College applications can be stressful for high school seniors. Especially with most early action applications being due in November, seniors are using most of their free time on Common App. 

Common Application is a convenient way to submit many college applications at once. Common App is used by over 1,100 universities in the United States, along with a select few internationally. 

Common App makes it simple and easy for students to submit everything needed for an application. Asia Stiles, senior, said, “Common App has made the submission process easier because I only had to put in my personal information once.”

Despite the simplicity of submitting applications, it doesn’t make it any less stressful. Students are feeling the pressure to submit everything in a timely manner, “The time crunch makes it stressful because you gotta think in a short period of time,” said Meghan Lamm, senior. 

Lamm is submitting applications to 10 colleges and finds the amount of writing and self-reflection difficult because it can be “hard to think about yourself in that way,” she said. 

The biggest challenge it seems is balancing applications with school and extracurriculars. Stiles said she tries to “set a schedule of when I’m going to do assignments and in my free time at night I try to do around 30 minutes of applications.” 

By managing their limited time wisely, along with utilizing systems like common app, students are able to submit multiple college applications in a short period of time. It’s important to prioritize time for working on applications, as well as take breaks throughout the process.