Ed note: the correct price for the guide is $15, not $50 as I (embarrassingly) wrote in the original post.
Arun and I are happy to finally announce that our Collegewise Guide to the 2013-14 Common Application—revised
and updated to reflect the new application—is officially on sale in our store.
It’s 50 pages, sold as a downloadable PDF for $15. You can buy your own
copy here.
Here are a few ways you
might find our guide helpful:
Students
- If
you’ve already finished your Common App, use our guide to do a line-by-line
review before you submit. Take our suggestions and revise your app as you
see fit. - If
you haven’t started your Common App, complete each section with our help.
We think your app will be stronger, and you’ll actually spend less time on the
application by just getting it right the first time. - Maybe
you’re struggling with just one particular section? Our guide can
probably help.
Parents
- Some
parents take the role of the college application manager and reviewer in the
house. If that’s you, use our guide to review your student’s Common
Application. Better yet, pass it along to them and let your student use
it from the start.
High school counselors
- Even
if you’ve never read a Common Application before, you can be a virtual expert
in just an hour if you read our guide. - Do
your students come to you with questions about the Common App? Keep a
copy of our guide on your desk to use whenever you need a second opinion. - Read
our guide and then do a Common App workshop for your staff or your students. - Encourage
your fellow counselors to buy their own copy of the guide, or have your school
buy a 30-copy license so each member of your counseling and teaching staff can
have their own copy.
Private counselors
- Our
guide will teach you exactly what to look for when reviewing each of your
students' Common Applications. - Buy
one or more 30-copy licenses and share our guide with all your students for
them to use at home while they complete their applications. - Do
you have partners, counselors or interns who work with students? Read our
guide and then train them yourself. Or buy a 30-copy site license to
distribute our guide to them.
We appreciate how patient people have been
while we took the time to produce a guide we could be proud of, and we really
hope you find it helpful.