While your student may be using Common App to apply to a university, there are instances where a university may require specific documents to be sent through Parchment. When students have paired their Common App account with their BridgeU account, you may have noticed that there is no apparent option to send documents to a Common App university via Parchment. In the following steps, we will guide you on how to send Parchment documents if a student is applying through Common App.
Creating a separate BridgeU account
You will need to create a separate BridgeU student account using an alternative genuine email address. Don't worry, creating an additional BridgeU account for the student won't impact the student's application process.
Counselor Actions:
1. Create a new BridgeU account for the student manually. How to Add Students Manually
2. You must use a different email address for the student. (student's personal email address is acceptable)
3. Inform the student they need to register for this new BridgeU account created for them.
Student's Actions:
1. Activate your new BridgeU account
2. Go into Universities and search for the school and program you are applyin for that requires the document to be sent via Parchment
3. Add the University and program to your Applications.
4. Select the application method as (direct to university or other route
Sending the document via Parchment
Once the student has added the university to their Applications, you are now ready to begin sending documents via Parchment.
Counselor Actions:
1. Go into the Document Sending page and search for the student's new BridgeU account
2. You should now see the school under Parchment section.
3. Upload the document to this student's document sending page.
4. Send document via Parchment . How to send documents via Parchment
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