<p>Is it mandatory for me to put my parent's education/occupation on common app?</p>
<p>Are you completing the paper or the electronic version? If the electronic version then if you click “Save and Check for Errors” and it tells you that you need to fill in their educations and occupations before you can submit, then you have to fill out those sections :)</p>
<p>If you’re doing the paper version then I’ll check on the electronic version to see if it is mandatory.</p>
<p>If you know it you should do it. It won’t hurt. If you don’t, you don’t have to.</p>