Help with the Common App & Coalition App

Welcome to the official beginning of the college application season with the opening of the Common App, Coalition App and University of California applications in August. 

If you have already begun to fill out your applications, then you are right on time. This week’s blog covers a few resources to help you get through the Common App. 

Help on the Common App:

My blog post from last year covers some typical questions on the Common App, and you may also find useful my blog post on how to prepare the Activities List.

I gave a presentation at the Maplewood Library earlier this month on filling out the Common App, and you can view the video recording here. 

Template for the Common App Activities List:

I am also happy to offer my template to help you track your high school activities (download here) -- it’s much easier to fill this out first than to attempt to use the form on Common App without planning ahead.