Common Application, the standardized form that has risen in popularity and is now accepted by more than 600 colleges, including all the Ivy League universities

The New York Times reports.

Common Application Saturates the College Admissions Market, Critics Say

As the news rippled across the web last week that a Long Island student had won admission to all eight Ivy League universities, thousands of people reacted with messages of praise.

But when Peter Kang, a high school senior in Chantilly, Va., saw a New York Times article last week about the student, Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, on his Facebook feed, he grumbled.

“This is exactly what is driving down college acceptance rates and making university that much harder to get into,” he wrote on the site, setting off a lively discussion in the comment thread.