Next Step: Details about the Common App

What is the Common App? Links to an external site.

Crush the Common App Guidebook Links to an external site.

Common App opens August 1st, 2024. 

Application Guide Links to an external site.

The platform itself is free to use, but every college charges their own application processing fee (usually $30 to $75 for U.S. applicants). You may qualify for a Common App Fee Waiver which means that all of the colleges you apply to will not charge you an application fee. Common App Fee Waiver Information Links to an external site.

All community college applications are free.   

NC Colleges Without Application Fees Links to an external site.

Colleges in the US Without Application Fees Links to an external site.