January 21, 2010 To: adMISSION POSSIBLE Juniors From: Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz The Common Application people have just announced that the Essay questions for the 2010-11 Common Application will be the same as they were this past year. This is very good news since a previous announcement a couple of months ago indicated that the new [...]
While most students know that getting letters of recommendation is part of the college application process, many students don’t quite know how to approach their teachers, counselor, and other recommenders (such as the head of a non-profit organization where you volunteer, a coach, or an employer). They know that teachers and counselors are going to [...]
I just received a note from Common App, Inc announcing that the Common Application for 2010-2011 will not be available until August next summer, a full month later than it usually is. I thought that you should be aware of this as many students often plan their summers way ahead of time and want to [...]
As I was perusing the new 2009-10 Common Application website this afternoon, https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Default.aspx I stumbled upon a terrific, new grid that I thought you should know about. Go to the Download Forms tab, click on Requirements Grid Only, and this will take you to a page with extremely useful information re each of the 400+ [...]