It’s the start of college application season!!!!!!   

Common App and Apply Texas are now open for college applications!    

A few things to keep in mind:

1.  SchooLinks will update on August 4th.  This means that students will not be able to sync their CommonApp, add applications or add recommenders until then.  SchooLinks is where we will track your applications and send documents.  

Keep in mind that school personnel (counselors, registrars, teachers as recommenders, and the College and Career Counselor) will not have access to the college application piece until August 4th or the following Monday (8/7).  

2. Transcripts will not be ready until early September.  What is in SchooLinks right now is from May 2023.  The senior classes are not listed until the update on September 1st!  You can go ahead and apply to colleges and universities but official transcripts will not be  sent out until September.  

3. Start your CommonApp and ApplyTX today!  

4. Most schools are on CommonApp, but if you are staying in Texas you can use ApplyTX

5. If you use Common App to apply to colleges, you will have to log into SchooLinks through MyKaty Cloud and go into the College Applications section to sync your account.  You do not have to sync Apply Texas. It connects automatically.

If you have questions, please contact Ms. Tiffany Mitchell, the THS College and Career Counselor at 281.237.3147 or TiffanyYMitchell@katyisd.org.

Applications
Choose the application platform you will be using

1.  Common App
   CommonApp has 750+ colleges and syncs with SchooLinks, which is how counselors and registrars send your requested application documents

2. Apply TX
   Apply TX is for Texas public colleges and also syncs with SchooLinks

3. The School's Institutional Application
   There are some schools who have their own specific application where you apply directly from their website.  You will need to manually add the application in SchooLinks for the counselors to send documents.