Common Application

Common Application Inc.
Formation1975; 49 years ago (1975)
TypeNon-profit NGO
Legal statusPublic charity
PurposeHigher-education application processing
HeadquartersArlington, Virginia, United States
President & CEO
Jenny Rickard
Websitewww.commonapp.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Common Application (more commonly known as the Common App) is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to over 1,000 member colleges and universities in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, China, Japan, and many European countries.[1][2]

Member colleges and universities that accept the Common App are made up of over 250 public universities, 12 historically black colleges and universities, and over 400 institutions that do not require an application fee. It is managed by the staff of a not-for-profit membership association (The Common Application, Inc.) and governed by a 18-member volunteer Board of Directors drawn from the ranks of college admission deans and secondary school college counselors. Its mission is to promote access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process, which includes subjective factors gleaned from essays and recommendations alongside more objective criteria such as class rank.[3]

  1. ^ "Explore colleges using Common App | Common App". www.commonapp.org.
  2. ^ "Common App launches 2022-2023 application with more than 1,000 colleges and universities". www.commonapp.org. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  3. ^ "First Year Deadlines, Fees and Requirements" (PDF). Common Application.