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APPLICATION AND PAYMENT SUBMISSION

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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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APPLICATION AND PAYMENT SUBMISSION

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Sign in to your account

Pro-tip: Bookmarkapply.commonapp.org

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Navigate to the My Colleges tab

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Navigate to a college

Complete

college-specific question

s

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Complete Questions

Green Checks

= Complet

ePro-tip: College questions often include start term, major, and

decision plan.

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Getting ready to submitClick on

Review and Submit – Common

App to reach this section

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Review and Submit

Click on Review and

Submit button

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PDF preview

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Review PDF to ensure

correctness

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PDF preview

Click Continue

to proceed

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PDF affirmation

#1 Click on box to indicate that the PDF is

correct.

#2 Click Continue

to proceed

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Payment notification

Click Continue to

move to Payment Screen

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Fee waiver screen

Click Continue to move to the next screen.

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If you requested

a fee waiver,

you’ll see this

message.

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Application submission

Check the boxes

& type your name

Click submit

to procee

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Submission notificationOverlay appears

immediately upon

successful submission.

Pro-tip: You will receive an email confirming your submission.

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Submission status

Green check

indicates that app has been

submitted.

Pro-tip: Application submission date and time appears in the

dashboard.

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Applicant Solutions Center

Help when you need it, where

you need it

FAQsVideosChat

Email.

24/7Every day

of the year

appsupport.commonapp.org

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