon College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, University of
Roger Williams University
Rollins College
Saint Anselm College
St. Benedict, College of & St. John's Univ
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Saint Joseph's University
St. Lawrence University
Saint Leo University
Saint Louis University
Saint Mary's College (Indiana)
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Michael's College
St. Norbert College
St. Olaf College
Saint Peter's College
Saint Vincent College
Salem College (North Carolina)
Salve Regina University
San Diego, University of
San Francisco, University of
Santa Clara University
Santa Fe, College of
Sarah Lawrence College
Scranton, University of
Scripps College
Seattle University
Seton Hill University
Sewanee (University of the South)
Simmons College
Skidmore College
Smith College
Southern Maine, University of
Southern Methodist University
Southern New Hampshire University
Southwestern University
Spelman College
Spring Hill College
Stetson University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stonehill College
Suffolk University
Susquehanna University
Swarthmore College
Sweet Briar College
Syracuse University
Tampa, University of
TCU (Texas Christian University)
Transylvania University
Trinity College (Connecticut)
Trinity University (San Antonio)
Tufts University
Tulane University
Tulsa, University of
Union College (New York)
Ursinus College
Utica College
Valparaiso University
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Vermont, University of
Villanova University
Wabash College
Wagner College
Wake Forest University
Washington College
Washington University in Saint Louis
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington & Lee University
Webster University
Wellesley College
Wells College
Wesleyan University
Westminster College (Missouri)
Westminster College (Pennsylvania)
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Wheelock College
Whitman College
Whittier College
Widener University
Willamette University
William & Mary, College of
William Jewell College
Williams College
Wilson College
Wittenberg University
Wofford College
Wooster, College of
WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Xavier University (Ohio)
Yale University</p>
<h2>So, if the college I was looking at wasn't on the list--I'd have to wait until their applications come out online, right?</h2>
<p>Question: Can you write one essay that can be used for all of the colleges that you're applying to. Well, since some schools don't use the common app, I'm sure they have different/skewed essay topics. Right?</p>
<p>IvyleagueORbust - I believe you would have to wait for the individual college's application to be released.</p>
<p>As for your other question, many college essay prompts are similar, so perhaps you could write one essay and tweak it as needed so it fits the other prompts. But I don't think you'll end up writing more than a couple essays at most. </p>
<p>A good book that talks about this is: "Get Into Any College: Secrets of Harvard Students".</p>
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<p>Yes you have to wait for the school application to come out.</p>
<p>On the common essay you can write an essay on the topic of your choice. So depending on the essay question that the school that does not take the common app is asking, yes you probably could craft an essay that kills 2 birds with one stone.</p>
<p>Daughter did all of her apps using the common app. However, Amhest has a required essay and Tufts had an optional essay. In addtion, Barnard, Bryn Mawr and Mount Holyoke had their why this school essay. She wrote one essay for the common app, and wrote her Amherst essay in a way that it also fir the requirements for the optional second essay for Tufts, and a third essay that she could use to fit the why this school category with jsut a few revisions.</p>
<p>do you think non-common app colleges will accept the common app teacher evaluation form since they basically will contain the same thing, it would seem easier to do that than to give my teachers 7 or 8 forms to fill out.</p>
<p>The colleges that do accept the common app sometimes have an additional supplement that needs to be completed, especially the extremely selective schools. For example, additional essays may be required.</p>