通用申请
Common App 是美国私立大学使用的标准应用程序。浏览该平台可能有点棘手，因此以下是创建帐户和申请大学的步骤：
Requirements:
(These are school specific and may vary)
Required Paperwork:
Transcripts
Annual income
Social Security Number
Citizenship status
Parent/Legal guardian information
Optional:
Scores and dates of standardized tests
List of extracurricular work, responsibilities, and activities
Academic honors and achievements
How to sign up and apply to colleges on Common App
Click here to go to Common App
Step 1) Click the “start your application” button.
Step 2) Click “first year student”.
NOTICE: Make an account with your personal email.
DO NOT make an account with your school email. Your school email will be deactivated when you graduate.
Step 3) Fill out every section marked by red asterisks(*).
Step 4) Check off the terms and services box.
Step 5) Click on the “Common App” tab and fill out all the sections up to “writing”.
Step 6) Add colleges to your list by pressing college search and clicking “add to my colleges”.
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重要提示
我们强烈建议一年级学生申请提前决定或提前行动。
提前决定申请的截止日期通常是11 月 1 日或 11 月 15 日。通过提前决定申请大学，你不仅可以提前收到大学的决定通知（通常是12 月 15 日或 1 月 1 日），还可以向大学表明他们是你的首选，大大增加你被录取的机会。但是，如果你被提前决定的大学录取，你就必须按照合同规定在该大学就读，除非你的经济援助和奖励不足以让你上大学。
综上所述，如果你还没有准备好上大学，那么提前行动是最好的选择。提前行动的截止日期和决定日期与提前决定相同，但如果你被录取，则不需要你注册大学，从而提供了更大的灵活性。然而，与提前决定不同的是，提前行动不会增加你被大学录取的机会。
Step 7) Fill out recommenders and FERPA (we recommend pressing the waive your rights option).
*Waiving rights to your FERPA is acknowledging you will not have access to your letters of recommendation and they will be submitted by your teachers or counselor on your behalf.
Learn more about FERPA at the end of this page
Step 8a) Go to questions and review each section for written responses
Step 8b) Some colleges have questions under academics or other tabs so make sure that you fill those out, if it does not have a red asterisks(*) and is not an applicable question such as “would you like to explain any gaps in your academic history” we encourage you to write a response.
FERPA
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that affords parents the right to have access to their children’s education records, the right to seek to have the records amended, and the right to have some control over the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records.