Just Found the MAGIC FORMULA (I hope)!!!

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>After spending countless hours trying to get my D's supplement loaded to no avail, I just tried something that worked immediately!</p>

<p>I downloaded the most current version of Acrobat Reader (11.0.4) on my mac . I then took my daughter's Word doc & saved it again as a pdf. Next, I went to the Common App page via Firefox. I went to the "upload pdf" Writing Supplement prompt, uploaded the new pdf & immediately got a pop-up window asking if the document looked the way I wanted it (before, I ALWAYS got the 1-hour spinning death wheel). It looked good, so I clicked yes & was able to submit the writing supplement & got an instant confirmation!!!</p>

<p>My mac OS is 10.8.5.</p>

<p>Hopefully, this helps others as this has been a nightmare experience to this point for many of us.</p>

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<p>Bigdad,</p>

<p>Is this about the main essay for the common app? Is there a way to upload a pdf for the essay directly into the common app? Or is this for a specific college’s supplementary essay?</p>

<p>We’re having a devil of a time getting the essay to format correctly. Have been trying using our desktop PC. Notepad doesn’t help. May have to try my son’s MAC laptop.</p>

<p>Thanks again.</p>

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<p>This is nuts. OK, ignore the prior comment. After trial and error – basically trying every permutation of text editor and web browser – we somehow have made it work. But thanks again for sharing helpful info and tips!!</p>