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College Guy: What to do if your application was deferred Brennan Barnard Question: My Early Decision application to college was deferred. What do I do now? Answer: I have good news and bad news for you, but first let’s start by defining what we are talking about. When an early admission application is deferred, the school is essentially postponing its decision. Instead of admitting or denying your bid for admission, they are placing you in limbo to have your application reconsidered during r...

To apply to several schools at one. harvard, the california institute of technology, and georgia tech, are among the more than 500 colleges and universities that use the nonprofit service. just last year, common app says it processed hundreds of thousands of applications. this year, the site has been plagued with technical glitches that are leaded some high school seniors desperate for answers. >> there should be struggle when it comes to putting four years on a piece of paper, but to struggle w...

Days of applying to college. the stresses, i remember it as if it were yesterday. right now, as schools across the country wrap up their application processes, many students are panicking, wondering if their applications made it to college at all. that is because this website, very, very popular among lots of student here, its in meltdown. multiple glitches crippling this supposedly streamlined process. cnn explains. >> every time shes tried to logon to common app this week -- >> it says theres ...

Transfer from common app. they had instances where names are mismatched with essays as well as applications with multiple names on them. theyre working to make sure the issues are caught early on, and theyre working with common app to fix the issues. >> not fun. thank you very much. some men in utah said they were taking steps to protect kids. now theyre facing criminal charges. you have to see the video that prosecutors say is a smoking gun in this case. well show it to you next. time, and i ...

After being flooded with calls from concerned students. >> were not going to let technology punish a student for something thats outside of their control. if that means extending a deadline, were going do that. >> on its facebook page, common app attributed some of the issues to, quote, a spike in activity. the organization said it is working to fix the glitches and offers suggestions for users having trouble. >> it just worked. ooh. >> i guess you guys are good luck. >> back in atlanta, voss wa...