4 minutesApplying for college is a long and difficult process for students, teachers, and counselors. To make college applications easier, Xello has teamed up with Common App.
Common App is a program that simplifies the college application process. It saves time and effort by consolidating the tasks and documents into one workflow. Nearly 900 post-secondary institutions use Common App around the world. For those colleges, students only need to create one common application to send to any of them.
While students will continue to complete the majority of their college application tasks directly in Common App, requesting counselor and teacher recommendations will now be done in Xello. With the Xello and Common App integration, counselor and teacher recommenders will no longer log in to Common App to review student requests and complete forms. Student requests will be housed in the College Planning section of your Xello account.
Note: Contact your Xello Success Manager to enable the Common App integration in Xello. Schools must opt-in with Xello (by end of June) prior to Common App’s annual launch of their application season.
Once integration is complete, follow these steps and share the resources to get your educators set up, support your students as they begin sending requests, and guide your recommenders to complete their requests.
- Add an educator account for teachers that are likely to be recommenders. Deactivate an educator account for those who are no longer working at your school. Newly added educators will receive an email and must register their accounts.
- Introduce students to the Common App and Xello integration with the Student Common App guide
. - Help counselors and teacher recommenders set up their Common App profiles in Xello:
Additional resources
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PDF
PDFCommon App guideUse this guide to learn how students use Common App in Xello. And learn how you use it as a counselor or teacher, including how to set up a profile, complete student requests, update their status, and more.
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PDFStudent guide for Common App and Xello
Share this guide with your students. Help them learn about using Common App and Xello together.
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PDFCommon App teacher recommender guide
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Walkthrough
WalkthroughCommon App integration walkthroughThis walkthrough covers how students link their Common App account to Xello to request documents, how educators create a Common App profile, and manage and track student requests.
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PDFCommon App annual tasks
A guide to help admin and counselors with wind-down tasks before the end of the Common App school year and start-up tasks before the next.
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Recorded webinar
Recorded WebinarXello and Common App 101
Xello and Common App have partnered to deliver an integrated college application management experience. In this session, learn how you and your students will manage Common App applications through Xello.
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Short video
Short videoPaying for college - student-facing video NewHelp students learn how to navigate their financial aid options. From applying for FAFSA to learning about scholarships, grants, work-study, and loans (also available in Spanish).
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Short Video
Short VideoRequesting your documents for Common App
A student-facing short video that walks through how to request documents for Common App in Xello (also available in Spanish).
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Short Video
Short VideoXello's Common App integration for counselors
A short video to walk counselors through how to integrate and begin completing tasks for Common App in Xello.
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Short Video
Short VideoCommon App teacher recommender through Xello
A quick overview of how teachers complete teacher evaluations for students applying to Common App colleges.
