Last December, the unemployment rate for the San Francisco and Oakland metropolitan areas went below 4 percent for first time since 2007. While an economic comeback is good news overall, it obscures ...

The Common Application has a new competitor. Last week ApplicationsOnline LLC, in Baltimore, unveiled its Universal College Application, which has already won a baker’s dozen of clients, including ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Current students who remember the University’s distinctive application process may recall the many ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. The Common Application, a centralized platform over 1,000 ...

The primary purposes of the common application are to collect your biographical information, your personal statement, your experience history, your coursework history, and your letters of ...