Navigating the Common App

Taught by a Brown student, this course offers a complete guide to navigating the sections of the Common App through video and downloadable materials. Students are empowered through self-guided exercises to begin their college application journey!

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Course curriculum

1. About your instructor
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2. About the course
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3. A Welcome Note to Enrolled Students
4. Acknowledgement of Admission Policy
5. Acknowledgement and Agreement to Terms and Conditions
1. Introduction the Common App
2. What is the Common App?
3. What Colleges/Universities use the Common App?
4. What is the Timeline for the Common App?
5. Quiz: The Common App
1. Pre-Common App Materials Checklist
2. Pre-Common App Google Sheets Checklist
3. Exercise: Create a list of your academic honors and achievements
4. Exercise: Create a list of your activities, work, and family responsibilities
5. Tips for Pre-Common App
6. Detailed Admissions Calendar (Junior-Senior Year: Steps for Each Month)
1. Tips for Creating Your Account
2. Creating an Account
3. Logging Into the Common App
1. Navigating the Dashboard
1. Introduction to the College Search
2. Exercise: Take a College Fit Quiz
3. What Are Safety, Target, & Reach Schools?
4. Tool for Identifying Safety, Target, Reach
5. Exercise: Identify your Safety, Target, and Reach Schools
6. College Application Research/Information Spreadsheet
7. Adding Schools to the Common App
8. Complete List of Deadlines, Fees and Requirements by the Common App
1. Early Decision, Early Action, and Regular Decision
2. Early Decision, Early Action, Regular Decision Visual Comparison
3. Deciding on ED, EA, and RD
4. How to Add a Term and Admission Plan
1. General Common App Section Overview
2. Tips for the Common App Section
3. Common App Section Information Checklist
4. Applying for a Fee Waiver
1. General Activities Section Overview
2. Formatting Template for 150 Character Limit
3. Tips for the Activities Section
4. Exercise: Refine and Edit Your Activities List
1. Choosing a Topic
2. Personal Essay Prompts
3. Exercise: Create A List of Three Ideas for Your Personal Statement Essay
4. Beginning Your First Draft
5. Delaney's Personal Essay and Inspiration
6. Material for Crafting Your Personal Essay
7. Exercise: Submit A Draft of your Common App Essay
1. Waiving Your FERPA Rights
2. How to Ask For A Letter of Recommendation
3. How to Invite a Recommender
4. Sample Confirmation Email for Your Recommender
5. A Note About Recommendations
6. Overview of The Supplemental Essay
7. Delaney's Supplemental Essays
8. Additional Brown Supplement Examples
9. Supplement Tracker on Google Sheets (Make a Copy for Yourself)
10. Reminder! Now is The Time to Start Your Supplements
1. Review your Submission
2. Submitting Your App Step by Step Walk Through
1. Course Survey
2. Thank you!
3. Farewell Video

About this course

$25.00
62 lessons
1.5 hours of video content

What you'll learn

Material

Access to a current Brown student's admission essays, paragraph answers, and extracurricular details. Plus the ability to email or chat with the instructor.
Templates

Templates are provided to help you stay organized throughout the entire college admissions process.
Step-by-step walkthrough of the Common App

A comprehensive overview of the Common App with tips and recommendations for a smooth application process.

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Testimonials

“I took this course hoping to learn more about the college admission process for my two daughters; let me just say it was everything I needed to guide them through the process as a parent. Delaney offered my daughter amazing feedback and was so responsive to all of our questions. Seriously recommend!”

Pete H

“I am an international student who enrolled in this course to learn more about the US college application process. I successfully submitted my Common App and am so happy with my results. ”

Leah A

“Extremely useful and gave me much needed guidance to finalize my application and personal essay.”

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