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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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24/7Every day

of the year

appsupport.commonapp.org

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