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  Knowing your EFC and researching college   EFC which stands for Expected Family Contribution is a term that you will hear thousands of times while applying to universities especially if you are a student applying for financial aid.  EFC is the fixed amount of money your family is supposed to contribute to your college costs for one year. US universities are pretty expensive and for an average family, it is difficult to pay without taking loans.  However, US university education comes at a different range of prices. Columbia University in the City of Newyork, Uchicago. and Harvey Mudd College are some of the most expensive universities in the US with a sticker price of more than 80k dollars per year for tuition, room, and board. Brigham Young University’s three campuses are the cheapest with an annual tuition below 7000$. Also, you may find cheaper options at community colleges. Note: BYU-Provo is ranked inside the top 100 universities in the US.  Although EFC ...

  Should you apply during the 12th or in Gap Year?  College application is a time-consuming and exhausting procedure for Nepali and international students. For domestic applicants, the admission process usually begins in ninth grade, when they have already been admitted to a college preparatory program. These are the schools whose main goal is to align their students with their ideal colleges. However, in our country, Nepal, most students do not consider applying until they are in or after the 12th grade. As a result, in terms of planning, we are well behind our domestic counterparts.  Despite the fact domestic students are way ahead of us in the application process, International students are accessed only within their region, country, or high school.  Returning to the main subject, is it worthwhile to apply during 12th grade, or will it have an effect on my academics? There are only a few schools in Nepal where the majority of students apply during the 12th grade ...

Some Terms You Must Know Before Applying To Universities EA It is an option where an applicant is allowed to submit his applicants before the regular deadlines. This also means that the applicant will receive his decision earlier. Usually, the deadline for EA is November 1. Some colleges that offer EA are MIT, University of Michigan, Georgia-tech, UChicago. This is not binding as ED ED It is an option to submit an application to your first-choice college before the regular deadline. However, this is binding which means if you get into your ED choice college, you are obligated to accept that offer and could not attend another college unless your financial need is not met. The deadline for ED is around November 1. Some colleges also offer ED2 which is ED but at a later date. Usually, the deadline for it is January 1. Some colleges that offer ED are Upenn, Cornell, UChicago, NYU, Dartmouth, Amherst, etc.   REA REA refers to Restricted Early Action. It limits you from applying to any o...

  US University application Procedure For Nepali applicant Hello Aspirants, I am a high school graduate of the Class of 2020 and an incoming freshman at NYUAD. I took a gap year and applied for Fall of 2021 and luckily got acceptance in some colleges and my dream college(where I will be going this fall). Although this year turned out to be dark for many applicants, I feel lucky to get that amazing acceptance alongside meeting my full need.  As writing played a vital role in my acceptance, I came up with the idea of sharing my knowledge and information about International Admissions with you guys through this medium. Here you could see the list of the contents, I will be writing blogs on. I plan to finish writing all those blogs within August of 2021. Any sort of comments and suggestions would be helpful for the blogs and eventually the aspirants.  I have divided the procedure into four steps. The final two things are something that could also be beneficial for other aspir...