Common App Testing Section?

[Anonymous]

In the Testing section of the Common App, there is a prompt for Highest Combined Essay Score, if you choose to self report SAT scores. When you don't have a Combined Essay Score, but just Reading/Writing and Math scores, what do you put here? There's no option for "do not have this", other than leaving it blank - which causes the Common App not to mark the Testing section as complete. I know the official scores will come from College Board, but how do you complete the Testing section without an answer to Highest Combined Essay Score? I hope this makes sense, and thanks in advance for your guidance.

[Anonymous]

Go back to the question that asked if you took SAT with essay and change from yes to no

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the clarification. I thought I had done that, but I thought wrong. Appreciate your help!

[Anonymous]

Can they leave the testing section blank and just submit official scores? Sorry to hijack but curious. My kid is not submitting scores to every single school and wanted to just leave the testing page blank and send official scores to specific schools.

[Anonymous]

Is the parent filling out the common app for their kid? Posting a question on dcum? Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the parent filling out the common app for their kid? Posting a question on dcum? Yikes.

Honest question - why do you care so much?

[Anonymous]

Filling out the common app for your kid, then writing the essays for your kid or paying someone to write them … sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Filling out the common app for your kid, then writing the essays for your kid or paying someone to write them … sad.

Whatever. It’s common

[Anonymous]

Serious question because we are not a family with a college counselor: when a family hires a college counselor, does the counselor review the entries on the Common App before submitting, or does the student just send without input from the counselor? Our student is prepping their applications with guidance from the parents - and asking for guidance and review - is this unusual? I realize there are kids who may not need/ask for any support, but is it unusual for a kid to want and/or need support? My kid is otherwise independent in life, for what it is worth, but seems to want help with this process. Just curious about others?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Filling out the common app for your kid, then writing the essays for your kid or paying someone to write them … sad.

Whatever. It’s common

+1 Colleges might start offering dorms for parents so that they can live close and keep doing the work for their kids as a co-pilot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question because we are not a family with a college counselor: when a family hires a college counselor, does the counselor review the entries on the Common App before submitting, or does the student just send without input from the counselor? Our student is prepping their applications with guidance from the parents - and asking for guidance and review - is this unusual? I realize there are kids who may not need/ask for any support, but is it unusual for a kid to want and/or need support? My kid is otherwise independent in life, for what it is worth, but seems to want help with this process. Just curious about others?

DH has me review his monthly reports before submitting them. I ask for colleague feedback on tricky client emails before sending. Having another person (parent, college counselor) proof/check over the common app before submitting it is smart. Your own eyes see what you know is supposed to be there. Someone else’s eyes actually catch mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the parent filling out the common app for their kid? Posting a question on dcum? Yikes.

My kid would ask me if they couldn’t figure something out on a form, just like I have asked them when I encountered something they knew more about than me.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the helpful replies here.