Dive Brief:

• The online Common Application used by hundreds of colleges has been plagued by malfunctions.
• The glitches have alarmed parents and applicants and have put admissions offices weeks behind schedule.
• Problems started when the application was released in August and new ones have bubbled up since.

Dive Insight:

This year’s application was the first in six years to be built from the ground up, in theory to make it easier to use. Instead, one admissions officer called it a “nightmare.”