{"id":2415,"date":"2018-08-24T12:28:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2018-08-24T12:41:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:41:57","slug":"common-app-for-transfer-students-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/08\/24\/common-app-for-transfer-students-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Common App for Transfer Students Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2416\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/adultstudent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2416\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/adultstudent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/adultstudent.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/adultstudent-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new application designed to serve returning adult students, as well as community college students applying to four-year institutions, is now available.<\/p>\n<p>The Common App launched its transfer app this month. More than 650 colleges and universities will accept the new application.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new offering provides transfer students \u201cwith an application that\u2019s relevant to their life story while also making the process of applying more efficient by simplifying the way fee waivers, transcripts, and other documents are submitted,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonapp.org\/whats-appening\/news\/common-app-launches-new-transfer-application-improve-college-access-millions\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among other features, the application allows transfer students to include relevant volunteer, internship, and work experiences, as well as any awards or honors they\u2019ve earned outside the classroom. In addition, the new centralized transcript collection feature ensures that applicants will only have to request transcripts once\u2014from the institution where they were previously or currently enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re committed to providing better pathways and more equitable opportunities for the talented and growing number of individuals who didn\u2019t take the so-called \u2018traditional\u2019 path to college but are determined to achieve their educational goals,\u201d said Jenny Rickard, Common App CEO and president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonapp.org\/whats-appening\/news\/common-app-launches-new-transfer-application-improve-college-access-millions\">Learn more about the new application<\/a> and visit NACAC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/transfer\/\">transfer student resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted<\/em>\u00a0<em>writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/learning\/communities\/Admitted\/default.aspx\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new application designed to serve returning adult students, as well as community college students applying to four-year institutions, is now available. The Common App launched its transfer app this month. More than 650 colleges and universities will accept the new application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,21],"tags":[259],"class_list":["post-2415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","category-transfer","tag-common-app"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-CX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}