Direct Application: Apply to the college using the school's application if available.
Common Application: This is a single online college application form used by over 700 colleges and universities. Instead of filling out the same general information—like your address, GPA, and extracurriculars— a dozen times, you only have to do it once.
Common App Registration
How to Match Your Common App and Naviance Account
Building a List of Colleges I'm Applying To
Editing Colleges I'm Applying To
Letter of Recommendation Requests
Making a Final Transcript Request
Requesting College Transcripts
Setting Your Attending College
The Common Black College Application allows students to apply to any number of 58 Historically Black Colleges and Universities with just one application. How do I use the application? Using the application is fairly simple.
The directions are outlined below:
Click on the "Apply Now" link
Register as a student and complete the application
Disregard the application fee on the flyer, it is a $20.00 application fee
Submit the application
Check your email for instructions on how to submit transcripts and test scores
Frequently Asked Questions: https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/faqs/