Updating the category hierarchy

[CC_Jon]

@Lindagaf

There are some questions that come up over and over again, often in the College Admissions forum. Maybe ask long time users for a rundown of the most common questions so that people can quickly find an answer instead of starting a new thread, multiple times each application cycle.

I think this is an excellent idea! When I showed students the updated hierarchy one noticed the FAQ category and got excited about it. (It was one of several times someone got excited about a category that we’ve had for a long time, but was harder to find in the previous hierarchy.) I assumed they were mostly interested in how to use the CC site, but as the conversation continued, it also became clear that the whole process of applying to college could use a FAQ.

Between posts on the forum and our article archive, I suspect the common questions have been answered many times over. So it will be great to have an FAQ specifically for the college admissions process.

I’ve started a thread to collect those questions:

Creating an FAQ for the college admission process

Students and families who come to CC can find a wealth of information on the forums and articles. An overwhelming amount of information, in fact. I’d like to collect the most common questions into a single category under the Applying to College category so that we can point people to the information they need in one place. The first step is to put together a list of the most common questions. What questions do you see asked over and over again? In particular, when new people come to the site, what do they not understand as a rule? In the replies, please list: Questions that should be included in an FAQ for college admissions. Articles and posts that do a good job answering those questions. (If there aren’t any, note that too! We can fix it.) I’d like to get a FAQ category started soon so that we can help new users coming in the next week or two.