As high school students begin filling out their college applications, they should recognize the power and significance of the activity list. It’s not just a place for seniors to list their activities ...

How do you fill out the parent information section if you live with a foster family? Does babysitting your little brother after school count as an “activity”? The questions that come up while filling ...

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 ...

“To write an effective Common App activity description or create a CV that stands out, you need to quantify your activities.” The class looks perplexed, as expected. The words “quantify” and ...

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A student at California Institute of Technology, which is one of the 35 colleges experimenting with adding questions to the Common App to glean information about students’ home life responsibilities.