The Common Application: September 2013

The Common Application School Officials Update         September 2013  NACAC Recap It was great to see so many friends and colleagues during the NACAC conference last week. The Common Application session was so popular that we were asked to repeat it.  The feedback posed by counselors who were present was thoughtful, collegial, and instructive. Based on their comments, we are actively exploring how to clarify processes surrounding print preview, fee waivers, self-reported testing, and essay pasting.   New 'Known Issues' Page To keep you and your students apprised of our progress in resolving issues with the application and recommendation system, we have added a Known Issues Page to our Help Center. Please visit this resource for the latest on login errors, payment problems, Naviance and Parchment integration, and more. Check SPAM Filters When you submit a question to the Help Center, you will receive an immediate response that acknowledges receipt of your question. If you are not getting these messages--or any others--it may be possible that our messages have been blocked by a SPAM filter.  All support emails come from . Make sure that domain is on your email program's safe list to ensure that you receive the messages from our Help Center. We encourage you to share this information with your school's IT staff.  Update your Links If you are linking to the Common Application website from your site, make sure that you are using the correct links. Common App Homepage  www.commonapp.org Applicant Help Center  appsupport.commonapp.org Recommender Help Center  recsupport.commonapp.org Avoid College Names in Recommendations When you use the Common App Recommender System to submit a School Report or Teacher Evaluation on behalf of a student, that form and the accompanying letter are sent to all colleges to which the student submits a Common App. Since you cannot retrieve a form once you click submit (it's like dropping it in a mailbox), make sure you understand that anything you put in your letter--including the name of a single institution--will be seen by each and every college to which that student applies. 09.15.13 Statistics Registered Users 585,370 (+20%)* Applicants 14,340  (+22%)* Applications 31,352 (+23%)*  *compared to 09.15.12   Board of Directors   President  Thyra Briggs  Harvey Mudd College  President-elect  Eric Furda  University of Pennsylvania  Past President  Carey Thompson  Rhodes College  Senior Counselor  Michael Pina  Greens Farms Academy  Danya Berry  Dayton Early College Academy  Jennifer Desjarlais Wellesley College   Heidi Green  Fayetteville-Manlius High School  Monica Inzer  Hamilton College  Kevin Kelly  University of Massachusetts Amherst  Greg Roberts  University of Virginia  Gail Sweezey Gettysburg College  Gil Villanueva  University of Richmond  Chris White  The Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High  Ex Officio Non-Voting  Rob Killion Executive Director Common Application Aba Blankson, Director of Communications The Common Application, Inc.