Fill the parent-controlled facts, then copy a hand-off list for the student. This page prepares the Common App Family section. It is not another application checklist. For the full document inventory, use the college application checklist. For who enters the data, use the parent-student responsibility map.
Entries are temporary and disappear if you reload or leave this page. Copy your worksheet before closing it.
Checked against Common App's May 21, 2026 presentation for the 2026-27 first-year application (Family updates: up to 10 siblings, and an independent-student route that omits parent and sibling questions). Check date: September 26, 2026. Follow the live Family section if a label differs. This worksheet is a preparation aid, not every branch of the form, and it is not a FAFSA dependency tool. Do not add essays, activities, Additional Information writing, FERPA, or aid filing here.
Sources checked for this cycle: What's New with Common App, first-year 2026-2027 (May 21, 2026), the first-year application guide, and Common App applicant help on limited parent information.
Family-section hand-off
0 of 10 sibling rows have a name or age. Optional parent details need not be filled when the live form does not ask for them.
Household
Common App's Family section includes a Household subsection. Write the answers as they should appear on the live form, including parents' marital status relative to each other.
Parent 1 and Parent 2
Occupation, job title, employment status, education level, college name and location, degree, and year earned are parent facts this worksheet can hold. Leave a field blank when the live form does not ask for it, including optional living status, name, or education.
Parent 1
Parent 2
Siblings
The 2026-27 first-year Family section accepts up to 10 siblings, including half siblings and step siblings. Enter them in the rows below. Do not send siblings 6 through 10 to Additional Information.
Sibling 1
Sibling 2
Sibling 3
Sibling 4
Sibling 5
Sibling 6
Sibling 7
Sibling 8
Sibling 9
Sibling 10
Copy the Family-section hand-off
Give this list to the student. They enter it in their own Common App account. Entries are temporary and disappear if you reload or leave this page. Copy your worksheet before closing it.