Once I submit an application to a school on the Common App, can I remove that school from my list? I am considering adding a couple more schools to my list but the limit on the application portal is 20 schools at a time. Will removing a completed application mess up anything? Will it affect the financial aid portion of my accounts (FAFSA/CSS)? My parents haven’t started either of those yet.
If your parents haven’t started the financial aid applications…what would there be to affect there??
Common app won’t let you apply to more than 20 schools, regardless if the system lets you remove a school that you applied to.
If you need to apply to more than 20 schools, check first to see if the school has its own app(many do). Another option is the coalition app.
Why do you want to apply to more schools? Do you need help identifying more schools?
ETA: You can’t remove a school from common app after submitting the app:
An applicant cannot remove a college from their my colleges list after the application has been submitted to that college. If a college charges an application fee, and the applicant submits payment to that college (the step prior to submitting the application), then the college cannot be removed from the my colleges list at that point.
You can’t add more schools. You can’t make a second Common App account. You can only submit 20 schools in the CA.
Your options are to use the Coalition App for additional schools, or the college’s own app, if available.