Guide me throught the application process

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<p>I have this urgent doubt just propped up now which i have i no idea who can help me out . I hope you can .</p>

<p>A friend of mine was told by his sister,studying in US, that he should post his letter with his transcripts and recommendation letter to his respective universities latest by 1st November'13 . Because scholarships are granted on first-come-first basis and she was adviced by a US Consultancy there that the chances of scholarships end in 70% of the universities by 1st November .</p>

<p>Now my doubts are -</p>

<p>1) Do you agrre with this ? And if yes then in what points ?</p>

<p>2) Do we have to post the letter or are there any online sources of applying ? And if we only have to post it then only the trandcripts and a recommendation letter enough or do we also need to post the essay or any more data ?</p>

<p>3) Where and how do we let them know of our extra-curricular activities ?</p>

<p>4) On what topic do we have to write the essay ?</p>

<p>Should i really hurry ? I have my board exams in a week and if i really should apply early for scholarships then i really have a lot of work to do as soon as possible :(</p>

<p>Please help me out as soon as possible and guide me through the application process .</p>

<p>Thanks .</p>

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<ol>
<li>In most colleges and universities, International students applying for financial aid are supposed to apply Regular Decision ( RD). The deadline for RD depends from college to college,but ranges from Jan.1 to Feb 15.
Some scholarships might be on that basis,but I don’t think so.</li>
<li>CommonApp. Over 400 colleges and universities accept this.
3.Commonapp has provision for upto 1 extracurricular activities</li>
<li>There are 6 essay prompts given in the Commonapp</li>
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