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<li> No, you can just leave it blank if you are a citizen.</li>
<li> IM address is completely optional.</li>
<li> Put “homemaker” for your mother’s occupation.</li>
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<p>MODERATOR NOTE to “Few Questions on the Common Application” thread:</p>
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<p>MODERATOR NOTE to “Common Application Essay” thread:</p>
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<p>Question (not sure if it’s been answered):</p>
<p>I took Math II or IIC. What is the difference?</p>
<p>There’s no difference. The CollegeBoard changed it from IIC to II in 2005.</p>
<p>I took it last year, so I should mark II, then. Thanks.</p>
<p>Hey guys I’ve got another question…</p>
<p>I’m filling out the PDF printed version (hard copy) of the common app and am getting confused with all the blanks I’m coming across. Many of these are simply N/A, but should I write N/A or leave it blank?</p>
<p>Put N/A so that they know that you didn’t just forget it. There are some parts where they won’t let you put N/A once you do a checkup at the end to make sure everything is complete, and that’s okay.</p>
<p>[Pulls hair out]</p>
<p>I saved my activity essay, went back, and it was gone. It was beautiful. [bangs head off wall]</p>
<p>I should not trust the Common App.</p>
<p>Wait,
What if your big essay is about an activity, like your #1 EC, and how its changed you, etc?
Would you then just write about the activity in plain form under the activities section?</p>
<p>Hey dchow - for the teacher recs do I ask 'em to sit on a computer, fill in the pdf doc and print it out OR do i take a print out myself and ask 'em to write on it with a pen? They are planning to do the letter on the computer and print it out and attach it with the pdf form.</p>
<p>When I applied last year, you couldn’t fill the forms out online. I’m not sure, but it seems like this year you can. I just printed it out and they used a pen.</p>
<p>Thanks! No fillin’ forms online for my teachers … they would rather use a pen!</p>
<p>You could write a shorter essay about a different one there. I dunno.</p>
<p>And I don’t see an option in the Common App site to fill in the teacher forms online …</p>
<p>Really, even if your other activities are way worse/lame?</p>
<p>MODERATOR NOTE to “CommonApp question” thread:</p>
<p>I’ll merge this thread with: CA Q&A sticky thread.</p>
<p>I attended Junior Statesmen and Presidential Classroom programs that were not for college credit. What section do I put these programs in on the Common App?</p>
<p>I am really confused about the teacher rec and secondary school report. If I submit the Common App electronically, do I have to have my teachers submit their recs electronically? Also, how do teachers submit the form online if they do not have an account?</p>
<p>You take a print-out of all those teacher related forms, fill-in your part and hand them over to your teachers with a big smile on your face and an attached note saying: “Free gift assured. Conditions Apply.” Then your teachers, GC fill their part and mail 'em to the colleges with the same note attached to the envelope.
I think your GC rec can mention your taking part in those programs!</p>
<p>[This post is not to be taken too seriously]</p>