List of Changes in Common App(for transfers)

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey guys!
Ok so here are the changes in Commonapp for transfer students.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Website model(login screen, dashboard, etc..)
i could care less so lets move on to the next.</p></li>
<li><p>Supplement
Alright, so the freshman applicants can already see their supplement essays but transfers cannot see supplements.
OK, but supplements will be updated by colleges, so lets just wait.</p></li>
<li><p>No GPA/SAT score on commonapp
Theres no section for GPA, SAT, and SATII score whatsoever on commonapp.
Wait.. wth? </p></li>
<li><p>No financial aid (yes/no) questions
No indication of financial aid now.
Sorry guys, U.S. colleges ran out of money.
I'm guessing these will be on college supplements.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>5.No activities essay
No more extracurricular(a.k.a fiction) activities essay
They finally figured out that half the people were bsing</p>

<p>6.Common app transfer essay extended to 650words(max)
title explains it all</p>

<p>Changes(#2~4) will most likely be fixed.
The rest is permanent.</p>

<p>Good luck guys!</p>

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<p>I also didn’t see where to assign recommenders/HS counsellor or get the printed HS forms.</p>

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<p>There is a section for SAT/SAT2/AP scores but I don’t remember seeing GPA. Looks like they got rid of self reporting GPA.</p>

<p>And that extracurricular essay lol. It was obvious that some people were stretching the truth.</p>

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<p>Common App is very open to suggestions if you contact them. Worst case, they will explain their rationale for things that are different/absent. In addition, they published (yesterday) a list of colleges that have completed their supplements for first year applicants. I noted that transfer supplements were, by and large, absent. The short answer extracurricular essay is included on many colleges supplement now, instead of being included in the general Common Application.</p>