How each system actually works.
These four pages cover the portal, the tests, the money and what happens after the offer. Italy, Germany, Canada and Japan follow the same process with a different checklist.
United States
Selective US admissions is a full file. Grades, courses, activities, recommendations, essays and aid paperwork are read together.
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United Kingdom
Five choices, one personal statement, and a calendar that starts earlier than families expect if Oxford, Cambridge or medicine is on the list.
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Netherlands
English-taught bachelor's degrees are common here. The bottleneck is the portal, Numerus Fixus, and housing once the offer arrives.
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South Korea
English-taught degrees exist, but the portals, documents and D-2 visa are their own system. Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore use the same after-offer discipline with different forms.
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