{"id":47656,"date":"2021-03-30T18:55:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T00:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/applying-to-fort-lewis-college-theres-an-app-for-that\/"},"modified":"2021-03-31T00:55:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T00:55:29","slug":"applying-to-fort-lewis-college-theres-an-app-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/applying-to-fort-lewis-college-theres-an-app-for-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying to Fort Lewis College: There\u2019s an app for that"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f6509f80-37f2-4ffa-b6e0-dbcfff087db8&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1972\" height=\"967\" alt=\"Prospective Fort Lewis College students can now apply using the Common App online.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Prospective Fort Lewis College students can now apply using the Common App online.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Prospective Fort Lewis College students for the 2021-22 school year can use Common App, an online application platform used by students, counselors and advisers across the country and the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonapp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common App<\/a> is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to access, equity and integrity in college admissions.<\/p>\n<p>As a Common App member, FLC can streamline the application process for students interested in applying to multiple institutions. Also, it provides exposure to FLC for students who might not have been considering the college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTypically, Colorado students look at applying to more than one institution in the state and now they can apply to FLC and a dozen other institutions in one easy application,\u201d said Jess Savage, director of Admission. \u201cAs one of the most affordable colleges in the state, it\u2019s important for us to provide access to this application option for students who see themselves as future Skyhawks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Common App is designed to reduce common barriers to the college application process.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, more than 1 million applicants use the Common App, and about one-third of those applicants are the first in their family to pursue a college degree.<\/p>\n<p>Prospective students can visit FLC\u2019s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/connect.fortlewis.edu\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.fortlewis.edu\/apply<\/a> and also apply there.<\/p>\n<p>Application fees are the same through either process, and financial hardship waivers are available for each application.<\/p>\n<p>By joining Common App, FLC is helping make additional tools and services available to students and those who support students through Common App, including financial aid and scholarship information, virtual mentors, online portfolios and a vast library of counseling resources available in English and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>Common App also offers around-the-clock technical support to all applicants and educators using the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>also can be used by counselors, teachers and advisers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[155,132,13,28],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-47656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-education","tag-fort-lewis-college","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-headlines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47656"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=47656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}