The Common Application

The Common Application is the greatest gift you will ever receive from the colleges (besides an acceptance letter). In the old pre-Common Application days applicants had to complete an entire application for each school to which they applied.

Now, students can complete a single application and send it to as many of the couple hundred participating schools as they desire. While some schools also require you to complete a shorter supplementary form, many do not. This is a win-win situation since colleges enjoy an increased number of applicants while students like you have to fill out less forms.

You can get a Common Application from your counselor or by writing to the NASSP at 1904 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. A downloadable version will be available in August.

Unfortunately, while the Common Application is accepted by many schools, the majority still require you to use their own applications. Nevertheless, all applications - Common or not - ask the same questions and require the same information.

Colleges accepting the Common Application in 2003-2004:
Adelphi University
Agnes Scott College
Albertson College of Idaho
Albion College
Albright College
Alfred University
Allegheny College
American University
Amherst College
Antioch College
Arcadia University
Assumption College
Atlantic, College of the
Austin College
Babson College
Bard College
Barnard College
Bates College
Beloit College
Bennington College
Bentley College
Birmingham-Southern College
Boston College
Boston University
Bowdoin College
Bradley University
Brandeis University
Bryant College
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Butler University
California Lutheran University
Carleton College
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Centenary College of Louisiana
Centre College
Chatham College
Claremont McKenna College
Clark University
Coe College
Colby College
Colby-Sawyer College
Colgate University
Colorado College
Connecticut College
Cornell College (Iowa)
Dallas, University of
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Delaware, University of
Denison University
Denver, University of
DePauw University
Dickinson College
Dominican University of California
Drew University
Duke University
Earlham College
Eckerd College
Elizabethtown College
Elmira College
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)
Emory University
Eugene Lang College
Fairfield University
Fisk University
Florida Southern College
Fordham University
Franklin & Marshall College
Furman University
George Fox University
George Washington University
Gettsyburg College
Gonzaga University
Goucher College
Grinnell College
Guilford College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Hamilton College
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampshire College
Hanover College
Hartwick College
Harvard College
Harvey Mudd College
Haverford College
Hendrix College
Hiram College
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
Hollins University
Holy Cross, College of the
Hood College
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Juniata College
Kalamazoo College
Kenyon College
Knox College
La Salle University
La Verne, University of
Lafayette College
Lake Forest College
Lawrence University
Le Moyne College
Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College
Linfield College
Loyola College in Maryland
Loyola University New Orleans
Luther College
Macalester College
Maine at Farmington, University of
Maine, University of (Orono)
Manhattan College
Manhattanville College
Marietta College
Marquette University
Mary Washington College
Merrimack College
McDaniel College
Miami University (Ohio)
Miami, University of (Florida)
Middlebury College
Mills College
Millsaps College
Moravian College
Morehouse College
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
Nazareth College
New England College
New Hampshire, University of
New York University
Northeastern University
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Oglethorpe University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pace University
Pacific, University of the
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Portland, University of
Providence College
Puget Sound, University of
Randolph-Macon College
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Redlands, University of
Reed College
Regis College (Massachusetts)
Regis University (Colorado)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhodes College
Rice University
Richmond, University of
Ripon College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, University of
Roger Williams University
Rollins College
Saint Anselm College
St. Benedict, College of & St. John's Univ
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Saint Joseph's University
St. Lawrence University
Saint Leo University
Saint Louis University
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Michael's College
St. Norbert College
St. Olaf College
Saint Peter's College
Saint Vincent College
Salem College (North Carolina)
Salve Regina University
San Francisco, University of
Santa Clara University
Sarah Lawrence College
Scranton, University of
Scripps College
Seattle University
Sewanee (University of the South)
Simmons College
Skidmore College
Smith College
Southern Maine, University of
Southern Methodist University
Southwestern University
Spelman College
Spring Hill College
Stetson University
Stonehill College
Suffolk University
Susquehanna University
Swarthmore College
Sweet Briar College
Syracuse University
TCU (Texas Christian University)
Transylvania University
Trinity College (Connecticut)
Trinity University (San Antonio)
Tufts University
Tulane University
Tulsa, University of
Union College (New York)
Ursinus College
Utica College of Syracuse University
Valparaiso University
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Vermont, University of
Wabash College
Wagner College
Wake Forest University
Washington College
Washington University in Saint Louis
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington & Lee University
Webster University
Wellesley College
Wells College
Wesleyan University
Westminster College (Missouri)
Westminster College (Pennsylvania)
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Wheelock College
Whitman College
Whittier College
Widener University
Willamette University
William & Mary, College of
William Jewell College
Williams College
Wittenberg University
Wooster, College of
WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Xavier University (Ohio)
Yale University

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