freaking out about common application "error"

[conjohnson444]

<p>hey guys and gals of CC. so I had to send the RD application to Cornell by Jan 1 which used the common application. now i am looking at a jan 15 deadline for RD to Case Western. the problem is, i want to modify the essays a bit within the application but the website is telling me that i cannot modify the application once i click summit. i understand people shouldn't be allowed to edit for the same college they already applied to, but shouldn't students have the right to change the application if they are editting it for a DIFFERENT college?</p>

<p>thanks guys!</p>

[trackdude410]

<p>just make a different version, look at commonapp faq on how to do it</p>

[sta800]

<p>From Common App website:</p>

<p>

You can create an alternate version of your application by following the steps below.</p>

<p>Step1: You must submit the Common Application to at least one institution. When this is complete, you must logout of your account.</p>

<p>Step 2: You must then click on the following weblink:</p>

<p><a href=“https://app.commonapp.org/Application/ApplicantLogin.aspx?allowcopy=true[/url]”>https://app.commonapp.org/Application/ApplicantLogin.aspx?allowcopy=true&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You will be presented with a login screen to the Common Application. You must then enter your existing Username and Password and click Login.</p>

<p>Step 3: You will be presented with a screen titled ‘Application Versions’, where you will see information about the application that you’ve already submitted. You may then click on the ‘Replicate’ link to make an alternate version of your submitted application. When this is complete, a second version will be visible on this screen and a special drop down will appear in the upper right corner of the application to allow quick access to all your applications.</p>

<p>Step 4: You may edit the alternate version to allow for school specific information. It will ** not ** include the uploaded files such as the “Personal Essay” or the “Additional Info” if answered by uploading a file rather than typing in the text box.</p>

<p>BEFORE you create alternate versions of your application, you should understand the following IMPORTANT information:</p>

<ol>
<li>If you have elected to have multiple versions of your Common Application, please be sure to submit your supplement using the Common App version with which you want it affiliated. If you have not yet identified which version of the Common App it should be connected to, then you should wait to submit until that time.</li>
</ol>

<p>Example: If you have submitted the application to NYU and don’t want to send that application to any other schools, you would make an alternate version of the application. If you then want to apply to Dartmouth, you should ensure the supplement for Dartmouth is submitted on any alternate version, not the original in which you submitted to NYU. Per Common App rules, we cannot unsubmit a supplement once it is submitted (nor an application).</p>

<ol>
<li>If you have already submitted a <em>supplement</em> for a particular school, you will not be able to move that already submitted supplement to an alternate version, regardless of whether the application tied to that supplement is submitted.</li>
</ol>

<p>IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK TECH SUPPORT BEFORE SUBMISSION OF YOUR SUPPLEMENT.

</p>

[nervousashell]

<p>I was so frustrated/mortified by this. They really need to advertise this feature and stuff it right in your face, because I sent a bad version to some colleges before I found out that this was possible, and I had to send a lot of emails with corrections.</p>