LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Common Application used for college admissions at more than 600 institutions is changing a question it asks about student criminal records, as the U.S. Department of Education ...

Starting this summer, applicants using the Common Application will have five new essay prompts to choose from, including one that asks them to describe “a place or environment where you are perfectly ...

While there was some minor tweaking with four of the five Common Application www.commonapp.org (Common App) prompts this year, there is one prompt, No. 4, that is entirely new. Last year’s prompt ...

Applying to multiple colleges used to be a tedious, time-consuming task. Each school had its own application form and its own slightly different set of required fields. Applying to 12 colleges meant ...