What is the Common App?
The Common Application is used by over 700 private colleges. It offers five essay prompt questions. Students select one and write a single 650-word essay on that topic. This essay is submitted with the application to every private college on the student’s list.
Many schools require their own supplemental essays in addition to the Common App essay. Lengths for these range from 150 to 350 to 650-word responses on a variety of topics relating to the student’s interests and reasons for applying.
The Common App is available August 1st and deadlines for college can range from December through February.
