<p>From my recent interactions with the Common App website, it's becoming pretty clear to me that when you list colleges in "My Colleges" and fill in "Future Plans", colleges can access this info BEFORE you ever submit an application. In other words, the Common App is not a one-way street; colleges seem to be able to pull down your info without you knowing it. I suspect that colleges use this kind of info to estimate how many apps they can expect and from what kind of students. I wonder how else colleges are using your info.
Does anyone know anything about this? There are no disclosures about this that I can find on the Common App website.</p>