I’m a rising senior applying to colleges this fall. Last fall, as a junior, I created a First Year Common App account out of curiosity to see what it was like. I was planning on just using this account for my apps this year. However, after adding colleges onto my list, I noticed they were all for the 2015-2016 school year. Is this just because colleges haven’t released their new app on August 1st yet? Or, is it because I created the account last year so Common App thought I was a senior last year? Should I create a new account then?
New info comes to the Common App August 1! You don’t need to create a new account because of account rollover, but your data will be deleted (like the colleges you chose) Aug 1. Then, the new application info will be available.