BridgeU is excited to be an integration partner of the Common Application.
Each year at the end of the application cycle, we will send an email to your school to inform you about pairing with the Common App integration. Read below to learn more about changing your school's BridgeU<>Common App integration status.
How do I know if my school has the BridgeU-Common App integration enabled?
The BridgeU-Common App integration is available to BridgeU schools. There are a few ways you will know if your school has the integration enabled:
Your school receives an email from BridgeU to confirm that the integration will be enabled for your school for the upcoming application cycle.
You will be able to manage Common App and Parchment document submission for graduating students from the Document Sending tab.
Students will be able to navigate to their account settings and will see the option to pair their common app account with their BridgeU account.
When students pair their Common App account with their BridgeU account, they will be prevented from inviting any counsellor or teacher recommenders via Common App. They will receive a message that their school is using BridgeU. All recommender invites should be sent in BridgeU directly.
If you’re unsure of the integration status of your school, please contact the team at BridgeU and we can review this for you.
What does the integration allow my school to do?
The integration provides a seamless experience for BridgeU schools. If you are a BridgeU school with document sending included in your subscription and your students will apply to Common App universities, BridgeU highly recommends using the integration to streamline your workflow.
Important: By using the Common App<>BridgeU integration, you should expect to complete an entire application cycle without changing your integration status. Regardless of whether you have started using the Common App system only or the BridgeU-Common App integration, switching your school's integration status mid-application cycle may remove progress that has already been completed.
My school IS NOT currently using the BridgeU<>Common App integration, but we would like to enable it. What do I need to do?
We recommend to continue using the Common App for the application cycle to avoid reversing your progress, if any of the listed actions below have already been made:
Students have already invited their counsellor and teacher recommenders on Common App.
Counselor or teacher recommenders have already submitted supporting documents on Common App (e.g. school report, counsellor recommendation, teacher recommendation)
However, if the above actions have not been completed and you’re still interested in enabling the BridgeU-Common App integration, please contact our Support team at hi@bridge-u.com using the following email template:
Subject: Request to enable BridgeU-Common App integration
Body:
I am an advisor at [school name] and would like to enable the BridgeU-Common App integration for the 2025-2026 application season.
My school's CEEB code is [CEEB code]. I understand that this process may take a few days, and confirm that no recommender invites have already been sent by students in their Common App accounts. Nor, have any supporting documents already been submitted using the Common App directly.
My school is currently using the BridgeU-Common App integration, but we would like to disable it. What do I need to do?
If you have already started using the BridgeU-Common App integration and you or your students have completed the actions listed below, we recommend you continue using the BridgeU-Common App integration to avoid reversing your progress:
Students have already requested teacher recommendation letters on BridgeU
Students have already synced their BridgeU and Common App accounts
Advisors have already submitted supporting documents to Common App universities via BridgeU Document Sending (e.g., school report, counsellor recommendation, teacher recommendation)
If you have any questions, need further assistance or have some general feedback for us - we’d love to hear from you! Contact our Support team via Live Chat and by emailing hi@bridge-u.com.