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Your future starts here

Apply to college for the first time or transfer to complete your degree. Navigate your entire college application journey with Common App.

Your future starts here

Apply to college for the first time or transfer to complete your degree. Navigate your entire college application journey with Common App.

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Illuminate 2025: Delivering Value Together
Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel
June 10 – 12, 2025

Is college worth it? It’s not a new question. But as financial, political, legal, and social pressures encroach upon our profession, it’s joined by another: Is the work worth it? We believe the answer to both remains a resounding yes.

Common App members, join enrollment leaders, and admissions professionals—be part of this meaningful discussion.

We are excited to open our first-ever Call for Proposals for Illuminate. How does our theme of Delivering Value Together resonate with you and your work? Join your colleagues across the membership and submit your session ideas by December 13.

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