If you’d like to unsubmit a global Common App report form, you can do so on BridgeU.
The Unsubmit feature on BridgeU allows you to unsubmit Global Common App Reports, including School Report, Counselor Recommendation, School Midyear Report, School Final Report and School Optional Report 1&2.
You'll see the Unsubmit button next to any report form that is still eligible to be retrieved. This is based on the Common App's "One and Done" policy.
You can only Unsubmit a global Common App report form if the form has NOT been downloaded by one of the Universities or Colleges.
If you do not see the Unsubmit button, is it because a university on the student's application list has already downloaded it. In this case, the form cannot be retrieved.
Please remember that Common App requires that you unsubmit any Reports in the reverse order you sent them.
For example, you won’t be able to Unsubmit the initial School Report (SR) if the School Midyear Report (SMR) and (where applicable) the School Options Report are still in submitted status.
You'll see the School Report still showing sent status (green bubble) after hitting the Unsubmit button if these forms are not unsubmitted first.
The unsubmission of Common App global forms needs to be in a reversed order.
To solve this, please Unsubmit the School Midyear Report, then (if applicable) any School Optional Reports first before submitting the School Report.
Once you successfully unsubmitted a form, the document bubble of the form will become pink. This means that it's complete, but not sent yet.
You'll be able to click into the form to make changes, save it, and then submit it again.
💡Couldn't unsubmit the form? Please click here for our Troubleshooting and FAQ article.
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