Able to create different app versions after submitting one supplement?

a20emr
Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:44:48 +0000

I had the same question, and if you go to the common app website “Help” section, they lay it out for you:

(From the Common App website):

"How can I create an alternate version of my application?

Before you create alternate versions of your application, please read and understand the following important information:

**Once the original version of the application is submitted, it is electronically sealed. Although a student may submit to other colleges using this application version, it cannot be edited.

**If you have any questions, please ask technical support before submitting your supplement.

You can create an alternate version of your application by following the steps below.

Step1: You must submit the Common Application to at least one institution. When this is complete, you must log out of your account.

Step 2: You must then click on the following weblink: https://app.commonapp.org/Application/ApplicantLogin.aspx?allowcopy=true You will be presented with a login screen to the Common Application. You must then enter your existing Username and Password and click Login.

Step 3: You will be presented with a screen titled ‘Application Versions,’ where you will see information about the application that you’ve already submitted. You may then click on the ‘Replicate’ link to create an alternate version of your submitted application. When this is complete, a second version will be visible on this screen. A special drop down will appear in the upper right corner of the application to allow quick access to all your applications.

Step 4: You may edit the alternate version to allow for college-specific information."


*That being said, I’m pretty sure the limit of alternate versions is 10, although that shouldn’t be too much of a problem since you should try to change everything you can in the 1st or 2nd alternate version. Also, you need to delete the colleges on your original application and move them to your alternate version(s) so that you can add your new information onto those colleges. They will not let you add the colleges onto your alternate version(s) until they are deleted from the original version.