Introduction The admissions application process is steadily changing as students are beginning to view colleges earlier and wish to apply to numerous colleges. Hundreds of colleges have removed the individual institutions application and replaced it with the Common Application. The Common Application is used by colleges to ease the stress from applying to numerous schools through separate applications, paying multiple application fees, and submitting the same essay. The Common Application is a one stop shop to send the same application information to all schools listed by the student. This method is supposed to eliminate headache. The following paper will go into detail about the Common Application, how it effects students and their families,
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A few years later in 2001, six public universities joined the list of colleges (Hoover, 2013). The Common Application serves over 600 public and private institutions as the liaison for prospective students. Through the same application, students have the chance to apply to large universities such as The University of Alabama in Birmingham to smaller school such as Spring Hill College (Hoover, 2013). To become a participating member of the Common Application, a school must have at least a graduation rate of 70 percent. Any institution below this mark will not get the invitation to join (Hoover, 2015). During 2014, approximately 1.1 million applications was submitted through the Common Application. An article in The Chronicle expressed the importance of making resources available to first generation students as well as students who may not have access to other option to pay for a college education (Hoover, 2015). One of the main goals of the Common Application is to give these students the chance to apply to selective colleges. Less than four percent of underprivileged students enroll in a selective college. Since the publication of The Chronicle article, several selective college have made strategies towards expanding their socioeconomic diversity (Hoover, 2015). The need for a high graduation rate eliminates more diverse schools due to the type of students that enroll in these universities …show more content…
In these cases, the high school counselor will help the student through the college application process (Holland, 2015). To form this personal relationship with the guidance counselor, the student and the counselor must be willing to set roles and expectations for both the student and the staff member. The guidance counselor must show the student that the schools wants what is best for the student. Without this confidence, the student will not give over the independence needed succeed in the college application process (Holland,
A few years later in 2001, six public universities joined the list of colleges (Hoover, 2013). The Common Application serves over 600 public and private institutions as the liaison for prospective students. Through the same application, students have the chance to apply to large universities such as The University of Alabama in Birmingham to smaller school such as Spring Hill College (Hoover, 2013). To become a participating member of the Common Application, a school must have at least a graduation rate of 70 percent. Any institution below this mark will not get the invitation to join (Hoover, 2015). During 2014, approximately 1.1 million applications was submitted through the Common Application. An article in The Chronicle expressed the importance of making resources available to first generation students as well as students who may not have access to other option to pay for a college education (Hoover, 2015). One of the main goals of the Common Application is to give these students the chance to apply to selective colleges. Less than four percent of underprivileged students enroll in a selective college. Since the publication of The Chronicle article, several selective college have made strategies towards expanding their socioeconomic diversity (Hoover, 2015). The need for a high graduation rate eliminates more diverse schools due to the type of students that enroll in these universities …show more content…
In these cases, the high school counselor will help the student through the college application process (Holland, 2015). To form this personal relationship with the guidance counselor, the student and the counselor must be willing to set roles and expectations for both the student and the staff member. The guidance counselor must show the student that the schools wants what is best for the student. Without this confidence, the student will not give over the independence needed succeed in the college application process (Holland,