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The questions on the Common App range from the home life of the student to academic achievements to standardized test scores such as the SAT or ACT and other information that colleges use to evaluate students for admission. SUPPLEMENTS While the Common Application itself is an extensive look into a student's academic life, it is often hard for a school to get a full picture of the student's character exclusively from the application itself. Often colleges will have supplements that an applicant must fill out along with the Common App in order to be considered for admission. This can range from a few yes or no questions about alumni relations or minority status to full essays pertaining to certain aspects of the school. The Common App online application often states whether a school needs a supplement and will automatically fill in the fields that the student has already filled in on previous uses of the Common Application. ONLINE APPLICATION The application consists of both a print and an online version. {Link without Title} The online version allows the application to be filled out once online and submitted to all schools with the same information going to each. Students can select to use the online application to fill out information and print out the completed application in PDF format to be sent in by mail. A student can elect to send variations of the same application with edits to specific schools by using the 'copy' feature on the online application. Students often use this feature to submit different test scores to different schools (as the ACT exam allows students to selectively decide which schools receive their scores). Once the application is submitted to a school, it cannot be edited electronically; the school must be contacted directly if a student wishes to make changes to a submitted application. Applicants can organize payment for applications and supplements online. Some schools like Allegheny College , Colgate University , Lewis & Clark College , Stevens Institute Of Technology , and Wellesley College do not charge an admission fee if their application or the Common Application is submitted online. Drawbacks to the online application include very strict limitations on the length of answers (especially for essays) and room for special circumstances that cannot fit into the spaces provided by the application. ONLINE MEMBERSHIP Students must sign up for the Common Application online if they wish to take advantage of online features of the application. They can only register once, but can apply to as many schools as they want through the website. Universities that accept the Common Application do so by choice. If they have a separate Proprietary application, they are required to give equal consideration to applicants using either form. The Common Application is not offered to universities who do not agree to treat it in this way. Additionally, the Common Application requires schools that use it to embrace a holistic approach to admission. As of July 2007, the Common Application website lists 315 colleges and universities as members. Of these, approximately one-third are "exclusive users" that use the Common Application as their only printed application. Some members require supplements that ask for information beyond that contained in the Common Application. CURRENT MEMBERS 1. Adelphi University 2. Agnes Scott College 3. Albertson College of Idaho 4. Albion College 5. Albright College 6. Alfred University 7. Allegheny College 8. American University 9. Amherst College 10. Arcadia University 11. Assumption College 12. Augsburg College 13. Augustana College (IL) 14. Augustana College (SD) 15. Austin College 16. Babson College 17. Baldwin-Wallace College 18. Bard College 19. Barnard College 20. Bates College 21. Belmont University 22. Beloit College 23. Bennington College 24. Bentley College 25. Berry College 26. Bethany College 28. Birmingham Southern College 29. Boston College 30. Boston University 31. Bowdoin College 32. Bradley University 33. Brandeis University 34. Bryant University 35. Bryn Mawr College 36. Bucknell University 37. Burlington College 38. Butler University 39. CalTech (California Institute of Technology) 40. California Lutheran University 41. Carleton College 42. Carnegie Mellon University 43. Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar 44. Case Western Reserve University 45. Catholic University of America 46. Cazenovia College 47. Centenary College 48. Centre College 49. Champlain College 50. Chatham University 51. Claremont McKenna College 52. Clark University 53. Clarkson University 54. Coe College 55. Colby College 56. Colby-Sawyer College 57. Colgate University 58. College of Mount Saint Vincent 60. College of Notre Dame of Maryland 61. College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University 62. College of Santa Fe 63. College of the Atlantic 64. College of the Holy Cross 66. College of Wooster 67. Colorado College 69. Concordia College 70. Connecticut College 71. Converse College 72. Cornell College 73. Cornell University 74. Creighton University 75. Dartmouth College 76. Davidson College 77. Denison University 78. DePauw University 79. Dickinson College 80. Dominican University of California 81. Drew University 82. Drexel University 83. Duke University 84. Earlham College 85. Eckerd College 86. Elizabethtown College 87. Elmira College 88. Emerson College 89. Emmanuel College 90. Emory University 91. Eugene Lang College 92. Fairfield University 93. Fisk University 94. Florida Southern College 95. Fordham University 96. Franklin and Marshall College 97. Franklin Pierce University 98. Furman University 100. George Fox University 101. George Washington University 102. Gettysburg College 103. Gonzaga University 104. Goucher College 105. Green Mountain College 106. Grinnell College 107. Guilford College 108. Gustavus Adolphus College 109. Hamilton College 110. Hampden-Sydney College 111. Hampshire College 112. Hanover College 113. Hartwick College 114. Harvard College 115. Harvey Mudd College 116. Haverford College 117. Hendrix College 118. Hillsdale College 119. Hiram College 120. Hobart and William Smith Colleges 121. Hofstra University 122. Hollins University 123. Illinois Institute of Technology 124. Illinois Wesleyan University 125. Iona College 126. Ithaca College 127. John Carroll University 128. Johns Hopkins University 129. Juniata College 130. Kalamazoo College 131. Kenyon College 132. Keystone College 133. Knox College 134. La Roche College 135. La Salle University 136. Lafayette College 137. Lake Forest College 138. Lawrence Technological University 139. Lawrence University 140. Le Moyne College 141. Lehigh University 142. Lesley College 143. Lewis and Clark College 144. Linfield College 145. List College, Jewish Theological Seminary 146. Loyola College in Maryland 147. Loyola University New Orleans 148. Luther College 149. Macalester College 150. Manhattan College 151. Manhattanville College 152. Marietta College 153. Marist College 154. Marlboro College 155. Marquette University 156. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 157. McDaniel College 158. Meredith College 159. Merrimack College 161. Middlebury College 162. Mills College 163. Millsaps College 164. Moravian College 165. Morehouse College 166. Mount Holyoke College 167. Muhlenberg College 168. Naropa University 169. Nazareth College 171. New England College 172. New York University 173. Nichols College 174. Northeastern University 175. Northland College 176. Northwestern University 177. Notre Dame de Namur University 178. Oberlin College 179. Occidental College 180. Oglethorpe University 181. Ohio Wesleyan University 182. Pace University 183. Pacific University 184. Pitzer College 185. Pomona College 186. Presbyterian College 187. Prescott College 188. Princeton University 189. Providence College 190. Quinnipiac University 191. Randolph College 192. Randolph-Macon College 193. Reed College 194. Regis College 195. Regis University 196. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 197. Rhodes College 198. Rice University 200. Rider University 201. Ripon College 202. Rochester Institute of Technology 203. Roger Williams University 204. Rollins College 205. Sacred Heart University 206. Saint Anselm College 207. Saint Joseph's College of Maine 208. Saint Joseph's University 209. St. Lawrence University 210. Saint Leo University 211. Saint Louis University 212. Saint Mary's College (IN) 213. Saint Mary's College of California 214. Saint Michael's College 215. St. Norbert College 216. St. Olaf College 217. Saint Peter's College 218. Saint Vincent College 219. Salem College 220. Salve Regina University 221. Santa Clara University 222. Sarah Lawrence College 223. Scripps College 224. Seattle University 225. Seton Hall University 226. Seton Hill University 227. Sewanee (Univ of the South) 228. Siena College 229. Simmons College 230. Skidmore College 231. Smith College 232. Southern Methodist University 233. Southern New Hampshire University 234. Southwestern University 235. Spelman College 236. Spring Hill College 237. Stanford University 238. Stetson University 239. Stevens Institute of Technology 240. Stonehill College 241. Suffolk University 242. Susquehanna University 243. Swarthmore College 244. Sweet Briar College 245. Syracuse University 246. TCU (Texas Christian University) 247. Thiel College 248. Thomas College 249. Transylvania University 250. Trinity College (CT) 251. Trinity University (TX) 252. Tufts University 253. Tulane University 254. Union College 256. University of Dallas 257. University of Dayton 259. University of Denver 260. University of Findlay 261. University of La Verne 266. University of Miami 268. University of New Haven 269. University of Pennsylvania 270. University of Portland 271. University of Puget Sound 272. University of Redlands 273. University of Richmond 274. University of Rochester 275. University of San Diego 276. University of San Francisco 277. University of Scranton 279. University of Tampa 280. University of the Pacific 281. University of Tulsa 283. Ursinus College 284. Utica College 285. Valparaiso University 286. Vanderbilt University 287. Vassar College 288. Villanova University 289. Wabash College 290. Wagner College 291. Wake Forest University 292. Washington & Jefferson College 293. Washington & Lee University 294. Washington College 295. Washington University in St. Louis 296. Webster University 297. Wellesley College 298. Wells College 299. Wesleyan University 300. Westminster College (MO) 301. Westminster College (PA) 302. Westminster College (UT) 303. Wheaton College (MA) 304. Wheelock College 305. Whitman College 306. Whittier College 307. Willamette University 308. William Jewell College 309. Williams College 310. Wilson College 311. Wittenberg University 312. Wofford College 313. WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) 314. Xavier University 315. Yale University
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