<p>That’s happened to me with chess and math.</p>
<p>I don’t know what you mean by box though. Just put what you just put down:</p>
<p>FIRST Robotics: 1st 2007; 3rd 2008
CT Science Olympiad: 2nd 2007; 3rd 2008</p>
<p>Yes, one part of the point of the Common Application is to allow busy high school teachers to fill out fewer recommendation forms. You can copy one recommendation for multiple schools. </p>
<p>The Common Application people are working on a way to submit recommendations online. That’s something that is already done for many graduate school recommendation letters.</p>
<p>Is the common app used for ED/EA/ Regular decisions?</p>
<p>Yes. You just have to fill in an extra form saying that you’re applying Early if you’re doing early. If not, you just fill it in like normal</p>
<p>Any school that uses the Common App uses it for all admission deadlines, ED, EA or RD. For ED, Common App requires that one signs an ED agreement to attend that school if accepted.</p>
<p>Whats the difference between the Common App and the regular apps? ( i know that u can send the common app to a link of schools)</p>
<p>Well, it is a regular application. The main difference: It doesn’t state any college unless it’s in the college-specific supplements. Otherwise, regular apps can be a bit less intense due to asking less information… from what I’ve seen. But, then, you got to do every one separately.</p>
<p>There’s not much difference between a common app and a regular app–they ask pretty much the same thing. Some colleges have supplements that you have to fill in even if you use the common app.</p>
<p>So does the common app have the same type of essay as the regular app to a college?</p>
<p>Not necessarily. If a college doesn’t accept the common app, you should look at the application itself to see what the essays are. They all share the common trait that they all want to know something about you.</p>
<p>About the common application, I notice some schools waive the fee if it’s done electronically. Since my teachers are going to write out my letters of recommendation, as well as filling out those forms, manually, would that affect the process and force me, so to speak, to pay the fee since not all of it was done electronically? 
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<p>No. The fee waiver applies to the application and supplement, not to the additional information such as recs, transcripts, etc. Very few colleges currently have letters of rec submitted on line.</p>
<p>I believe that some schools have their own application along with the Common App.</p>
<p>Is it better to use the Common App or to fill out the school’s own application?</p>
<p>One book (Acing the College Application) claims that it’s better to fill out their own. Their reasoning is, “Well, why not show that you care enough about the school to do their special one?” </p>
<p>I don’t believe that. An application is an application. If they preferred one over the other, they wouldn’t have allowed you to fill out either one, and chances are, they really don’t care, because they probably get tons more common apps than their own apps.</p>
<p>I suggest you use the common app when you have the choice, because then you just complete the common app and don’t have to worry about having to fill a separate application that is basically the same as the common app!</p>
<p>^ I agree with dchow08 but I just dont use the common app it would make applying easier for me but I just dont and I dont know why. Go with the common app.</p>
<p>I can’t wait until tuesday!</p>
<p>I’ve always heard that admissions subconsciously favors applications that are done on the school’s own personal application rather than the common app (if offered). So my questions would be…</p>
<p>1) Where could you find the school’s own app. if they use common application? It seems kind of inconspicuous, as all the sites of schools that use common app. just advertise and provide links for that, as opposed to their own application.</p>
<p>2) Is any of this true anyway? At least to a tiny extent? If I am applying early decision somewhere, would it be worth it to spend the extra time filling out the school’s own application form?</p>
<p>The Common Application is now gearing up to accept letters of recommendation submitted electronically. </p>
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<p>Eh, by now most schools probably don’t favor either since most people would choose the common app over the school specific one given the choice.</p>
<p>I entirely disagree with the idea that there is any admission advantage to using a college’s own college-specific application form over the Common Application if the college says it accepts both. Of course, some colleges (for example Harvard) make this issue easy to deal with by only accepting the Common Application (or Universal College Application) and not having a college-specific form. But just don’t worry about this. You have more important things to do to get ready for college.</p>