1. A method of creating and processing over a computer network forms representing applications for admission to different institutions, comprising creating in response to a request from an applicant for an application to a first institution a first application form customized in accordance with the preferences of the first institution, the first application form including data fields for entering applicant information; providing to the applicant over a computer network the first application form; entering the applicant information in the data fields; posting the first application form to a server; storing the applicant information in a data storage; creating in response to a request from the applicant for an application to a second institution a second application form customized in accordance with the preferences of the second institution, the second application form including data fields for entering applicant information; inserting into some of the data fields of the second application applicant information from the data storage; providing to the applicant over a computer network the second application form; entering applicant information into the data fields for entering applicant data into which information was not inserted from the data storage or into which the data inserted from the data storage is to be changed; posting the second application form to the server, whereby customized applications to different institutions share data through common data storage.