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College application season is here. People say that senior year is the best year of high school\u2026until seniors have to start those dreaded, yet door opening, college applications. Students may not know a good essay topic to write about or what colleges they want to apply to yet, but the main issue is that not many people don\u2019t know where to start.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first decision a senior has to make is how to go about applying to schools, the Common App or the actual college website. For incoming college students, many people don\u2019t even know what goes into each application.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Applying through the Common App is indeed a painful process that takes hours to complete, but in many ways, it is a better way to apply to college than through the college website, and here’s why.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI think it depends on what each student is doing specifically. The Common App is obviously made so that you can get a lot of schools done in one shot, but it really depends on what school each student is applying to, how they are going to apply, and what other pieces are needed for the application.\u201d North Penn High School\u2019s College and Career Center counselor Pat Brett stated.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some students agreed that the Common App requires less stress and is indeed helpful in many ways.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI think that the Common App is way better. There are universities that aren\u2019t on the Common App but I think that only doing one college on a website and having to do the rest on the Common App is way better. It\u2019s less stressful,\u201d North Penn High School senior Xander Garcia explained.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s easier to apply through the Common App because you can fill out the basic info about yourself and have it sent to all of the colleges you want to apply to rather than having to fill it out on each individual college website,” North Penn High School senior Savannah Bielecki said. \u201cIt\u2019s also much more efficient and less time consuming.\u201d