- This is the application used by many of our students (and over 700 universities!) to apply to multiple colleges through ONE application -- amazing! Any student can create an account and start exploring. Seniors can start submitting applications on August 1 of their senior year. Please visit your counselor for more information or attend one of our many workshops!
- If you are applying to colleges outside of the Common App, you may be asked to submit your student records (transcript, immunization, school profile, etc). Parchment is your one stop shop for submitting these records quickly and efficiently. See your counselor if you need assistance!
Tips from The Department of Education for completing college or career school applications:
- Keep it real. Don’t exaggerate accomplishments or claim things that aren’t true.
- Give letter-writers time. If you are asking teachers, coaches, or counselors for letters of recommendation, ask several weeks before the letters are due.
- Beat the deadline. Reduce the chance your application will get lost in the shuffle: Submit it well before the deadline.
- Apply online. It’s easier and faster.
- Emphasize your uniqueness. Colleges like to have students with different viewpoints, backgrounds, and experiences. If you can add to that mix, let them know.
- Keep it clean online. Don’t have anything on your social media pages that you wouldn’t want a college admissions officer to see.
- Submit one application for many schools. Some colleges and universities share common online applications. Once you complete the application for one school, you can submit copies of it to other schools. It saves a lot of time. Learn more about The Common Application.
- Protect your hard work by keeping complete copies of everything you send to each school.