OFFICIAL Common Application Questions Thread

<p>The Beginning Guitar might count, I don't think the others would as other courses (This seems to me to mean more like college classes)</p>

<p>the other classes might fit in under Extracurriculars though</p>

<p>Do I have to send the same essay to every school I'm using the common app for?? Or can I send one essay to most of the schools and a different one for the last school?</p>

<p>Basically I'm asking because i wrote an essay for a scholarship at one school and I really like it and want to use it for my common app main essay as well. But the school that has the scholarship ONLY accepts the common app, and i can't send the same essay to the same school twice. so i wanted to use a different common app essay for that one school with the scholarship.</p>

<p>I don't know if that made any sense, but if you could give me some insight, that'd be great!! thank you!</p>

<p>You can create a different account.</p>

<p>Assuming the school isn't an All-In-One school, is it bad if I send in the supplement before the completed application?</p>

<p>A financial aid question:
I really doubt I will be getting financial aid ( my father makes too much..i'm assuming) but we are STILL going to fill out FAFSA.</p>

<p>Should I mark yes or no for the below question?
Will you be a candidate for need-based financial aid?</p>

<p>Hey guys, I have a question regarding the online Common Application. I am wondering whether or not I can submit my personal info with payment (like family, bio, etc.) first before submitting my personal statement. Later on, I could mail my personal statement separately or with the university's supplement forms. I think this is what my friend did, but I couldnt see her these days, so yeah. Maybe anyone on CC could answer my question? or I just need to send everything altogether in the Common App??</p>

<p>^ cherryli</p>

<p>The moment you submit the application, you can't change that version's anything. That means you can't upload a personal statement. You can still edit and submit your supplement though.</p>

<p>I've never heard of anyone mailing the personal statement. The schools I'm familiar with encourage everything to be sent online, with the exception of Teacher Recs and School Reports.</p>

<p>Which school is this for?</p>

<p>can you submit your application again after you add more colleges even if you've already submitted your application?</p>

<p>Florida: You need to create a new account ("version" they call it) to submit it to more colleges.</p>

<p>When I print out the Common App the section where you need to check ED, EA or REA is blank. How does that info get populated.</p>

<p>Also, the question "I am applying for the term beginning" is blank. How does that information get populated? </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Those things do not get populated nor do they show up when you print them out. However, when you send each application to each of the schools, their respective information gets filled in so do not fret.</p>

<p>Thanks Quixotic I will not fret</p>

<p>"A financial aid question:
I really doubt I will be getting financial aid ( my father makes too much..i'm assuming) but we are STILL going to fill out FAFSA.</p>

<p>Should I mark yes or no for the below question?
Will you be a candidate for need-based financial aid?"</p>

<p>does anyone know the answer to this???</p>

<p>IF im doing paper applications, how do i print supplementals that dont have "applicant copy" on it? and if i need a program, what is the name?</p>

<p>If you are doing a paper app, you need to download blank copies of the CA and then fill them out. You get the blank copies from the CA website, before you log in.</p>

<p>To fill them out, use a pen or a PDF editor - PDFILL is a cheap shareware option.</p>

<p>^ yes i get that but, what about the supplements themselves? i cant find blank copies of those.</p>

<p>Instant: Yes, you'd hit "need-based aid applicant." </p>

<p>Flamings: Why are you doing the paper application? A lot of the colleges that I applied to using the Common App preferred online-only. They request that all applications be online because it's easier for both of us and them. They allow people to do paper applications if they do not have access to the Internet and even then they suggest you do it at school or a library where there is Internet access.</p>

<p>^ my college advisor recommends it and i feel its better. I guess its just a personal thing, i want to be able to have hard copys, as well as submit them. But do you know where i can get the supplements without the the applicant watermark?</p>

<p>In the end, the adcoms are still gonan read the online version on hard copy. they're not gonna see that it came through the mail. the only difference is that if your handwriting is bad, sending a paper application will make lives harder for the adcoms.</p>

<p>flamingspirit - I think your advisor is full of bunk. I think there are some who spend too much time in packaging and forget that it is the contents that are important. Honestly? I wonder how impressed the colleges are going to be when they have to transfer the info into the computer system. </p>

<p>Supplements can usually be found on the individual college website.</p>