Every fall, the Common App releases a report outlining the latest trends in college admissions and enrollment. As the largest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vinay Bhaskara co-founded CollegeVine and covers higher education. This article is more than 2 years old. The Common App is the ...

The number of first-time international applicants on the popular application platform declined 10% in the 2025-26 cycle, a new report found.

The Common Application is an online college application tool that lets you apply to more than 1,000 participating universities in the United States and abroad. Developed by the nonprofit access ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 300,000 people this month received acceptance letters from at least one college or university in their state − before ...

Starting in September, 234 colleges will begin reaching out to first-generation and low- and middle-income students with ...

Georgetown University announced March 27 that it will join the Common Application on a three-year pilot program beginning in August 2026, confirming earlier reporting from The Hoya. Applicants to the ...

Data come from Common App and Campus Pride as they release new guide on sex and gender questions in applications. Of the more than 1.22 million students who applied to college for fall 2022 using the ...

If requested, the Common App will conceal basic information on race and ethnicity — a move that could help schools if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action. By Anemona Hartocollis Each year, the ...

Colleges will soon have the option to hide students’ race and ethnicity information on applications submitted through Common App, according to the organization. The move comes as the Supreme Court is ...