Dive Brief:
- Operators of the Common Application say many of the problems with the system have been fixed.
- One fix corrected a payment issue and the other a problem with the Chrome browser.
- Some schools had delayed early admissions deadlines as a result of glitches with the application.
Dive Insight:
Problems with the Common Application — used by hundreds of colleges and universities — started when the application was released in August, with new ones bubbling up since. One admissions officer called it a "nightmare."
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