College Applications

Using the Common App

This is a slide show that walks through how to use the apply to select schools using the Common Application.


You can register to use it here: https://www.commonapp.org/

Make sure the school(s) you're applying to accept the Common App first!

Did you take the SAT using a fee waiver or do you think that you are eligible for a fee waiver?

Here are the requirements for the SAT Fee Waiver, this can also waive the fee for select colleges.

SAT fee waivers are available to low-income 11th and 12th grade students in the U.S. or U.S. territories. U.S. citizens living outside the country may be able to have test fees waived. SAT Subject Test fee waivers are available for students in grades 9–12.

You're eligible for fee waivers if you say "yes" to any of the following:

  • You're enrolled in or eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).

  • Your annual family income falls within the Income Eligibility Guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service.

  • You're enrolled in a federal, state, or local program that aids students from low-income families (e.g., Federal TRIO programs such as Upward Bound).

  • Your family receives public assistance.

  • You live in federally subsidized public housing or a foster home, or are homeless.

  • You are a ward of the state or an orphan.