What is Common App?
An integration available for your redesigned college and career readiness platform with the third-party Common App that allows students to seamlessly apply to multiple universities, request recommenders and track the progress of applications.
Steps to Connect Common App Account to Your Account
A student must first make the connection to their existing Common App account to begin the application process. If a student does not yet have an account they should create a new one when prompted in step 3.
Log In at mefapathway.kuder.com and use your school's SSO
Select Plan for Education from the left-hand menu
Select College Applications from the dropdown menu
Click on Connect to Common App to make the account connection active.
Login to an existing account or create a new account with Common App to authorize the connection between Common App and Navigator.
Note: Once this step is complete, the student will be sent back to Navigator.
Click on the Common App Logo to return to Common App's website to complete the following required steps:
Select My Common Application from the left menu
Complete both the Profile Section including the Common App Fee Waiver
Under the Education section, add your Current or Most Recent Secondary/High School by searching for your school. Do not manually type out your school name, this will not allow your counselor or teachers to submit common app forms on your behalf.
Find your college(s) under College Search and click the blue Add button to add to your profile.
Complete the Release Authorization for FERPA in the My Colleges tab
Select a college and navigate to the Recommenders and FERPA section to find and complete authorization
Return to the MEFA Pathway application
Ensure that all required pieces are reflected in your account
Important Note: Students cannot move forward until all required pieces are completed and synced with their platform.
Selecting a Counselor and Request Teachers for Recommendations
After making all needed connections, students will need to select their counselor and request teachers to complete the needed counselor forms and number of recommendations needed for the schools that have been selected.
Log In at mefapathway.kuder.com
Select Plan for Education from the left-hand menu
Select College Applications from the dropdown menu
Add a Counselor
Students can only add one counselor; however, they can replace them if the counselor has not completed any items.
Add Teachers as Recommenders
Teacher recommendations are made per university or college. Each university or college has a minimum and maximum number of recommendations required.
Select the Subject as the teacher's profession.
Note: Students can invite teachers outside of their district within Common App's website. Login to Common App > Go to My Colleges > College > Recommenders & FERPA > Invite Recommenders. This will send an email to anyone outside of the district requesting them to complete a recommendation
Completing Your College Decisions
After making the decision on what college you will be attending, select the decision so your counselor knows where to send your final transcript.
Log In at mefapathway.kuder.com
Select Plan for Education from the left-hand menu
Select College Applications from the dropdown menu
Select the pen icon in the Actions column next to a college request to update decision
Complete Update Application information
Decision (Attending, Not Attending, Undecided)
ACT Sent (Yes, No, Not Required)
SAT Sent (Yes, No, Not Required)
Select Update Application