| Final-Fan said: I see; here I believe you generally take the SAT/ACTs before applying. It's a bit less structured (no 5 school limit on applications that I recall, much less a 2 school limit), which can be nice for applicants, but is probably a bit harder on places like Harvard that I'm sure get a million people spamming them "just in case" they get let in. There are fees though, maybe for applying (don't remember) and definitely for official school records to be sent to places, so you can't just send out hundreds of applications willy-nilly. |
Ah right. In England we have a centralised system to deal with university applications called UCAS. You just sign up and fill in all the details and then pay the fee (can't remember what it is but it's standardised so it's the same no matter how many places you send applications too) and then everything is done through them. Offers are updated on your own personal account on the site and you choose to accept them through there. Helps take away a lot of the stress because you know there is an experienced organisation dealing with you application which you can ask questions too etc.
One of the nice things about UCAS is that you can put in the centre you are studying at and even the form you are in. This means that when you send off your application, it's in reality being sent to your teacher so they can look over it and make sure that it is as good as they think it could be. They also write references about you which are attached to the list. Again, takes away a lot of the stress because someone you (hopefully) trust will have looked over it and thus you know it's the best application you can give.
