all right we’re going to talk about
how to find supplemental questions
within the common app so after you login
to the common app and you’ve added
college under the college search after
you got a college is under the college
search you’ll see them in your dashboard
and then you can also go to the after
you can also go to the my colleges
section and you’ll see the colleges that
you’ve added in here so I’ve added a few
colleges one of the colleges that I
added was Chapman University you can
click on the little drop down here and
then you’ll notice that on the on the
left hand side here it says Chapman
University College information and
there’s a questions section there’s a
FERPA recommender in FERPA section and
then a review and submit section now the
recommender in FERPA section I already
completed that so I have that green
checkmark box there right above that is
questions click on that now these are
questions that are going to go
specifically to Chapman so you can stay
down here I love Chapman go Chapman and
hooray and all that on the common app
tab of the common app the data that’s in
here under profile Family Education
testing activities writing and courses
and grades these are all going to go to
every College so it needs to be generic
in this section let’s go back to our my
college section we’re going to look at
Chapman again and now we’re going to the
questions and within the questions there
are some sub sub areas that need to be
filled out so you’ll put a checkmark in
the box
I understand and then you’ll it says
preferred
start term you’ll notice that there’s a
little red asterisks right here wherever
you see the little red asterisks those
things are required so it says preferred
start term and the only options that I
have right now is fall of 2020 or spring
of 2020 when they upload the new
software in August then it will stay in
their fall of 21 and then I can choose
that right below that is what type of
student are you are you a full-time or
part-time student you’re going to be
full-time specify that you intend some
of the colleges are going to ask this
question do you intend to pursue
need-based financial aid and most of the
time the answer is yes on that one they
are also asking for your social security
number please put that in here as well
are you a international student yes or
no and then click continue I’m gonna ask
you about some academics
what is your declared major you’ll
specify your major and then you intend
to you want us to consider you for a
different major specify that yes or no
click continue and now with Chapman
they’re asking about some activities
what type of activities are you
interested in and and you can click on
the little drop down and choose
whichever ones are of interest to you
now now interest it says what type of
activities at Chapman are you interested
in and again these aren’t things that
you have to do but things that you might
think about doing and you want to
specify one or two of these things
because they’re going to look at that go
oh yes we do have Greek organizations
and yes we do have some civic engagement
that the student may be interested in
and participating with because
if they participate in those activities
are going to meet like-minded students
and make friends and if you have a
friend or two you’re going to feel
comfortable at that school and you’re
going to matriculate and graduate and
that’s what they would like is they
would like you to graduate from their
college also in this section it says
upload your resume so you can click on
that you can upload it
click continue we’ve got contacts and
have you ever applied to Chapman before
have you visited our campus and if you
had any contact with anybody click on
the little drop down specify who you’ve
had contact with click continue we’ve
got the family sections gonna ask you
are any of your parents or relatives or
any siblings attending this college or
did anybody in your family work at this
college sometimes they ask that question
and then other information look at this
we’ve got a supplemental question and
the question is out of the thousands of
universities and colleges why are you
interested in attending Chapman so
here’s that question that Jennifer
mentioned earlier why do you want to
attend this college and it says a
maximum of 200 words which is about a
paragraph maybe a paragraph and a half
okay so do a little bit of research on
Chapman check out if you’re thinking
about studying biology check out the
biology page on Chapman or if you’re
thinking about studying film and check
out the film program on their website
also look up Chapman’s mission statement
and craft your essay around that and if
we scroll down we’ve got two prompts
here we’ve got prompt number one and
prompt number two before you spend a
whole lot of time working and reworking
these essays please reach out to your
recruiter contact and ask that question
hey I’m going to be applying to your
in the fall and I noticed that um you
guys use the common app are the props
that are on common app going to be the
same or are they going to be different
and if they are different what are they
then you can start working on those
prompts accordingly and if we scroll
down now we have some short answers and
the first one is what is your dream job
you can specify that this one says
please list three words that describe
yourself so you can put in three words
hungry comma funny comma intelligent you
know whatever three words are good for
you and sometimes quirky answers tend to
work some additional short answers what
song would B be listening to while
reading your application again before
you start working on all of these short
answers ask that ask the college
recruiter are these prompts going to
change or not and if they are going to
change what are the new ones what is
your role model name one dish we should
be cooking for you would be cooking for
admission who what is your favorite
quote in my whom this one’s kind of a
trick right here is what is your
favorite subject okay if you’re going to
be studying biology in college then your
favorite subjects better be biology in
this section if you’re if you’re going
to be studying architecture and your
high school doesn’t have an architecture
program that’s fine you can still
specify what your favorite subject is in
it and it should be close to
architecture or something like that
whatever it is that you’re planning on
studying in college name one thing opps
on your bucket list your most prized
possession and there are some additional
simple little props that are as one word
or maybe even a half a sentence or a
sentence prompts that are available that
Chapman is asking
let’s go over and we’ll look at USC as
another example and if we scroll down
we’ve got two sections here we’ve got
the questions we’ve got our phurba and
then the FERPA we do have a check mark
green box and up because we already
filled that out when you do fill out the
FERPA section and click OK on that it
will be you’ll have that green check
mark for all of the colleges that you’ve
added into your common app and then
we’ve got our review and submit button
if I click on the review and submit
button you’ll notice that there is no
submit button in here and that is
because the questions section over here
there’s no green checkmark box questions
down here there’s no green checkmark box
once we have the green checkmark boxes
for all of these sections then you’ll
get a button here that says review and
submit you’ll click on that button and
then it will generate a PDF
please save that PDF save it on your
computer save it on a flash drive save
it on the cloud have multiple copies
saved just in case just in case the
college system crashes and they lose all
their applications you will have a
backup if we click on the questions
section we’ve got some sub headings
within here we’ve got our questions
we’ve got our academics we’ve got our
contact family and other information
under the general section they’re asking
the same question what’s your preferred
start time are you a full time student
etc under the academic section they’re
asking you what your major is under the
contact section they’re asking you if
you would like to be contacted if it’s
okay to contact you via phone or text
and then please make sure that your
greeting on your cell phone is
professional it could be something like
this hey this is hi again make it really
professional
hi this is JD wise Alec I’m not
available right now please leave a
message
and I will give knock in touch with you
as soon as possible that would be a very
professional greeting under the family
section it’s going to ask you if any of
your relatives have worked at the
college or if you have any siblings that
are attending the college or if you’ve
had any relatives attend the college so
at USC they do value legacy alumni
students now we’re in the other
information and just asking if you’ve
ever had a misdemeanor or felony that is
the fastest way to get rejected if we
scroll down a little bit to the
questions section down here we can click
on that and now we’ve got some writing
prompts and it does say 250 word limit
which is about a two paragraphs and
there are three different prompts before
you work on any of these prompts reach
out to your recruiter and ask that
question are these prompts going to be
remain the same or will they be
different and if they are different what
are the new prompts so that you can
start working on that and start crafting
it for those colleges that are going to
change their prompts sometimes they’ll
tell you hey here’s what our new prompt
is sometimes they won’t know which i
think is kind of odd but you want to
find out what those prompts are as soon
as possible if they’re not going to tell
you what those prompts are then let’s
start working on something so that when
they do I notified you of the new props
then you got at least something that you
can kind of craft and work with so copy
and paste your essay in there and then
we’ve got another one right here we’ve
got another prompt and then it is 250
words you want to find out is this one
going to change as
or not and oh look it we’ve got a third
one in here so we’ve got three different
essay prompts that are all around 250
words now you’ll notice you’ll notice
right down here where it says minimum of
0 so that means that this is so you
could submit it without putting in any
any text in here okay and you’ll also
notice that there is no red asterisks so
this is optional however at a highly
selective school like USC it is
important to utilize all of the real
estate that is available on common app
and one area of real estate that is
available is this additional essay
question and essay answer please put in
something in here because it will be a
handful of students who apply to USC and
notice on here that this is optional and
they will not put anything in there and
more than likely those students will be
rejected to increase our chances of
admission utilize every spot available
on the common app and now we have some
short answers the first one it says
describe yourself describe yourself in
three words
first word so you’ll type in your first
word here what some students will do is
they will type in three words in there
smart artistic smart comma artistic
comma fast and then and then if we go
down to the next one it says second word
Oh artistic and then it says third word
and then they’ll type in fast or
whatever their third word is again
quirky answers sometimes work best the
reason why they’re doing that up here
where it says describe yourself in in
three words first word is they want to
know can you
directions and we’ve got some additional
simple little short answers what your
favorite snack best movie of all time
dream job if you had if you had a theme
song what would it be and I had one of
my students put in there the theme song
to the movie Pirates of the Caribbean it
could be anything
dream trip what TV show will you binge
watch next what’s your favorite book
this one can kind of be a little bit of
a trick as well what’s your favorite
book especially at a highly selective
college like this maybe your favorite
book suit should be associated with
whatever you’re planning on citing as
your major so if you’re set if you’re
going to be studying astronomy in
college then maybe you should have a
favorite astronomy book in here and then
you’ll click continue and once you’ve
answered all of those essays and all of
those short answers the supplemental
things you’ll have green checkmark boxes
in each of these categories and right
here where it says review and submit
writing supplement there’ll be a button
right here that says review and submit
you’ll click on that and then you’ll be
able to generate a PDF
so here’s asu’s I’m just gonna do this
real quick so that we can get a green
checkmark box in there I’m gonna be a
degree seeking student and I want to
study science and I just picking some
really quick so that we can get a green
checkmark box in there click continue
now we’ve got all green checkmark boxes
in here I think I skip away I skip this
one rolling it rolling admission ASU is
rolling admission so now I’ve got my
green checkmark box there and I should
have all green checkmarks so now I have
you know I’ve got my green checkmark box
over here I also helped my FERPA section
done over here if I go to my common app
section I’ve got all green checkmark
boxes here so theoretically I should be
ready to submit to ASU if I click on the
review and submit button and scroll down
a little bit it says do you want to
include your personal essay yes or no
you know what I worked really hard on
that essay yes I do want to include it
and right here it says review and submit
if I click on that I am not submitting
it I am generating a PDF so let’s click
it and now we have our PDF so it says
review our PDF if we if we scroll
through there this is exactly what
College is going to get click on the
review PDF button right in the center
here and it’s going to generate a PDF
this is exactly what the college will
get you want to save this take a look at
it make sure that in the activity
section none of the words get cut off in
the middle of the sentence like we have
right here or they get cut off in the
middle of a sentence or right in the
middle of the word we want to make sure
that all that stuff looks good and if it
looks good then we can come over here
back to here click on continue nope I’ve
got to click on that yes I have reviewed
my PDF I forgot to do that put a
checkmark box there then I can come back
and click continue and now it’s asking
for a fee click continue and now it’s
going to prompt us to go to the
appropriate website to pay for the
application after we have paid then is
when is when it is actually submitted so
not until that time and so now that
we’re here remember where I said earlier
that it was $70 to apply because we are
an Arizona resident we could put a
checkmark in the box
yes I’m an Arizona resident so now our
fee is $50 at ASU some of your high
school counselors will tell you go to
asu’s website and fill out the
application on that website because it’s
cheaper than going through the common
app it is the same if you live in
Arizona it’s the same fee whether you
use common app or you use asu’s website
and I’m going to encourage you to use
asu’s webs I’m sorry I’m going to
encourage you to use common app to
submit the application because there
will be several colleges on your list
that utilize the common app
can fill out one application didn’t have
it submitted to each of these colleges
so put a checkmark in the box
click Next then it’s going to ask us for
our credit or debit card and then you
click Submit and that is when it will
actually be submitted so if you have any
questions about any of this stuff or any
of the supplemental questions double
check each of the college’s that you’re
applying to to see if they have any of
the Supplemental questions in there and
if they do then reach out to the college
find out if those prompts are going to
remain the same or not if they’re going
to change what are the new props and
then also do some research looking up
the college’s mission statement and
craft your essay around that for the why
this college essay Jennifer already
mentioned that one if you have questions
again please do give me a call or saving
email thank you very much