Resources and Articles

Helpful tips, resources, and articles from our Admissions Experts and the CollegeAdvisor team.

Common App for Transfer Students Guide If you’re looking to transfer colleges, odds are you’ve probably already used the Common App. Since the Common App makes applying to multiple schools […]

Common App Essays 2023‒2024 Each year, the Common Application organization releases the prompts for the Common App essays. Often referred to as the “personal statement,” Common App essays are a […]

In this article, College Advisor Julia discusses the new Common App essay prompt. For more guidance on your personal essays and the college application process in general, sign up for to […]

Check out the article below for tips from CollegeAdvisor.com’s Admissions Experts on how to write a great college essay. For more guidance on personal essays and the college application process in […]

The Common Application, or Common App for short, launches tomorrow, August 1, just in time as high school students start shifting from “restful summer break mode” to “high-stress college application […]

The Common Application has just announced that it will add an optional COVID-19 essay question for the 2020-2021 application. This global pandemic has affected everyone in different ways, and now […]

Photographer: J. Kelly Brito | Source: Unsplash In this article, CollegeAdvisor.com admissions expert Finn provides an overview of the CommonApp Essay for juniors. For more guidance on building a college […]