Tell your story,
one section at a time.
Think of this as the place where you collect everything you may need for a U.S. college application. We use a familiar section-by-section form layout, but this is an independent Bdesh tool—not Common App itself.
Enter your details at your own pace. Every section saves to your Bdesh account. Later, you can copy entries into the actual Common App after verifying its current questions, or share selected information with a mentor yourself.
Your academic foundations.
Record your school, results, tests and academic interests. Skip anything you haven't completed yet; you can return and update it.
Your life beyond class.
The U.S. Common App first-year activities section allows up to 10 entries. Bdesh helps you prepare each entry with concise, copy-ready fields—plus a separate space for the full story.
Activity type, role (up to 50 characters), organization (up to 100), brief description (up to 150), grade levels, participation timing, hours per week and weeks per year. Follow the live Common App for its final questions.
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Use the detailed notes in every activity to explain what you did, what changed, evidence of impact, lessons learned, and what you want to do next. Those notes are yours; they're not restricted to 150 characters.
Things you've earned.
Record academic distinctions honestly. Common App's first-year application has space for up to five academic honors; keep extra achievements and their context in your brag sheet.
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Find your voice.
Keep personal statements and application essay drafts here. In the real Common App, essay requirements vary by college. Use this as a private draft notebook—not as an automatic submission tool.
The Common App first-year personal essay has a 650-word maximum where used; some colleges make it optional. Bdesh lets you save longer early drafts so you can revise before copying your final text.
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Not everything fits
in 150 characters.
This is your private running record of experiences, responsibilities and ideas—useful for writing essays, preparing recommender information, and eventually discussing college choices with a mentor.
Everything, together.
Review your information and copy your own profile notes. For now, Bdesh does not send this information to mentors or generate a shareable PDF.
Bdesh is independent of Common App, Inc. Nothing entered here is submitted to a university. Verify all current application instructions and word/character limits in the actual application platform.