The Common Application Includes Over 400 Institutional Members

The Common Application membership association was established in 1975 by 15 private colleges that wished to provide a common, standardized first-year application form for use at any member institution. With the administrative support of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), the organization grew steadily throughout its first 30 years.

Now in our fourth decade, the Common Application currently provides both online and print versions of its First-year and Transfer Applications. Our membership of nearly 400 institutions now represents the full range of higher education institutions in the US: public and private, large and small, highly selective and modestly selective, and East Coast, West Coast, and every region in between. 

Net Impact and LinkedIn List Successful People Profiles

Ideal for Step 21, Writing a Future View for a Wall Street Journal Article
There are many social networking sites on the Internet. Some are formatted to enable a member to “write” their biography. Use these sights to find people in careers and get a flavor for some of the things you could do over the next ten years to write your “Wall Street Journal article”. Having a future view (vision of a desired future state for yourself) is essential for achieving that vision.

Includes profiles of people in:

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Social Intrapreneurship
• Socially Responsible Investing
• Environment
• International Development
• Community Development
• Nonprofit Management
• Education

Wall Street Journal Article Template

Click on the WSJ logo to open this MS Word template to start your “success story”. Refer to Step 21 (Tab 2) for how to use the Wall Street Journal Article template to create a future view of your success.
WSJ Article Template.doc

You Can Afford It!

College is one of the biggest investments you and your family will ever make. This web site provides you with concrete information and advice about finding and applying for financial aid.

Center for Educational Policy Research

Center for Educational Policy Research
by the Center for Educational Policy Research


The Center for Educational Policy Research offers five contemporary books based on foundational research. Highlighted in the cover picture, Understanding University Success describes foundational skills and content standards (elsewhere referred to as Knowledge and Skills for University Success) in English, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, second languages and the arts. The 80-page booklet addresses each discipline in a separate chapter. Each chapter comprises two sections: foundations and standards. The foundations section describes the skills, behaviors and attitudes expected of incoming students. The standards section lists the content knowledge that helps maximize the probability of success in entry-level university courses.

The other titles include A Comprehensive Conception of College Readiness, College Knowledge, What It Really Takes to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready, The Work Samples book, and Mixed Messages: What State High School Tests Communicate about Student Readiness for College. All are available for free download (if you have a fast Internet connection).

The 212 Connection° - Motivational Movie for Workshop Use and Home Use

Mac Anderson, Founder of Simple Truths, presents a short video about the one degree difference between the #1 achiever and everyone else. The 212° Connection is inspiring, comptemplative and makes a “beginning” point about striving for what you want with “passion”. Watch the movie. You’ll enjoy it.

Hoping to land a summer job related to your career interest?

Better have a ‘killer” resume! And hand it out in January through March!

A lot of people think that a resume is nothing more that a list. You list the jobs you’ve had, you list the places you’ve worked and you list the things you’ve done. Then you just put your name and phone number at the top and you’re finished.

Unfortunately, that is completely wrong. 

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What Recruiters Say About Resumes

Original written by J. Michael Worthington, Jr.
ResumeDoctor undertook the immense project of interviewing several hundred recruiters/headhunters to find out what they are saying about resumes. These recruiters stemmed from varied specialties and industries throughout the US and Canada, (Engineering, Information Technology, Sales and Marketing, Executive, Biotech, Healthcare, Administrative, Finance, etc.).

ResumeDoctor sought to find out what are the recruiter’s likes and dislikes in a resume they receive and what is going to get a resume read by them. Some of the “Pet Peeves” shared will be obvious, while others might surprise a job seeker.