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Common App App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ BrokenIt's impossible to log in as a transfer student because it just directs you to the website..Version: 2.1
✓ Same, but worse.I am super grateful for the Common Application. It makes college applications so much easier, and my life much less stressful. The app is basically the same as the website; however, on the website I am able to save my ID information and log in faster. On the app, though, I have to type everything out. Besides that, its ok :).Version: 2.0
✓ Privacy concernsMajor issues with privacy doesn’t honor what they quote. Beginning with taking conceptual ideas for the things “conceptual” and calling cops about it. It means it was a theory for technology. Idk if they wanted the method or something..Version: 2.0
✓ Doesn’t work on iPhone???Could the developer reach out? When I try to sign into the transfer side it just takes me to the website and doesn’t return me to the app after signing in. What’s the point of an app if I have to use the site?.Version: 0.1
✓ Horrible for transfer applicantsIt literally just links you to the website for transfer applicants, quite literally no app functionality, horrible..Version: 2.0
✓ Not functional for recommendersIf you are on your phone, the website will constantly steer you to use the app, which you download and find doesn’t work unless you’re a student. So common all does function at all using iOS if you are a recommender..Version: 2.0
✓ It’s alrightWhat’s the point if you have to re-enter your password every time you use it? Just gonna keep using it on safari..Version: 0.1
✓ Dead endWhen you try to create an account there are no buttons to continue. Dead end. Did they test this app for even 5 minutes. How poor..Version: 2.0
✓ Need an option to stay signed inI’m a fan of the Common app and I’m grateful for a mobile version which allows ease of use. However… the requirement to sign in upon opening the app each time makes the app more difficult to use. Please at least give us the option to stay signed in :).Version: 2.0
✓ It Stopped WorkingNeither the App or the Website is allowing me to even get to the log in screen. Whenever I click on it the page just goes blank..Version: 2.1
✓ Not for transfer studentsMust only work for first year students because the transfer student tab will redirect you to safari.Version: 2.0
✓ Way easierThis make applying way easier. When I assumed an app was already made a few months ago I was upset because it wasn’t, but now I’m proud. I just got done applying for a college with NO problem.Version: 0.1
✓ Transfer Student NegligenceFirst year students are allowed to sign in, but transfer students just get taken to a phone browser instead of the app, disappointed..Version: 0.1
✓ Can’t open appI try to open the app and every time I open it it just stays on the homepage for hours and hours. I unplugged my Wi-Fi box and plugged it back in and it still won’t open. I don’t know what the problem is but the website works just fine..Version: 2.0
✓ Just found out this a thing nowI finished applying to colleges the day before i found out this existed. It's probably like, just enough to get by and a little useful? 3/5 prolly will just apply to colleges with waiver fees.Version: 0.1
✓ MisleadingThe common app is confusing to try to work. not to mention i applied for a college, which required certain information that was not included in the application. i already paid an application fee but because I did it through the common app, and I didn’t get to submit all my info, I have to reapply through and purchase the fee again..Version: 2.0
✓ Good StartThank you for FINALLY making an app for the Common App. This literally helps a lot of us out who are doing this on the go. Obviously, the Common App is something millions of students already use for their college applications, so this review won’t really be geared toward the platform in general, but more towards the actual app performance. Now, this app is just starting out but I do believe there are some issues that need to be resolved before I can give this a higher rating. I shouldn’t have to login every time I leave the app to switch to another one. This is my phone after all, other folks aren’t going to be accessing it. At the very least, keep us logged in until an hour of inactivity has been reached, not when I go into Google Docs for a moment. Also, are there ways to increase the size/shape of the text boxes so that you can read all of the words you have written at once? The full screen button doesn’t work. Thanks..Version: 0.1
✓ Doesn’t work for transfer?I go to the transfer tab and it just sends me to the website. Not sure if it’s supposed to redirect me back to the app after logging in on the web but it doesn’t..Version: 0.1
✓ Do not use Common AppI submitted my application the 8th, it’s now the 17th. The school I submitted to is saying they should have it by now and they don’t. The customer service team on live chat at common app keeps telling me different things and keep assuring me it’s been sent to the school when it hasn’t. Common App customer service doesn’t seem to want to help figure this out except say talk to the school which I did. Apply to the school directly if you can and skip Common App. Update: After battling with my application process and despite Common App customer service telling me multiple times that my application was submitted to the school and they have access to it and should be able to download it, Lo and Behold, my school didn’t have access to it. My school right out said “Common App has not released their applications to us for download”. Week after week went by and Common app finally released the applications. This is been the biggest headache of my life, Common App customer service needs to quit lying to applicants saying “It’s available for download” when it wasn’t and it was Common App holding things up. I’m trying to plan out my education here and they are making a headache of it..Version: 2.1
✓ I’m annoyed.I’m glad it works so well for first year students.... but just like the website, there are things accessible to first year students that transfer students are not able to access. So yeah, doesn’t allow transfer students to sign in. Stupid. Maybe you should fix that. I’d give you no stars if I could because I’m annoyed that I’m being discriminated against..Version: 0.1
✓ Common APP lolI’m surprised this hasn’t happened earlier but I’m happy that people can use this as an app now instead of a website. The functions are all the same, but I WOULD like to say that having this app has started to add onto my application stress. My phone is my break and escape from all of my college and school stress but seeing this app has added to my anxiety. You get what you’re looking for in this app, but beware of college stress fellow applicants!.Version: 0.1
✓ Needs a back buttonEvery time i open a page for a college in more detail, I cannot get back to the main menu without logging out and signing back in. Even from the College Questions tab to the Writing Supplements tab requires you to log out.Version: 0.1
✓ Does Not WorkI downloaded the app hoping it would help me keep track of my applications better but after signing in the app doesn’t even load past the logo anymore. Upon closing it out and trying to reopen it all I see is a light blue screen and nothing else..Version: 2.0
✓ Doesn’t work for transfer studentsI got so excited when I found out it was finally an app since it’s way more convenient but when I click on the transfer tab it just prompts me to use the common app on a browser. Super disappointing! 🙄.Version: 0.1
✓ Can’t use for transfer applicationRedirects to web browser, made downloading this app pointless, already deleted it..Version: 2.0
✓ XWhy isn’t it working? The screens stuck. I’ve tried so many times. I can’t even reinstall it cause I’m afraid I’ll loose my documents.Version: 2.0
✓ DO NOT APPLY THROUGH HERECommon App did not submit my application to the college despite me having submitted everything necessary, and them having listed my application as complete and submitted. Only reason I found out that Common App did not actually submit my application as they said they did, is that I called the college after 7 weeks (normal response time from them is 6 weeks), and found they had never received my application. PLEASE do not apply to colleges through Common app, apply directly through college pages! It might be extra work, but at least your application will actually be submitted..Version: 2.0
✓ MehThe site (and app) will show you did or added certain things immediately upon looking at them even if you haven’t. like the writing section, the transcripts, and the recommendations. i missed the early action deadlines for the colleges i wanted to go to bc the common app marked stuff as done or turned in that was actually missing. this is really upsetting bc i had paid multiple application fees just to receive emails 2 weeks after the deadlines telling me stuff was missing and needed added or sent before the deadline. ik it’s partly my fault for not triple checking that i got everything in but the common app made it very confusing.Version: 2.0
✓ Frozen..The first time I signed in, I had no problems. I clicked off the app for a second and got back in. It stayed on the blue loading screen with the logo. It was taking a while so I swiped out and clicked the app again. I kept doing this until I restarted my phone. Still no luck. My wifi is great too. It shouldn’t take long. I’m just trying to get into college man 🥲..Version: 2.0
✓ No in-app access for transfer students?As a transfer student (not a first-year) I don’t seem to be able to access my applications through the app, it just takes me to the web and doesn’t load the page. If there is a way to access my applications through the app that would be amazing! If not I would suggest the developers consider making that work for both first-year and transfer students..Version: 2.0
✓ Negligent to transfer studentsTitle. Can’t even log into the app if you’re a transfer student lol. Was hoping this would be convenient to use when on the go and could double-check prompts easily or something like that. Didn’t expect much from it in the first place, yet it still found a way to utterly let me down..Version: 0.1
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