Creating Alternate Versions of Your Common Application

It's usually around this time of year that seniors - who have submitted their first college application via the Common App do one of two things:

1) Notice a type-o on their application and wonder how to correct it before sending the application to additional schools or

2) Decide they don't really like their essay and would like to edit or re-do it for future applications

The Common Application is not set up to be edited after submission so you should take your time before submitting in for the first time. However, if you find yourself in scenario one or two above, here is what you need to know about editing your Common Application (copied directly from the Common Application):

You can only submit three different alterations of your essay. Before and between submissions you can make as many changes as you like. We allow these changes to your essay to correct grammar or spelling mistakes, not to submit different essays.

Please see an example below:

Before you submit your application to the first school, you can make as many changes to the essay as you like. Once you submit your first application, it is considered version 1 of your essay.

If you submit to a second school without making changes to the essay, you are still on version 1.

Making changes to the essay and submitting to your third school is considered version 2 of your essay.

Changing the essay back to the original or making changes and submitting to another school is considered version 3 of your essay. Thisversion is now locked in and will be sent to any additional school to which you submit your application.

For complete instructions about how to create alternate versions of your Common Application, please log in to the Common Application and visit their Help Center. 

Published by: TSM

December 1 transcript request deadline, scholarship opportunities, and last big week of visits!

Transcript Request Deadline

For any college that has a December deadline, your transcript request form was due to the College Counseling Office last Friday. This would be colleges with a December 1 priority deadline like Clemson, Marquette, or the University of Southern California or others with EA or rolling deadlines in December. Thank you to those of you who have already turned forms in!

College Visits

To attend a college visit, please come get a pass from one of the college counselors. You will need to give the pass to your teacher at least one day before the visit in order to be excused. You do not need to sign up for the visit on Naviance- you must get a pass!

·         Tuesday, November 12^th  

o   Wittenberg College- 10:15 a.m.

·         Wednesday, November 13^th

o   Howard University- 8:50 a.m.

·         Thursday, November 14^th

o   Loyola University Chicago- 8:50 a.m.

o   Clemson University- 10:15 a.m.

o   Xavier University- 1:30 p.m.

·         Friday, November 15^th

o   No visits (Parent-Teacher Conferences)

Scholarships

·         The GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program annually awards roughly 20 college-bound students who demonstrate exemplary leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship with $10,000 renewable scholarships. For more information, eligibility requirements, and an online application, visit www.reaganfoundation.org/scholarships. Deadline is January 9, 2014

·         The Princeton Prize in Race Relations recognizes students who are helping to improve race relations in their schools or communities. Winners of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations are awarded up to $1,000 and invited to Princeton University for an expense-paid weekend symposium on race. Apply online- for more information, visit www.princeton.edu/pprize

·         The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation invites U.S. high school students to write an essay on an act of political courage by a US elected official who served during or after 1956. For contest information, registration and to submit your essay, visit the Profile in Courage Essay Contest at www.jfklibrary.org. The deadline is January 6, 2014.