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Common App: Education

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Now time for the Education section. Look at my application and complete your own.

a. Current or Most Recent Secondary/High School

If you don’t find your school in the search list when you click Add School, click “I don’t see my school in the list” and add your school details.

If you haven’t taken any gap year, check “No change in progression”. Otherwise check the appropriate answer and provide the details.

b. Other Secondary/High Schools

Here you should enter the details of the school you completed SEE from if that is different from your +2 school/college. You should also write the details why you changed the school.

c. Colleges & Universities

You will mention if you have taken any coursework at a college in this section.

d. Grades

If you have the class ranking, you can enter it by selecting the “Exact” option.

e. Current or Most Recent Year Courses

f. Honors

In the honors section, you can add the awards you have won, scholarships you have received, competitions you have won and so on. Make sure to order the most significant one at the top. Also, write all honors in a similar pattern.

g. Community-Based Organizations

h. Future Plans

You just completed the Education section. In the next article, you will complete the Testing section.

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