These websites go through the details of the application process:

• https://www.usnews.com/education/best…
• https://www.timeshighereducation.com/…

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

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.

Common App and Coalition Application

• Common APP: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/common-app
• 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.