<p>COMMON APP QUESTION: My mom took an online oxford university course and got her PHD. How do I say this on the common app because I dont want to say she went to Oxford university because that's misleading.</p>
<p>Just list the university granting the Ph.d. (as well as the universities granting BA and MA). The colleges are only interested in your parents’educational background in the very broadest terms; they are not going to overanalyze your mother’s credentials.</p>