The Coalition Application is brand new for class of 2017. Because it’s not been tested or reviewed, my professional suggestion is only to use this application if necessary. If your college takes another application, use it instead. If you must use Coalition Application, your high school counselor might not understand how to upload transcripts orletters of recommendation.
The application is supposed to open in July for students to apply for the next school year. For example, rising seniors, class of 2017, can begin the application in July 2016 for the 2017-18 school year (which will be their first year of college). There is also a section called the “Locker and Collaboration Space” that will allow students to store documents in their “locker.” This feature’s usefulness has not been determined.
COALITION ESSAY PROMPTS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!
Some Coalition member colleges will not require an essay at all, others will require just one of the below general essays, and still others will require one of the below general essays plus their own college-specific essay(s) and/or short-answer questions. The prompts for the 2016-17 application year are:
- Tell a story from your life, describing an experience that either demonstrates your character or helped to shape it.
- Describe a time when you made a meaningful contribution to others in which the greater good was your focus. Discuss the challenges and rewards of making your contribution.
- Has there been a time when you’ve had a long-cherished or accepted belief challenged? How did you respond? How did the challenge affect your beliefs?
- What is the hardest part of being a teenager now? What’s the best part? What advice would you give a younger sibling or friend (assuming they would listen to you)?
- Submit an essay on a topic of your choice.
Over 90 colleges have signed up to use the Coalition Application, although several (up to 30) have now said that they won’t be using the application for class of 2017.
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American University
  Washington, District of Columbia
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Amherst College
Amherst, Massachusetts
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Bates College
Lewiston, Maine
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Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine
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Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
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Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
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California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
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Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota
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Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, California
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Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina (also uses private app online)
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Colby College
Waterville, Maine
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Colgate University
 Hamilton, New York
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College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts
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College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York
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Connecticut College
New London, Connecticut
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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
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Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
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Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina
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Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
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Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
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Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Needham, Massachusetts
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Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia
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Grinnell College
Grinnell, Iowa
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Hamilton College
Clinton, New York
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Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Haverford College
Haverford, Pennsylvania
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Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois (also uses separate app online)
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Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana
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James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia (also uses separate app online)
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
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Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, Ohio
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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan (also uses separate app )
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Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
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Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts
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North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
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Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
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Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio
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Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, Pennsylvania (uses MyPennState app online)
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Pomona College
Claremont, California
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Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
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Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana
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Reed College
Portland, Oregon
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Rice University
Houston, Texas
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Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, New Jersey (also uses Rutgers specific app online)
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Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
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Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
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St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota
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Stanford University
Stanford, California
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SUNY at Binghamton
Vestal, New York
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SUNY at Geneseo
Geneseo, New York
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Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
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Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, Texas (also uses Apply Texas app)
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The College of New Jersey
Ewing, New Jersey
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Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts
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Union College
Schenectady, New York
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University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia (also uses separate app online)
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois (also uses MyIllini app online)
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University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa (also uses separate app online)
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University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, Maryland
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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota (also uses separate app online)
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University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri (also uses separate app online)
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University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Manchester, New Hampshire (also uses separate app online)
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (also uses MyCollegeFuture app)
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University of Rochester
Rochester, New York
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University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina (also uses separate USC app online)
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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
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University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia
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University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia (also uses separate ApplyWeb app)
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Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, North Carolina
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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri
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Wellesley College
Wellesley, Massachusetts
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Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut
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Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
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Right now, it appears that only 3 colleges are going to be using the Coalition App exclusively: University of Maryland, University of Florida, and University of Washington. This list will be updated as colleges notify us of changes.
