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THE PROFILE 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 PROFILE 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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Profile Section overview
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Profile Section overviewThe Profile section includes:• Personal information• Your address• Your phone numbers• Background• Languages you speak• Your citizenship• Scholarship Information• Request for a fee waiver
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Personal InformationPro-tip: Use your legal name so that colleges can match your application with standardized test scores and other documents.
Move between sections
by clicking CONTINUE
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Address
Where do you want to receive your mail
from colleges?
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Contact Details
Email address
defaults to the one you provided at registration
.
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Demographics
This section is OPTIONAL but can be helpful to colleges.
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Geography
Tell colleges
where you were born and where you have
lived.
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Language
How many languages
do you speak?
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Citizenship
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Citizenship
Pro-tip: Applying for financial aid? Don’t
leave this blank. Colleges need it to
match your application to your
financial aid documents.
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Scholarship Information Pro-tip: Scholar Snapp connects students with scholarships.
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Fee WaiversOne fee
waiver will cover all of
your Common
App submission
s
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Applicant Solutions Center
Help when you need it, where
you need it
FAQsVideosChatEmail
24/7Every day
of the year
appsupport.commonapp.org
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