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Colleges
Types of US Colleagues
These websites go through the details of the application process:
Community college
- Typicall 2 years
- open enrollment policy
- less expensive than a 4 year colleage
Collesge/uniersity
- typical 4 years
- pubilic and private schools
- more comppttitives adminission rates.
- colleage: college without graducate programs
- universion: college with graducate programs
- Liberal arts college: usually smaller schools and mainly focus on undergraduate degrees
- national university: offer bachelor, master and phd programs.
SAT/ACT testing: select one
tofel/ielts
need-blind University
If a university describes itself as need-blind for international applicants, that means your decision to ask for financial aid will not impact your chances of being admitted.
- harvard
- yale
- princeton
- MIT
- amherst College
ED acceptances are binding
- ED admissions decisions often come out in December.
- ED II deadlines are usually in January, Chu says. And ED II admissions decisions often come out in February.
International Baccalaureate® (IB) students undertake one of the most challenging education programmes available to them. They are ambitious, and well-prepared for success — in further study, and in life beyond. By studying in the IB, students develop core skills for success at university.
College Application Platform
Common App and Coalition Application
- Coalition Application : http://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org/
College Application Essay = personal statement
Experts say students should try to tell a story about themselves in the essay, which doesn't necessarily mean writing about a big, impressive accomplishment.