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THE TESTING SECTION
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Presenter notes
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• A comprehensive training resource• Ready-to-present slide decks• Introduction to the Common Application• Getting Started• Searching and Adding Colleges• Explanations of the following sections:
Profile, Family, Education, Testing, Activities, Writing
• Payment and Submission
What is Common App Ready?
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• Schedule a workshop for your students, parents, colleagues, or anyone else who would benefit from learning about the Common Application
• Organize your workshop(s) around your needs by presenting the slides all at once or in multiple sessions
• Use the accompanying guide (also recorded in the footer notes of each slide) as your script
• Direct participants to our training videos for more information: appsupport.commonapp.org
How to use Common App Ready
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Please begin your presentation with the next
slide.
Now YOU are Common App Ready
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THE TESTING SECTION
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Sign in to your account
Pro-tip: Bookmarkapply.commonapp.org
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Navigate to the Common App tab
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Navigate to the Testing Section
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Testing Section overview
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Pro-tip: The first question you see asks if you wish to
self-report scores. Remember this: we’ll come
back to it in a moment.
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Testing Section overviewPro-tip: The Testing section
allows applicants to add scores from the following
exams:ACT, SAT,/SAT Subject, AP, IB, TOEFL, PTE Academic
and IELTS.
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Tests Taken
Pro-tip: Print out your scores or access them
online for ease of entering into your Common
App. Exams
selected at the top open sub-sections below
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Adding scores
Make sure to
list tests you plan to take in
the future.
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Pro-tip: Report your highest
subscores, even if they are from different test
dates.
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Leaving Exams
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Pro-tip: Leaving exams do not generally apply to US
applicants.
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Test-optional trick
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Pro-tip: Remember this question? Change your
answer to “no,” and your tests and scores disappear.
Change it back to “yes,” and they reappear.
Testing information you input and save is never deleted. It’s just hidden.
This feature lets you control the scores you send
to each college.
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Applicant Solutions Center
Help when you need it, where
you need it
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of the year
appsupport.commonapp.org
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