Submitting College Applications
The Submitting College Applications section should take approximately 15 minutes per application.
Items marked with a red asterisk * are required. You are not required to complete items that do not have the red asterisk.
Introduction
In the Submitting College Applications section, you will:
- Follow the steps to submit your application to a college on Common App.
- Learn how to confirm that all required transcripts, test scores, and letters of recommendation have been received at the colleges where you have submitted your applications.
- Understand how an admission office will review your application.
Videos
In this video, we describe the steps to submit your completed application to a college. You must submit the application separately to each college on your list. This video should take approximately 5 minutes.
In this video, we discuss important steps to take after you submit your application, including reading emails from colleges, setting up a portal on the college’s website, and making sure that all parts of the application have been received by the college. This video should take approximately 2 minutes.
In this video, Todd Rinehart, Vice Chancellor for Enrollment at the University of Denver, discusses how your application is reviewed once you have submitted it.
Tips & Reminders
- Review your application carefully to find any errors or typos before submitting it.
- Congratulations on submitting your application! This is a wonderful achievement!!
- Once you have submitted an application, you should receive a follow-up email from the college. Read the email and all emails from that college. They contain important information.
- After you submit an application, the college might ask you to create a portal on its website. Do this to track your application and make sure that colleges receive all parts of your application, including your transcript, test scores if relevant, letters of recommendation, and other required documents. When setting up the portal, be sure to save your login and password in a secure location that you won’t forget, as you will need to log in to this portal to check the status of your application.
- It is your responsibility to ensure that all parts of the application are received.
