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[quote=Anonymous]Older parent here -- How long has the Common Application been used?

I don't think it has been all that great a blessing for students.   The old way (they way I had to do it) you had to apply separately to each school, true.  You had to fill in all their requests for information (activities, transcript) and you had to write an essay.

It was HARD to submit more than a few applications so it kept our submissions reasonable.

I *thought* the point of the Common App was that you just had to fill out stuff once.  But I'm watching my kid fill it out, and she has to fill out different information for each school, and separate essays for each school IN ADDITION to the general one?  So what the heck is the flipping point?

All for the "convenience" of now HAVING to apply to way more schools that she really cares to (and pay more in application fees)  just because the whole application process is a gigantic crap shoot/lottery and we have no freaking clue where she will be accepted.

I don't see how students really benefited from this invention.[/quote]

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