第七項:類型選擇。I am applying as a:有兩個選項,First-Year Student(新生),Transfer Student(轉學生),選擇你的類型
第八項:目的。I am a(n):
Applicant planning to enroll within the next 12 months 計劃接下來12個月內入學的申請者
Counselor interested in learning more about the Common App 對Common App感興趣并想了解更多的顧問
Teacher interested in learning more about the Common App 對Common App感興趣并想了解更多的老師
Other student 其他學生
None of the above 以上都不是
申請者選擇第一個選項
第九項:協議條款
1. The colleges that I am considering for application may communicate with me by email prior to submission of my application (you can subsequently change your response to this question in your account settings).
2. By checking this box, you represent that (i) you are age 13 or older and (ii) you have read, understood and agreed to the terms and conditions of the above License Agreement and Privacy Policy (unless you are over the age of 13 but under the age of 18, in which case, your parent or legal guardian has also read, understood and agreed to the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy and Legal Information sections).
Permanent Home Address 永久/家庭居住地址,如果注冊時沒有填寫永久家庭住址,點擊Edit. Address填寫完畢后選擇Use as entered, 以自己輸入的具體地址為準,系統自己拉取的住址一般不準確。
以比鄰主義留學的地址為例:北京市朝陽區遠洋光華國際AB座7層
Country從列表里選 China
Address Line 1地址欄1:AB-7, Yuanyangguanghuaguoji
Address Line 2 地址欄2:Chaoyang District
City or Town 城市- Beijing
Province 省份- Beijing
Postal Code 郵政編碼- 100020
Alternate mailing address:如果郵寄地址和家庭地址一致,則選擇No alternate address。其他郵寄地址Choose “Send mail to a temporary or alternate address”. 如果你在國外讀書或在寄宿學校讀書,或者家庭地址不方便接受信件,建議寫上Alternate mailing address,即方便接收郵件快遞的地址。
From date/To date: 該郵寄地址的有效期。如過了有效期還是以Permanent Address為準。
具體地址的填寫方法同Permanent Home Address*--
Street Address: starting from room number to street name and then to district and city. Abbreviations are allowed as space is sometimes limited. Common address abbreviations are:Apartment – Apt.,Avenue – Ave.,Block – Blk.,Building – Bldg.,Center – Ctr.,District – Dist., Lane – Ln., Road – Rd., Room – Rm., School – Sch., Street – St., University – Univ.
Please indicate how you identify yourself. (Select one or more): 請指出你的種族身份(可多選),一般選Asian亞裔。
Which best describes your Asian background:屬于哪一個亞裔背景?中國學生選China。
Country of Birth: 出生國家
City of Birth: 出生地
Number of years you have lived in the United States: 你曾在美國境內居住過幾年。在美上學或在美長期交流都算在美國居住,短期觀光旅游不算。
Number of years you have lived outside the United States:你在美國之外的地方居住幾年,一般就是填18。
Number of languages you are proficient in:你精通的語言數量,一般選2,如果會第二外語,可多選。
Select language:選擇語言,多為Chinese和English。
Language proficiency: 語言精通程度。選First language表示是母語;選Spoken at Home表示在家主要使用語言;選Speak表示能用該語言會話;選Reading表示能用該語言閱讀;選Writing表示能用該語言寫作。For Chinese: 選上First language, Speak, Read, Write and Spoken at home; For English: 一般選上Speak, Read, Write。
Select your citizenship status: 選擇國籍
US citizen 美國公民;US Dual citizen 雙重國籍(其一為美國);US permanent resident 美國永久居民,既綠卡,如果有綠卡,需要把綠卡身份相關信息填上;other(Non-US)其他,一般中國學生選擇此項Other(Non-US)
Please list your citizenships: 列舉你的國籍,可多選,一般中國學生選擇China
Currently held United States visa:目前擁有的簽證。一般選擇I do not hold a US non-immigrant Visa,如果目前有有效的美國簽證,例如在美國讀高中,填寫你相應的簽證類型(Visa Type);簽證號(Visa Number); 簽發日期(Date issued)
Do you feel that your financial circumstances might qualify you for an application fee waiver? 你是否覺得你的財力情況無法支付申請費,需要免去學校的申請費?填no就行了,別好奇去嘗試申請waiver
四、Family
Parents' marital status: 父母婚姻狀況
With whom do you make your permanent home: 和誰一起長期生活
Parent is employed by or retired from a college or university: 父母是否受雇于某個大學或從某個大學退休?
Education level:父母最高教育程度,填寫一般沒太大影響,雖然美國學校一般每年都有第一代大學生的統計數字。 *None無; Some Grade/Primary School 小學未畢業; Completed Grade/Primary School 小學畢業; Some High/Secondary School 高中未畢業; Graduated from High/Secondary School or equivalent 高中畢業; Some Trade School類似國內的職業學校;Graduated Trade School職校/中專畢業;Some College/University大學未畢業;Graduated from College/University 大學畢業;Graduate School: 研究生畢業。
如果選擇了College/University & Graduate School -> Total numbers of institutions attended: 就讀的大學水平學校的數量 。
College lookup: 查找學校,國內的學校大多找不到,選擇 “I don’t see the college I’m looking for on the list.”,自行輸入自己的大學官方翻譯就行。
Number of degrees your parent received from this college: 從這所大學獲得的學位數量 -> Degree received: 獲得哪類學位
Year Received: 獲得學位的年份
Please specify number of siblings you have: 請指出你的兄弟姐妹的數量。親的,表兄妹,堂兄妹不算。若有親兄弟姐妹,還需填寫姓名、年齡和學歷等信息。
五、Education
School Lookup: 查找學校,在School Name, Country或City中輸入關鍵詞,如果找到學校信息,點中學校名,Continue之后, 學校的名稱地址和CEEB Code就會自動顯示,請核對顯示的內容是否準確。若沒有搜索結果,選擇“I don’t see the college I’m looking for on the list.”, 選Continue,自己輸入學校詳細信息: 英文名稱,地址,聯系電話。
If you have attended any other schools, please indicate number of schools 請指出9-12年級你上過的學校的數量。所以如果國內學生初中和高中不同,需要算上初中學校。如果有過轉學,需要將之前上過的高中都寫上。如果你參加過國外學校交流學習,也需要填寫交流學校的信息。
School 2 or 3 Look up: 方式和上述的查找學校是一樣的。
School 2 from date;School 2 to date:其他學校的在校時間,如實填寫就行。
Please indicate if your progression through secondary school was or will be delayed or interrupted in any way. Please check all that apply:正常情況下就選擇:I have no interruption to report。如果中學階段你的學業曾被中斷或將不能按期完成,請選擇:中學學業中斷情況:did not/will not graduate未畢業;did/will graduate early提前畢業;did/will graduate late延遲畢業;did/will change secondary schools更換學校;did/will take time off臨時休學;did/will take gap year晚一年入學did/will receive GED參加GED考試得到高中學歷,國內學生不適用。
If you have taken a college/university course beginning with 9th grade, please indicate number of colleges 如果從9年級開始你有參加過在大學課程(例如Summer School/Program),請填寫上過課的大學數量。如果沒有上過,就填0。現在Summer School讀過的同學不少,記得填進去,美高學生的dual credit課程也可以填進去。
Class rank reporting 年級排名,根據情況做選擇: Exact: 精確排名;Decile 按10%來分段;Quintile: 按20%來分段;Quartile: 按25%來分段。沒有年級排名,填None就行。
If you have received any honors related to your academic achievements beginning with the ninth grade or international equivalent, please indicate number of honors 如果你從9年級開始獲得的獎項,最好是和學術有關的獎項,還有國際范圍內的獎項,最好按時間倒序填寫,請指出獎項的數量。最多填5項。
Level(s) of Recognition: 最高獲獎的級別,School 校級;State/Regional 地區級、市級、省級;National國家級;International國際級。
Career interest:職業興趣,和自己的ps、essay匹配,如果沒有明確的可以選Undecided。
Highest degree you intend to earn: 想要求學的最高學位,大概寫個想法。
六、Testing
In addition to sending official score reports as required by colleges, do you wish to self-report scores or future test dates for any of the following standardized tests: ACT, SAT/SAT Subject, AP, IB, TOEFL, PTE Academic, and IELTS? 除了會根據大學要求遞送正式的分數,是否希望自己匯報以下這些標準化考試成績:選Yes,然后根據自己的情況選擇
Indicate all tests you wish to report. Be sure to include tests you expect to take in addition to tests you have already taken. 指出所有你想填寫的考試類型。包括你已參加過的考試和你將要參加的考試。一般情況填: SAT Tests, SAT Subject Tests(常說的SAT2), TOEFL IBT,Advanced Placement。 如有多次考試,最好和老師商量一下遞交策略。
International Applicants: Is promotion within your educational system based upon standard leaving examinations given at the end of lower and/or senior secondary school by a state or national leaving examinations board? 此問題針對國際學生,在你所屬的教育體系里,中學畢業是否有基于國家組織的畢業考試?國內普通高中的學生,選擇 Yes (因為該系統的 Leaving Examinations 選項中存在高考)。 美國高中就讀的學生,選擇 No。讀英國 A-level 課程的學生,選 Yes。讀 IB 課程的學生,選 Yes。國際班選No,SAT不算。
小提示 2: 讀IB課程的學生需要在這項添加IB Subject Tests: 并填寫Test taken or planned的對應信息。
Senior Secondary Leaving Examinations如果上面那項選擇了 Yes:Number of Senior Secondary Leaving Examinations you have already taken. 到目前為止你已經參加了幾門考試。當屆學生還未參加過該項考試,填寫 0。Gap year 的學生如果已經考過了,根據情況填寫。
七、Activities
Do you have any activities that you wish to report? 你希望匯報你所參加的活動嗎?選擇Yes
Activity No. 1-10:
Activity Type: 下拉列表選擇活動類別。
Position/Leadership deion and organization name, if applicable: 擔任的職位和體現的領導力以及活動組織的名稱。
Details, honors, and accomplishments: 具體描述活動內容,獲得的榮譽和成就。
Timing of participation: 參加時間:During School Year-在學年期間,During School Break-在學校假期間,All Year-一整年。
Hours spent per week: 每周參加活動的小時數; Weeks spent per year:一年中開展活動的周數。
I intend to participate while in college: 我是否想要在大學階段繼續參加此類活動Note: 填寫活動時按照重要性排序,最重要的活動寫在最前面,以此類推。
八、Writing
Personal Essay:有些學校要求學生在Common上提交個人陳述,有些學校則不需要,在這個頁面會看到添加的學校里面哪些學校是需要的,哪些學校是不需要的。但是一般比較好的學校都會要求學生寫個人陳述。Please write an essay (250-650 words) on the topic selected. 請選擇一下任意一個topic, 寫一篇250-650個字的個人陳述。
Disciplinary history: always NO
Additional information: 如果有特殊情況請在此提供解釋。
九、推薦信
After completing Education in Common App first, you can go to Dashboard to do it. Click college name and then it displays the link of Recommender and FERPA with Incomplete indication
Click this link, and finish FERPA Release Authorization. Check all the items, must choose “I waive my right to review all recommendations and supporting documents submitted by me or on my behalf”, and sign your name with the date. Then close the window
Click “Send Invite”, and you will see 3 teachers’ info is in the bottom column. Back to the previous Recommender page, all school forms are showed if you invite teachers offline (not provide their emails). You should download these PDF forms for preparations. Otherwise, the Common App website will send emails to teachers’ mailbox once you invite them online and ask them to do the online submission.