There are currently 456 colleges and universities that accept the common application. This can save you time and confusion and save you from having to answer many different applications questions for different schools.

The Common application is basically what it sounds like, a standard application that has standard questions on it that every college usually asks for anyway. In order to make the process a little easier, the Common Application was developed to give students the ability to submit one application to a number of schools, rather than filling out 10 or 15 applications with repetitive information.

For more information on the common application visit The Common Application.

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As of early August, when this year’s Guide for the College Bound Athlete was unveiled, the NCAA adjusted an important recruiting rule regarding Official Visits. Starting this academic year, Senior prospects are allowed to take an unlimited amount of D2 official visits (still with a limit of one per school), just like the D3 rule. However, they included a provision regarding student-athletes that are taking both D1 and D2 visits: If the prospect ends up enrolling and would like to be eligible to participate at the D1 program they take an official visit to, you could have only taken up to 5 official visits between D1-D2 (same rule as last year).

If you are not confused by this, consider yourself one of the smarter ones. Here’s a simple breakdown for coaches to understand what this means to them:

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This past April the NCAA modified legislation dealing with type of content that can be uploaded to recruiting services web sites for all men’s and women’s sports. The new rule states that online video can only consist of footage from “sanctioned events”, which would include high school, prep school and two-year college games which have been approved by the NCAA. In essence, no type of skill, practice, training, camp, combine, AAU or club team footage is permitted to be uploaded to any recruiting services web site.

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The NCAA now allows coaches in all Division I sports (except football and men’s and women’s ice hockey) to make two phone calls per week to prospects beginning August 1 prior to their senior year.

Last year, men’s basketball added the second weekly call; this year the calls are permitted in all sports except football. Football coaches are still permitted one call weekly beginning September 1.

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