Applying to Private Colleges & Universities
Common Application https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/default.aspx#a
Click on “Go Here For Instructions” and use the video tutorial that shows all of the features the site has!
Once completed online or in print, copies of the Application for Undergraduate Admission can be sent to any number of participating colleges. The same is true of the School Report, Optional Report, Midyear Report, Final Report and Teacher Evaluation forms. This allows you to spend less time on the busywork of applying for admission, and more time on what’s really important: college research, visits, essay writing, and senior year coursework.
The following Texas Schools use the Common Application.
Austin College Rice University Southern Methodist University Southwestern University St. Edward’s University TCU (Texas Christian University) Trinity University (San Antonio) University of Dallas
Helpful Links for College
- ACT information
- College Board
- FAFSA
- NCAA Clearing House
- List of all Universities by State
- College For Texans
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board website
- US Services for Students
- NCAA Clearinghouse
- SuperCollege.com (Scholarship Search Engine)
- Texas Scholarships
- Undocumented College Bound Students
- Application Guide
- Online Colleges (Texas)
- Online Colleges
- Tips on Choosing a Major
- Apply Texas
- Guidebook to Surviving Freshman Year
- Guide to Visiting and Choosing a College
- ACT Resource Guide
- SAT Resource Guide
- Scholarship Search
- Fresh Info (Scholarship search engine)
- MeritAid (Scholarship Database)
- Finaid (Financial Aid Information)
- Piper Foundation
- Scholarships for Hispanics
- Fast Web (Scholarship search engine)
- Wired Scholar (Scholarship search engine)
- Collegenet (College and scholarship search engines)
- Go College ( College and scholarship search engines)