
The Common App Opens August 1: Here’s What Your Family Needs to Do Now
The Common App opens August 1. Learn what needs to happen before and after launch, and how to build a stronger, less stressful application.

The Common App opens August 1. Learn what needs to happen before and after launch, and how to build a stronger, less stressful application.

This guide breaks down every major deadline type for the 2026–2027 application cycle, lists key dates for top colleges, and explains exactly how to build a timeline that works for you — not against you.

AP Business with Personal Finance launches in the 2026–27 school year, with the first exam in May 2027 — the College Board’s first AP course in America’s most popular college major.

For a few years, it looked like the SAT and ACT might be on their way out. Pandemic-era disruptions pushed hundreds of colleges to go
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