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What is Common App Ready? A comprehensive training resource Ready-to-present slide decks Introduction to the Common Application Getting Started Searching and Adding Colleges Explanations of the following sections: Profile, Family, Education, Testing, Activities, Writing Payment and Submission 4 © 2015 The Common Application

How to use Common App Ready Schedule a workshop for your students, parents, colleagues, or anyone else who would benefit from learning about the Common Application Organize your workshop(s) around your needs by presenting the slides all at once or in multiple sessions Use the accompanying guide (also recorded in the footer notes of each slide) as your script Direct participants to our training videos for more information: appsupport.commonapp.org 5 © 2015 The Common Application

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THE TESTING SECTION commonapp.org #commonappready © 2015 The Common Application

Sign in to your account Pro-tip: Bookmark apply.commonapp.org Welcome to Common App Ready. Students should navigate to commonapp.org, click on Apply Now to create a new account or to Sign In to an existing account. Pro-tip: Bookmark apply.commonapp.org © 2015 The Common Application

Navigate to the Common App tab Applicants can navigate to the Common App tab to begin working on the Common Application. © 2015 The Common Application

Navigate to the Testing Section Navigate to the Testing Section located on the left side of the screen. © 2015 The Common Application

Testing Section overview Pro-tip: The first question you see asks if you wish to self-report scores. Remember this: we’ll come back to it in a moment. The Testing section is where you’ll enter your self-reported scores for any of the following standardized tests: ACT, SAT/SAT Subject, AP, IB, TOEFL, PTE Academic, and IELTS. While you can self-report your scores in the Common App, you must also send official score reports from the testing agency, for example ACT and the College Board for SATs. © 2015 The Common Application

ACT, SAT,/SAT Subject, AP, IB, TOEFL, PTE Academic and IELTS. Testing Section overview Pro-tip: The Testing section allows applicants to add scores from the following exams: ACT, SAT,/SAT Subject, AP, IB, TOEFL, PTE Academic and IELTS. From a drop down box, applicants can select each type of exam that they wish to self report. © 2015 The Common Application

Exams selected at the top open sub-sections below Tests Taken Pro-tip: Print out your scores or access them online for ease of entering into your Common App. Exams selected at the top open sub-sections below As each kind of exam is added to the applicant’s Common Application, a section will appear at the bottom of the screen for entry. Once you indicate that you would like to self-report your scores, you’ll be prompted to enter the test type. Doing so will then provide you an area in which to share the detailed information for that test. You can select more test options by clicking inside the box over and over until you have entered all of the tests you wish to report.  If you would like to remove a test that you’ve already selected, just click the "x" within the name of the test to remove a selection from the box. © 2015 The Common Application

Make sure to list tests you plan to take in the future. Adding scores Make sure to list tests you plan to take in the future. Pro-tip: Report your highest subscores, even if they are from different test dates. Each exam section allows for you to self-report the highest sub-score and the date that the exam was taken. © 2015 The Common Application

Pro-tip: Leaving exams do not generally apply to US applicants. Some International Applicants are required to take Senior Secondary Leaving Examinations as a requirement for graduation. Applicants can add actual or predicted scores. © 2015 The Common Application

This feature lets you control the scores you send to each college. Test-optional trick Pro-tip: Remember this question? Change your answer to “no,” and your tests and scores disappear. Change it back to “yes,” and they reappear. Testing information you input and save is never deleted. It’s just hidden. This feature lets you control the scores you send to each college. Test-Optional Trick If you are applying to a test-optional college or university and you do not want to self-report scores, you can go back to the original question regarding whether or not you want to self-report scores. By clicking “No”, your tests and scores will disappear. Change it back to “Yes” and they reappear. The testing information you input and save is never deleted, it is just hidden giving you control over the scores that are sent to each college. © 2015 The Common Application

Help when you need it, where you need it Applicant Solutions Center Help when you need it, where you need it 24/7 Every day of the year FAQs Videos Chat Email Information about the Applicant Solutions Center You now have the information you need in order to work on your Testing section. Remember, we’re always ready to help you. If you experience a problem or have a question, let us know by going to the Applicant Help Center and searching the FAQs or clicking the Ask a Question tab. It’s probably a good idea to add ‘appsupport@commonap.org’ to your address book or contact list. We know you’ll have questions, and we are here to answer them. Help us make sure our responses don’t end up in your Spam or Junk folder by adding our support email address to your contact list. appsupport.commonapp.org © 2015 The Common Application

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