"Your input contains some invalid character(s)."

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>When I try to save an entry on a supplement, it gives me this error:</p>

<p>"Your input contains some invalid character(s). Please look for characters like < or > and remove them from your response.") </p>

<p>This happens even if I enter 'test' in the field. Has anyone else had this problem?</p>

2

<p>Just a thought…are you using the browser they recommend?</p>

3

<p>Oh, duh I’m on 3.6, I’ll update to 5 and see if that fixes it</p>

4

<p>I’m having the same problem. I was using Chrome, but then switched to Firefox and the message is still popping up.</p>

5

<p><a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/FAQ.aspx[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/FAQ.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

6

<p>Sounds like a great question for the Support Team. Click Help from within your account.</p>

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<p>I’ve gotten this from the Brown supplement, more than once too! It’s really annoying, but it only pops up for Brown’s and no other college’s supplement. Even if I don’t enter any new information after it automatically gathers from what I filled out on the common application part, when I press “save and check for errors”, I still get this message.</p>

<p>I hope this either sorts itself out or they find a solution!</p>

8

<p>Found a solution: press print preview and it will automatically save for you before showing you the preview.</p>

<p>(You still shouldn’t click check errors and save, though)</p>