GUIDES BY PLACE
Where you apply from changes the rules.
Free guides to the qualifications, local universities, dates, and costs that change with where you live.
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U.S. & UK
3 guides
New York
SUNY, CUNY, private colleges, and state aid.
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UC, CSU, and private colleges, with Cal Grant.
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UCAS, Oxford and Cambridge, and U.S. colleges.
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East Asia
5 guides
Hong Kong
The HKDSE, JUPAS, and applying to universities abroad.
Read the guideMainland China
The gaokao, international divisions, and applying abroad.
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The CSAT, Korean admissions rounds, and applying abroad.
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The Common Test, Japanese admissions routes, and applying abroad.
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The GSAT, the Personal Application, and applying abroad.
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Southeast Asia
3 guides
Thailand
TCAS, the M6 certificate, and applying abroad.
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A Levels, the IB, diplomas, and National Service.
Read the guideMalaysia
SPM, STPM, the UEC, and UPU, plus sponsorships.
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South Asia
1 guide
India
Board exams, JEE and CUET-UG, and applying abroad.
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Middle East
1 guide
United Arab Emirates
Your school’s curriculum, UAE universities, and applying abroad.
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Africa
2 guides
Nigeria
WASSCE, NECO, the UTME, and applying abroad.
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The KCSE, KUCCPS placement, and applying abroad.
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Latin America
1 guide
Brazil
ENEM, vestibulares, and applying to universities abroad.
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Across borders
1 guide
Cross-border applicants
Citizenship, residence, school, and language, one at a time.
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