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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Getting rid of the common app would solve more problems than introducing new wrinkles that complicate things even more.[/quote]

Yes. Going back to the days when every application was a lot of work would solve many problems. People would only apply to the handful of schools they are genuinely interested in attending. The number of apps would go way down. And applying to the more selective schools would feel less like a lottery. As it is, the system encourages shotgunning.

But it won't change. Colleges like receiving a million apps. It makes them appear exclusive. And they like pocketing the fees. There is no incentive for them to change. Even Georgetown - the last holdout - has switched to the Common App.  [/quote]

I will get abused for this one but how about cutting back on fee waivers for apps. Don't eliminate them altogether, but reduce them. Let's say the common app only allows you to use 10 or 15 fee waivers.

I cannot stand when I see the postings of some inner city kid who got into 53 schools with millions in scholarships. Great. What did they accomplish.[/quote]
Those stories almost always involve kids who used the HBCU common app, which allows anyone, regardless of income, to apply to dozens of HBCUs for $20. It doesn’t include the most prestigious HBCUs: Morehouse, Spelman, Howard, FAMU, NCAT, Tuskegee — they’re not on the HBCU common app. So limiting fee waivers on the (standard) common app wouldn’t change those stories much at all. Also, unless your kid is interested in less-prestigious HBCUs, this doesn’t affect you in any way. [/quote]

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