Common Application glitches block students from applying
The initial early application deadline for campuses including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Georgia Institute of Technology came and went yesterday, and hundreds of students missed it. Not because they were procrastinating (at least, not on Monday night), but because system-crashing technical glitches in the online Common Application continued to plague students (and their parents) who’ve been struggling to apply to college. The issues stem from a system relaunch that took place -- and first caused technical problems -- in August. As the Oct. 15 deadline approached,...
Source: insidehighered.com