The Common Application program, administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (National Association of Secondary School Principals, n.d.), is an effort to develop a standard application form for admission to colleges and universities in the United States. Institutions that accept the form do so by choice, and they are required—or at least advised—to give equal consideration to applicants using the form, as they do to applicants who use a proprietary form.

As of 27 December 2003, the Common Application web site states there are 241 colleges and universities participating in the program.

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